Letter to The Sarasota County School Board: Opposition To The New Attendance Policy sarasota county school board 1960 landings blvd. sarasota, fl 34231 This letter is written in opposition to the new proposed attendance policy. in this policy it states that if you miss more than ten days of class a semester you eill lose credit for that course. Because you can't be sick for long periods of time. So if you caught the flu and missed ten days of school you lost the credit for that class. or say there is a death in the family out of state you would probably miss more than ten days