Take your child to work day = unexcused absence ?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm a teacher and wish Take your child to work day was a national day off school or a professional day for teachers. The kids who stay behind are always upset that their parents didn't take them. We should move it to mid-July IMHO.

It should revert to take our Daughters to work day. They never should have made it inclusive for boys. Defeats the original purpose.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm a teacher and wish Take your child to work day was a national day off school or a professional day for teachers. The kids who stay behind are always upset that their parents didn't take them. We should move it to mid-July IMHO.

It should revert to take our Daughters to work day. They never should have made it inclusive for boys. Defeats the original purpose.

Well, now our daughters are outperforming our sons, and don't need to be shown that professions for women are limited to teacher, nurse, secretary

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have two kids (1st and 3rd grade), in different elementary schools in FCPS. I took them both to work for Take your Child to Work Day, and I thought that was educational type activity for them both and from previous experience about half of class is usually gone on that day. So now I see that while the 1st grader was marked as "excused" absence, for the 3rd grader it was marked as "unexcused" with the Take your child to work note... My question is: should I do something or let it slide? My DD loved it, so next year, when she is in 4th grade, do I not take her to work? Should I talk to the principal about it? Does unexcused absence in elementary school make any difference for anything?

You just blew their shot at Harvard and Yale!

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I never give the reason my child is not in school.
I say, "This is Susie, Larla's mom. I am calling to let you know that Larla is absent from school today."

[Anonymous]

Our school in FCPS stated it was an excused absence. I would call and point out your one child was marked unexcused. They will most likely correct it.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm a teacher and wish Take your child to work day was a national day off school or a professional day for teachers. The kids who stay behind are always upset that their parents didn't take them. We should move it to mid-July IMHO.

It should revert to take our Daughters to work day. They never should have made it inclusive for boys. Defeats the original purpose.

Well, now our daughters are outperforming our sons, and don't need to be shown that professions for women are limited to teacher, nurse, secretary

Out performing our sons where?

In professional sports, in the board room or corner office, in the halls of Congress, in highly specialized fields in medicine or science?

Please show me .

[Anonymous]

No idea, but this year DH's office made it worthwhile, so it is the first year our kids missed school for it. And it was totally worth it, excused or not.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They don't matter and next time say your kid is sick.

Don't lie. Just take the unexcused absence. Lying will put your child in an awkward position.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm a teacher and wish Take your child to work day was a national day off school or a professional day for teachers. The kids who stay behind are always upset that their parents didn't take them. We should move it to mid-July IMHO.

Exactly. I would love vet to know why the geniuses at the Ms. Foundation decided to make this day happen during the school year instead of the summer.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm a teacher and wish Take your child to work day was a national day off school or a professional day for teachers. The kids who stay behind are always upset that their parents didn't take them. We should move it to mid-July IMHO.

It should revert to take our Daughters to work day. They never should have made it inclusive for boys. Defeats the original purpose.

Well, now our daughters are outperforming our sons, and don't need to be shown that professions for women are limited to teacher, nurse, secretary

Out performing our sons where?

In professional sports, in the board room or corner office, in the halls of Congress, in highly specialized fields in medicine or science?

Please show me .

Um, in academic performance and college attendance.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm a teacher and wish Take your child to work day was a national day off school or a professional day for teachers. The kids who stay behind are always upset that their parents didn't take them. We should move it to mid-July IMHO.

It should revert to take our Daughters to work day. They never should have made it inclusive for boys. Defeats the original purpose.

Well, now our daughters are outperforming our sons, and don't need to be shown that professions for women are limited to teacher, nurse, secretary

Out performing our sons where?

In professional sports, in the board room or corner office, in the halls of Congress, in highly specialized fields in medicine or science?

Please show me .

Um, in academic performance and college attendance.

Um, this is about the workforce. Um. Um. Um.

(Pro-tip: If you're going to condescend, at least have the higher intellectual ground).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm a teacher and wish Take your child to work day was a national day off school or a professional day for teachers. The kids who stay behind are always upset that their parents didn't take them. We should move it to mid-July IMHO.

It should revert to take our Daughters to work day. They never should have made it inclusive for boys. Defeats the original purpose.

Well, now our daughters are outperforming our sons, and don't need to be shown that professions for women are limited to teacher, nurse, secretary

Out performing our sons where?

In professional sports, in the board room or corner office, in the halls of Congress, in highly specialized fields in medicine or science?

Please show me .

Professional sports? No one cares. And at the highest levels of medicine and science women are underrepresented for a variety of reasons.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm a teacher and wish Take your child to work day was a national day off school or a professional day for teachers. The kids who stay behind are always upset that their parents didn't take them. We should move it to mid-July IMHO.

Both those options would be problematic for parents. If parents don't work at a place where they can take their kids, now they have to find and pay for child care.
It is one day and I would be surprised to hear of a school were even close to 50% of the kids are out.

Both DH and I are federal employees and neither of our agencies had a take your kid to work day. Though, my younger one was annoyed he wasn't going to work with us and simply could not understand neither of our offices do this.