Welp, now we know why kids do whatever they want these days.
Actual email from parent after I told him that his child was disrespectful, had excessive absences, and was failing:


"We're having big problems with him so I'm not surprised to hear he's been skipping. We'll try to talk to him but, frankly, I'm not sure it will do any good."

Ok, well, let's see how that goes then.