[Bob Steele]

I would suggest that you get your parents involved quickly and have them talk to their elected board members. Parents hold a lot of weight in the school system. (As well they should... they are the ultimate customer of the school... or more correctly, the students are the customers....)

More school systems should think about things from this perspective...

By the way, next year get this all set up before hand.... it is necessary to jump through all of the hoops before you go to an event and miss school. Start in the fall...get the required permissions then....