[HPforGrownups] Hogwarts letters Re: Choosing sides

[Annette Hamel]

No: HPFGUIDX 119904


Del wrote (regarding muggle-born wizards):
By the way : I'm wondering what happens to them on a legal level in
the Muggle World? After a while, their abscence from the MW must look
suspicious, the administration must be starting to be concerned. How
do they deal with that ?


Annette now:

I'm glad Del raised this issue.  A question I have often pondered ... a 
child is required to attend school up to a certain age, either a state 
school or a private one.  If the WW is "hidden", wouldn't there be a truancy 
issue?  For example, Hermione Granger would have a school record somewhere, 
but after age 11 she would just disappear from the "muggle" school system, 
wouldn't she?

I have a problem with the whole "secrecy" issue, actually.  If a wizard 
"ambassador" goes to visit a muggle-born 11-year-old and his/her parents to 
explain the Hogwart's letter, and the parents refuse to let the child go ... 
do they modify the memories of all three?  What about relatives?  It seems 
to me that there would be many, many muggles who would know about the WW.

Annette