Nebraska Family Forum: The Volkmer Family The Volkmer Family My 18 year old son goes to Syracuse Public School in Syracuse Ne He has missed 57 periods - which in an 8 hour day is 7 days plus 1 hour He has a stomach disorder which we have been working to diagnose and we finally saw a GI specialist last month The school has turned him over to the county attorney for excessive absences! I am so upset over this!