What is a good wilderness survival handbook?

Does the school handbook trump all other rules in the school?

• In my school there is a rule in the contradiction between what it says in the student handbook and what the rules are that were handed out. there is a loophole in the student handbook saying the rule is different then the student handbook i wish to follow the student handbook that we were made to sign to go to the school. we were never made to sign the new rule. I believe a remember hearing about a court case (on somthing much larger then what im arguing) that the student handbook has to be followed above everything eles. I could be wrong with this. if someone could give me a link to a site that would back my case up i would be extremely grateful.

• Answer:

  Ah, I know and feel your frustration. My son got a detention, on a Saturday morning. He was sick with the flu and even did not go to school on Friday that week. I called and left a voice message that my son would not be well enough to go to detention. The principal called and was irate and demanded a note from the doctor stating he was sick and could not attend detention. I explained that the doctor's office was closed and this was not an emergency that warranted a visit to the clinic or the emergency room, nor was I going to incur that expense and by monday when the dr office was open, my son would be fine and ready to go to school. I reasoned that he could take a sick day off from school without a doctor note, but a one hour detention was doctor note worthy? He demanded a note or my son would be EXPELLED from school. I hung up on him for being unreasonable. I referred to the Student Handbook. No where in that book was a rule about a doctor note dismissing a child from after school hours detention. So, I brought my son to the principals office on Monday morning with the handbook in hand and told the principal to arrest my son for trespassing if he was unable to get his schooling that day. He was some pissed off at me and that was the end of that. Now, I mentioned this situation to a few people and they said that every school district has a mediator for such things as defining what the handbook actually means. They are there to defend the children and the children's rights. Ask the board of education if such a person exists within your school district. Otherwise, I would seek out a local lawyer for a consultation. There are lawyers who defend children's rights and that is the one you need to see if you cannot resolve this issue on your own. I felt, on many occasions, that dealing with the school system was nothing but power plays and political bullshit.