Taking kids out of school for vacation

[Anonymous]

Just NO. There are other threads on this absenteeism. It’s too much since Covid days. Keep your kid in school. Use the numerous holidays and teacher workdays for a short trip. Use the extensive winter and spring break for a long trip. Use the summer months for a trip.

[Anonymous]

One trip is ok - but two within a month of each other? Excessive and too much work on many ends -for the teacher to catch your child up and for your child to make up the work and for you to help your child with the work.

[Anonymous]

Depending on where you are going, I would not hesitate to take kid out twice for great experiences. They can get caught up pretty easily in 2nd grade.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Teacher and parent here. No! That is a week of unexcused absences two times. I would be required to give her the work but I would not grade it for credit. If she misses an assessment, that is a 0 with no make up on top of missed class work and independent work. Her grade would suffer. I am not required nor would I have the time to teach your child a weeks worth of lessons one on one.

It's 2nd grade. Who cares if some 0s lower her grade?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Teacher and parent here. No! That is a week of unexcused absences two times. I would be required to give her the work but I would not grade it for credit. If she misses an assessment, that is a 0 with no make up on top of missed class work and independent work. Her grade would suffer. I am not required nor would I have the time to teach your child a weeks worth of lessons one on one.

Do grades really matter in 2nd? I mean there are no life long complications for bad grades in second. My parents took my out of school for most of second and I almost failed. They begged the school to let me go to third and they did. I did not do extra tutoring and all was well. Passed third and now have a PH.D.