Have you also considered virtual HS classes? That would eliminate some of the travel hassles.
Just want to add that resting is key to recovery. If a person with mono pushes it, it can worsen the illness and/or delay recovery.
With mono, a month is still pretty acute, but things should improve soon!
Deega, with an illness comes certain rights, and I think your GC acted improperly by not allowing that course to be dropped.
late to game, there are some online science courses with labs that aren’t too difficult, Virtual High School, Aventa Learning, others. If he needs a strong foundation in a subject for future study, that’s one thing, but if it is just a matter of getting the credits, there are many avenues to stay caught up.
@latetogame – sounds like you’re heading in a positive direction. I will be holding good thoughts for recovery and restoration of health! Best!
Contact the school ASAP. If he is able, they should be able to provide home bound instruction for him. You will need documentation from the doctor about his illness and inability to attend classes at the school…of that is the case.
The school should be able to help with this.
You would need to ask in your home school district for,this. I don’t think Charter Schools provide home bound instruction…but you can ask.
@thumper1 So far, the school has been very helpful and responsive. I am hoping he will start transitioning back to attending in another week or so. With no math class, he should be able to complete the day before noon and get home to rest. I think you are right that charters don’t provide home-bound instruction and he is not enrolled in our home district so that would require a lot of hoop jumping to accomplish. Have my fingers crossed we can manage without. I am a teacher in a charter myself (different one) and have a student that just tried to get home bound instruction and it looked like a pretty daunting task.
@compmom Yes, rest is key! That is hard for me to remember.
@thinmints Thank you!
One suggestion that would enable him to move in and out of school as needed, even within the day. Make up a sheet with questions like “What was the homework?”, “What did you do in class today?” What grades are missing?" with a request to attach any class materials, any homework assignment or materials, class notes, quizzes and tests, and ask the principal to have each one of his teachers fill it out every day, whether he is there or not. That way no one has to keep track of whether he is there and he can go to one class, go home if tired, go back etc. We picked all this up at the school nurse’s office but it could be anywhere. It is perfectly legal to ask for this 
Quick update… four and one-half weeks in and he is still just as sick. Took him to the doctor for a blood work-up and and four mono anti-body tests came back higher than before. Re-looking at home/hospital option now. His doctor thinks he will be out until at least early April. He and I talked about repeating sophomore year and he is pretty much okay with it. He would transfer to our local high school where his brother attends… S has friends there now who are freshman. That isn’t the first choice but it is good to know that if it has to happen, it would be okay.
If your S isn’t opposed to repeating and you feel that he could use an extra year of maturity, then that seems like a good game plan.
If he is up for transferring school, that would help socially. But getting him better is the important thing!
Four weeks was about the peak for my daughter. Things got better a week after that, somewhat, but then got worse, then got better, so recovery wasn’t linear. But hoping it helps to hear that 4 weeks was the height of someone else’s virus!
On the positive side, he won’t get mono in college
Sounds like decisions are being made naturally…glad he is okay with whatever happens!