Would you consider this harassment?

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Long story, tried to shorten.. The past few years my family has had their share of issues medically. My kids have missed a lot of school this year, all because of various medical problems, procedures, etc. that had to occur. I've made sure we've provided medical excuses for each AND even, at the beginning of the year went in and talked to their counselor to alert her that they would probably be missing a lot of school because of these medical issues. The year ends for them tomorrow. On 5/31 the idiot at the school files a citation with the District Justice for "Violation of PA Attendance Codes", and gives 6 days back in February and March which she claims there were no medical excuses for. Instead of contacting me and stating she needed them, she files the citation. I know she did this because earlier she had sent a letter to me telling me that my daughter (mind you she's completely ignoring the twin brother missing basically the same days) was an issue with the days missed and she gave a listing of probably 5 days she claimed she didn't have excuses for (NOT the same days she put on the summons). I contacted the hospital we basically visit and had them send me via efax a generic cover letter for those days stating it was to replace the former letters written which had been lost or misplaced by either the school or child. (Being politically correct here and not blaming them at all mind you) I get the summons for the citation, which gives me 10 days to respond. The summons wasn't even filed until 5/31 and then delivered to me on 6/1. On the citation/summons they have 6/6/07 listed as the "trial date". First off, this is even before the 10 days I was suppose to have to FILE guilty or not guilty. I call the District Justice's office and tell them that I cannot attend the trial because my daughter is scheduled for surgery at Shriners that day. He gets very rude with me and tells me that well he NEEDS to talk to me. So I tell him well he can talk on the phone here or reschedule the date but I can't go there when she's going to be in the hospital for surgery. He then tells me in a not so nice way "Fine, but I want an excuse from the hospital that you were there". Then today, at 9:30ish in the morning the Dist. Justice calls and leaves this arrogant voice mail that he needs to speak to me IMMEDIATELY and I need to call him NOW, as if I was here and hiding out on him or something. I was at the hospital, duh. I'm thinking the issue he had to speak to me NOW about was that my daughter was IN school and this threw him off because he ASSUMED that "my daughter" meant the one with the summons when I meant my oldest daughter who has the back surgeries at Shriners. I'm certain that's why the tone was taken also and to be honest I don't appreciate being spoken to in this manner when he hasn't even had the ability to hear anything from me other then we can't make it to the scheduled "trial" today. I'm not one to really appreciate others in my business anyways. I homeschooled for most of the kids' years based upon the fact that I simply dislike this district and their ways. They're inconsistent and to be honest well below par. But, for high school we decided to let the kids go to public school as I felt the trained teachers were probably best for teaching at this level. But am I wrong to think the following? 1. Who is this District Judge to require a medical excuse for ME because I cannot make the trial? There is no law stating that I can't ask for a reschedule if the date cannot be met, let alone the fact that they scheduled it for literally 5 days after receipt of the summons! If I were a lawyer representing me I would simply make the call and state I couldn't make it and nothing more would be said. 2. Would you think that this is some type of harassment on the school's behalf? They even sent a truancy officer to the house, whom I spoke with in person and explained the details and told him that I was a bit upset because I had spoke to the counselor at the beginning of the year and she seemed to ignore the issue. They did this on the 30th of May and then the woman evidently didn't bother to speak to the officer or simply decided on her own to file anyways and use the other dates as "unexcused" that she hadn't originally given to me. 3. The child's grades are fine and she's passing. She makes up the work. She's been doing well in the classes and is not a problem child, actually in an honors academy at the school so it's not like she's some delinquent that is always in trouble. Why would they waste their time doing this when they see it's a medical issue AND that it's obviously NOT effecting the child's grades? What are your thoughts on this and how I should handle this issue? I'm really trying to keep my cool and not fly off the handle but I have to confess with an Irish/Italian temper this isn't the easiest thing, especially when I feel as though this woman counselor simply has a bone to pick with either me or my daughter. The same day she filed the citation on my daughter she came out into the hall and my daughter was literally in FRONT of the class walking into the door with her friend when the bell rang. This woman grabbed them both and took them to the office because they weren't in their class. Even the teacher commented that they were walking INTO the class. Now does this sound like a real issue she has with my daughter or what?