Take off a week in school year to go to disney

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Go in June once school lets out. The lines aren’t bad at all, especially with Genie+. The pools are warm and desirable then. No one misses school. It’s just so relaxing then.

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Anonymous wrote:We want to take kids to go to Disney. Both kids attend same elementary school. The long time lining up at Disney world sounds painful to me, and we are thinking to pull kids out during school year to do so. Will that hurt anything for school report records? And, how bad is it to tell teacher/administration that is due to we are going to disney world?

If you have done it before, which month is the best to go to Disney World for shorter lines, pleasant weather and good deals?

IF you know this now I suggest getting teacher gifts early - back to school Starbucks card, etc. Doesn’t have to be huge but something that makes teacher look kindly on your family.

Do you really think a Starbucks gift card will prevent the teacher from losing respect for this family?

NP. I am a teacher. I promise you, a Disney trip in and of itself will not make me lose respect for a family. Please stop making us look bad (/petty/vindictive/etc.)!!!

Teacher here. I don’t think I’m being petty or vindictive. What I do is very important and yes, the child will miss instruction. I don’t have fluff days, even toward the end of the year. To say “go and have fun” trivializes what we do in the classroom. Perhaps students miss less at the elementary level. Still, you are building habits and setting priorities that will extend to high school.

Last year one student’s vacation cost me about 12 additional hours of work. I first had to prep an individualized unit. When the family returned, I was told they didn’t have any time to do the work on vacation. I then had to meet daily with the student to complete the assignments and catch him up with the rest of the class. That should not have been my responsibility.

Another high school teacher here - why did you do it? (and I agree that I don't schedule fluff, but lots of teachers do.)

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Anonymous wrote:We want to take kids to go to Disney. Both kids attend same elementary school. The long time lining up at Disney world sounds painful to me, and we are thinking to pull kids out during school year to do so. Will that hurt anything for school report records? And, how bad is it to tell teacher/administration that is due to we are going to disney world?

If you have done it before, which month is the best to go to Disney World for shorter lines, pleasant weather and good deals?

IF you know this now I suggest getting teacher gifts early - back to school Starbucks card, etc. Doesn’t have to be huge but something that makes teacher look kindly on your family.

Do you really think a Starbucks gift card will prevent the teacher from losing respect for this family?

NP. I am a teacher. I promise you, a Disney trip in and of itself will not make me lose respect for a family. Please stop making us look bad (/petty/vindictive/etc.)!!!

Teacher here. I don’t think I’m being petty or vindictive. What I do is very important and yes, the child will miss instruction. I don’t have fluff days, even toward the end of the year. To say “go and have fun” trivializes what we do in the classroom. Perhaps students miss less at the elementary level. Still, you are building habits and setting priorities that will extend to high school.

Last year one student’s vacation cost me about 12 additional hours of work. I first had to prep an individualized unit. When the family returned, I was told they didn’t have any time to do the work on vacation. I then had to meet daily with the student to complete the assignments and catch him up with the rest of the class. That should not have been my responsibility.

It's your fault for taking on additional work for accommodating the student. Don't worry about what I am teaching my kids with regards to priorities / habit setting - you teachers are always telling us to do a better job parenting. Your faux concern is hypocritical. I promise you that my kids are going to be just fine.

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Anonymous wrote:We took our kids out during the school year to go toDisney y when my oldest was in K, 2, and 5 (the youngest is 3 years behind).

The oldest still got straight As and ended up in the TPMS magnet, then the Blair magnet. The youngest had straight As and qualified for both middle school magnets, but lost it in the lottery. He expects to get into a HS magnet eventually.

Missing a week in elementary school, especially early in the school year, will not make or break your kid.

However, this does not apply if they're in middle or high school.

It’s not about whether they’ll struggle academically. It’s about the message it sends.

We took ours out for Disney in 6th grade. He graduated from high school with honors and a scholarship. He has one year left in his Engineering degree, earning high grades. A few missed days of ES school for a trip to Disney did no harm.

Op, check the crowd calendar and plan around a weekend.

… as long as you aren’t expecting anything extra from the teacher, that is. School isn’t a concierge service, so please don’t ask for special exceptions or packaged work. It’s a rude thing to do to the teacher.

We didn't ask for anything. He was doing accelerated math. The teacher had ds and 5 or 6 others working at their own pace. He took a novel and the work that went with it, and finished more than the kids in class.

Well congratulations. Sounds like your kid is superior.

I love posts like this. You say he “finished more than the kids in class.“ How do you know that? Did you poll the students? Did you ask the teacher to compare his work with the other students in the class? You’re just pulling this out of your ass and you know it.

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Anonymous wrote:We want to take kids to go to Disney. Both kids attend same elementary school. The long time lining up at Disney world sounds painful to me, and we are thinking to pull kids out during school year to do so. Will that hurt anything for school report records? And, how bad is it to tell teacher/administration that is due to we are going to disney world?

If you have done it before, which month is the best to go to Disney World for shorter lines, pleasant weather and good deals?

IF you know this now I suggest getting teacher gifts early - back to school Starbucks card, etc. Doesn’t have to be huge but something that makes teacher look kindly on your family.

Do you really think a Starbucks gift card will prevent the teacher from losing respect for this family?

NP. I am a teacher. I promise you, a Disney trip in and of itself will not make me lose respect for a family. Please stop making us look bad (/petty/vindictive/etc.)!!!

Teacher here. I don’t think I’m being petty or vindictive. What I do is very important and yes, the child will miss instruction. I don’t have fluff days, even toward the end of the year. To say “go and have fun” trivializes what we do in the classroom. Perhaps students miss less at the elementary level. Still, you are building habits and setting priorities that will extend to high school.

Last year one student’s vacation cost me about 12 additional hours of work. I first had to prep an individualized unit. When the family returned, I was told they didn’t have any time to do the work on vacation. I then had to meet daily with the student to complete the assignments and catch him up with the rest of the class. That should not have been my responsibility.

Another high school teacher here - why did you do it? (and I agree that I don't schedule fluff, but lots of teachers do.)

No, we aren’t going in this direction. The issue on this thread isn’t that I decided to help the CHILD whose irresponsible parents caused the problem in the first place. The issue is the flippant attitude toward education demonstrated by the parents and the disrespectful attitude toward my time demonstrated by the parents and my admin.

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Anonymous wrote:We want to take kids to go to Disney. Both kids attend same elementary school. The long time lining up at Disney world sounds painful to me, and we are thinking to pull kids out during school year to do so. Will that hurt anything for school report records? And, how bad is it to tell teacher/administration that is due to we are going to disney world?

If you have done it before, which month is the best to go to Disney World for shorter lines, pleasant weather and good deals?

IF you know this now I suggest getting teacher gifts early - back to school Starbucks card, etc. Doesn’t have to be huge but something that makes teacher look kindly on your family.

Do you really think a Starbucks gift card will prevent the teacher from losing respect for this family?

NP. I am a teacher. I promise you, a Disney trip in and of itself will not make me lose respect for a family. Please stop making us look bad (/petty/vindictive/etc.)!!!

Teacher here. I don’t think I’m being petty or vindictive. What I do is very important and yes, the child will miss instruction. I don’t have fluff days, even toward the end of the year. To say “go and have fun” trivializes what we do in the classroom. Perhaps students miss less at the elementary level. Still, you are building habits and setting priorities that will extend to high school.

Last year one student’s vacation cost me about 12 additional hours of work. I first had to prep an individualized unit. When the family returned, I was told they didn’t have any time to do the work on vacation. I then had to meet daily with the student to complete the assignments and catch him up with the rest of the class. That should not have been my responsibility.

It's your fault for taking on additional work for accommodating the student. Don't worry about what I am teaching my kids with regards to priorities / habit setting - you teachers are always telling us to do a better job parenting. Your faux concern is hypocritical. I promise you that my kids are going to be just fine.

See my comment to the post above. The parents’ behavior should not penalize that poor child.

Your children probably will be. Who said otherwise? Why make this an adversarial relationship? Especially when I’m clearly looking out for my students?

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Anonymous wrote:We want to take kids to go to Disney. Both kids attend same elementary school. The long time lining up at Disney world sounds painful to me, and we are thinking to pull kids out during school year to do so. Will that hurt anything for school report records? And, how bad is it to tell teacher/administration that is due to we are going to disney world?

If you have done it before, which month is the best to go to Disney World for shorter lines, pleasant weather and good deals?

IF you know this now I suggest getting teacher gifts early - back to school Starbucks card, etc. Doesn’t have to be huge but something that makes teacher look kindly on your family.

Do you really think a Starbucks gift card will prevent the teacher from losing respect for this family?

NP. I am a teacher. I promise you, a Disney trip in and of itself will not make me lose respect for a family. Please stop making us look bad (/petty/vindictive/etc.)!!!

Teacher here. I don’t think I’m being petty or vindictive. What I do is very important and yes, the child will miss instruction. I don’t have fluff days, even toward the end of the year. To say “go and have fun” trivializes what we do in the classroom. Perhaps students miss less at the elementary level. Still, you are building habits and setting priorities that will extend to high school.

Last year one student’s vacation cost me about 12 additional hours of work. I first had to prep an individualized unit. When the family returned, I was told they didn’t have any time to do the work on vacation. I then had to meet daily with the student to complete the assignments and catch him up with the rest of the class. That should not have been my responsibility.

It's your fault for taking on additional work for accommodating the student. Don't worry about what I am teaching my kids with regards to priorities / habit setting - you teachers are always telling us to do a better job parenting. Your faux concern is hypocritical. I promise you that my kids are going to be just fine.

See my comment to the post above. The parents’ behavior should not penalize that poor child.

Your children probably will be. Who said otherwise? Why make this an adversarial relationship? Especially when I’m clearly looking out for my students?

It's not your job to police what I do with my kids, and when you shroud your "concern" around "irresponsible parents" it makes you look petty.
To me, this reeks of jealous that you couldn't afford to take your kids on nice trips and/or picked a career where you don't have vacation flexibility.

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Anonymous wrote:We want to take kids to go to Disney. Both kids attend same elementary school. The long time lining up at Disney world sounds painful to me, and we are thinking to pull kids out during school year to do so. Will that hurt anything for school report records? And, how bad is it to tell teacher/administration that is due to we are going to disney world?

If you have done it before, which month is the best to go to Disney World for shorter lines, pleasant weather and good deals?

IF you know this now I suggest getting teacher gifts early - back to school Starbucks card, etc. Doesn’t have to be huge but something that makes teacher look kindly on your family.

Do you really think a Starbucks gift card will prevent the teacher from losing respect for this family?

NP. I am a teacher. I promise you, a Disney trip in and of itself will not make me lose respect for a family. Please stop making us look bad (/petty/vindictive/etc.)!!!

Teacher here. I don’t think I’m being petty or vindictive. What I do is very important and yes, the child will miss instruction. I don’t have fluff days, even toward the end of the year. To say “go and have fun” trivializes what we do in the classroom. Perhaps students miss less at the elementary level. Still, you are building habits and setting priorities that will extend to high school.

Last year one student’s vacation cost me about 12 additional hours of work. I first had to prep an individualized unit. When the family returned, I was told they didn’t have any time to do the work on vacation. I then had to meet daily with the student to complete the assignments and catch him up with the rest of the class. That should not have been my responsibility.

It's your fault for taking on additional work for accommodating the student. Don't worry about what I am teaching my kids with regards to priorities / habit setting - you teachers are always telling us to do a better job parenting. Your faux concern is hypocritical. I promise you that my kids are going to be just fine.

See my comment to the post above. The parents’ behavior should not penalize that poor child.

Your children probably will be. Who said otherwise? Why make this an adversarial relationship? Especially when I’m clearly looking out for my students?

It's not your job to police what I do with my kids, and when you shroud your "concern" around "irresponsible parents" it makes you look petty.
To me, this reeks of jealous that you couldn't afford to take your kids on nice trips and/or picked a career where you don't have vacation flexibility.

And with this, you went too far.

I work HARD and I resent it when people carelessly and selfishly make my work harder. I suspect you would feel the same at your place of employment. It’s a reasonable response to being taken advantage of.

Jealousy? No. I vacation plenty, but at the appropriate time.

Good luck to you.

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Anonymous wrote:We want to take kids to go to Disney. Both kids attend same elementary school. The long time lining up at Disney world sounds painful to me, and we are thinking to pull kids out during school year to do so. Will that hurt anything for school report records? And, how bad is it to tell teacher/administration that is due to we are going to disney world?

If you have done it before, which month is the best to go to Disney World for shorter lines, pleasant weather and good deals?

IF you know this now I suggest getting teacher gifts early - back to school Starbucks card, etc. Doesn’t have to be huge but something that makes teacher look kindly on your family.

Do you really think a Starbucks gift card will prevent the teacher from losing respect for this family?

NP. I am a teacher. I promise you, a Disney trip in and of itself will not make me lose respect for a family. Please stop making us look bad (/petty/vindictive/etc.)!!!

Teacher here. I don’t think I’m being petty or vindictive. What I do is very important and yes, the child will miss instruction. I don’t have fluff days, even toward the end of the year. To say “go and have fun” trivializes what we do in the classroom. Perhaps students miss less at the elementary level. Still, you are building habits and setting priorities that will extend to high school.

Last year one student’s vacation cost me about 12 additional hours of work. I first had to prep an individualized unit. When the family returned, I was told they didn’t have any time to do the work on vacation. I then had to meet daily with the student to complete the assignments and catch him up with the rest of the class. That should not have been my responsibility.

It's your fault for taking on additional work for accommodating the student. Don't worry about what I am teaching my kids with regards to priorities / habit setting - you teachers are always telling us to do a better job parenting. Your faux concern is hypocritical. I promise you that my kids are going to be just fine.

See my comment to the post above. The parents’ behavior should not penalize that poor child.

Your children probably will be. Who said otherwise? Why make this an adversarial relationship? Especially when I’m clearly looking out for my students?

It's not your job to police what I do with my kids, and when you shroud your "concern" around "irresponsible parents" it makes you look petty.
To me, this reeks of jealous that you couldn't afford to take your kids on nice trips and/or picked a career where you don't have vacation flexibility.

And with this, you went too far.

I work HARD and I resent it when people carelessly and selfishly make my work harder. I suspect you would feel the same at your place of employment. It’s a reasonable response to being taken advantage of.

Jealousy? No. I vacation plenty, but at the appropriate time.

Good luck to you.

Then bring it up with your administration. Would you feel the same way if you had to do the same level of catch up work if the kid was out sick or for something like bereavement days? No? You just want to bash other parents for making different choices than you and make people feel bad.

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Parents really are the worst.

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We did it once year in May. But not a whole week. Left on a Wednesday or something and returned on a Monday. I think there was a Friday or Monday off in there, so it was only 2-3 days out.

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Anonymous wrote:Parents really are the worst.

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Anonymous wrote:We want to take kids to go to Disney. Both kids attend same elementary school. The long time lining up at Disney world sounds painful to me, and we are thinking to pull kids out during school year to do so. Will that hurt anything for school report records? And, how bad is it to tell teacher/administration that is due to we are going to disney world?

If you have done it before, which month is the best to go to Disney World for shorter lines, pleasant weather and good deals?

IF you know this now I suggest getting teacher gifts early - back to school Starbucks card, etc. Doesn’t have to be huge but something that makes teacher look kindly on your family.

Do you really think a Starbucks gift card will prevent the teacher from losing respect for this family?

NP. I am a teacher. I promise you, a Disney trip in and of itself will not make me lose respect for a family. Please stop making us look bad (/petty/vindictive/etc.)!!!

Teacher here. I don’t think I’m being petty or vindictive. What I do is very important and yes, the child will miss instruction. I don’t have fluff days, even toward the end of the year. To say “go and have fun” trivializes what we do in the classroom. Perhaps students miss less at the elementary level. Still, you are building habits and setting priorities that will extend to high school.

Last year one student’s vacation cost me about 12 additional hours of work. I first had to prep an individualized unit. When the family returned, I was told they didn’t have any time to do the work on vacation. I then had to meet daily with the student to complete the assignments and catch him up with the rest of the class. That should not have been my responsibility.

It's your fault for taking on additional work for accommodating the student. Don't worry about what I am teaching my kids with regards to priorities / habit setting - you teachers are always telling us to do a better job parenting. Your faux concern is hypocritical. I promise you that my kids are going to be just fine.

See my comment to the post above. The parents’ behavior should not penalize that poor child.

Your children probably will be. Who said otherwise? Why make this an adversarial relationship? Especially when I’m clearly looking out for my students?

It's not your job to police what I do with my kids, and when you shroud your "concern" around "irresponsible parents" it makes you look petty.
To me, this reeks of jealous that you couldn't afford to take your kids on nice trips and/or picked a career where you don't have vacation flexibility.

And with this, you went too far.

I work HARD and I resent it when people carelessly and selfishly make my work harder. I suspect you would feel the same at your place of employment. It’s a reasonable response to being taken advantage of.

Jealousy? No. I vacation plenty, but at the appropriate time.

Good luck to you.

Then bring it up with your administration. Would you feel the same way if you had to do the same level of catch up work if the kid was out sick or for something like bereavement days? No? You just want to bash other parents for making different choices than you and make people feel bad.

Bereavement leave or sickness? I’ll go out of my way to help! Heck, I’ll Zoom entire lessons. But Disney? No. They don’t even compare and you know that.

If you feel bad, that has nothing to do with me.

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Anonymous wrote:We want to take kids to go to Disney. Both kids attend same elementary school. The long time lining up at Disney world sounds painful to me, and we are thinking to pull kids out during school year to do so. Will that hurt anything for school report records? And, how bad is it to tell teacher/administration that is due to we are going to disney world?

If you have done it before, which month is the best to go to Disney World for shorter lines, pleasant weather and good deals?

IF you know this now I suggest getting teacher gifts early - back to school Starbucks card, etc. Doesn’t have to be huge but something that makes teacher look kindly on your family.

Do you really think a Starbucks gift card will prevent the teacher from losing respect for this family?

NP. I am a teacher. I promise you, a Disney trip in and of itself will not make me lose respect for a family. Please stop making us look bad (/petty/vindictive/etc.)!!!

Teacher here. I don’t think I’m being petty or vindictive. What I do is very important and yes, the child will miss instruction. I don’t have fluff days, even toward the end of the year. To say “go and have fun” trivializes what we do in the classroom. Perhaps students miss less at the elementary level. Still, you are building habits and setting priorities that will extend to high school.

Last year one student’s vacation cost me about 12 additional hours of work. I first had to prep an individualized unit. When the family returned, I was told they didn’t have any time to do the work on vacation. I then had to meet daily with the student to complete the assignments and catch him up with the rest of the class. That should not have been my responsibility.

It's your fault for taking on additional work for accommodating the student. Don't worry about what I am teaching my kids with regards to priorities / habit setting - you teachers are always telling us to do a better job parenting. Your faux concern is hypocritical. I promise you that my kids are going to be just fine.

See my comment to the post above. The parents’ behavior should not penalize that poor child.

Your children probably will be. Who said otherwise? Why make this an adversarial relationship? Especially when I’m clearly looking out for my students?

It's not your job to police what I do with my kids, and when you shroud your "concern" around "irresponsible parents" it makes you look petty.
To me, this reeks of jealous that you couldn't afford to take your kids on nice trips and/or picked a career where you don't have vacation flexibility.

And with this, you went too far.

I work HARD and I resent it when people carelessly and selfishly make my work harder. I suspect you would feel the same at your place of employment. It’s a reasonable response to being taken advantage of.

Jealousy? No. I vacation plenty, but at the appropriate time.

Good luck to you.

Then bring it up with your administration. Would you feel the same way if you had to do the same level of catch up work if the kid was out sick or for something like bereavement days? No? You just want to bash other parents for making different choices than you and make people feel bad.

Bereavement leave or sickness? I’ll go out of my way to help! Heck, I’ll Zoom entire lessons. But Disney? No. They don’t even compare and you know that.

If you feel bad, that has nothing to do with me.

So you don't *really* care if the kid is missing school, you just care when it's for a reason you deem unacceptable.

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Anonymous wrote:I think the parents with their undies in a bunch about this are mad that their kids whine about not going on good trips when our kids get back and say why they’ve been out of school.

Yes. My 6 year old is so jealous of your kid’s Disney trip, given that in her 6 years of life, she’s been to:

- WDW 4 times
- England
- Italy
- Sweden
- Estonia
- Finland
- Arizona
- California
- NYC countless times
- Hawaii twice

But yep. Jealousy is definitely it, because as you’ve so rightly implied, it’s not possible to go on good trips unless your kid misses school.

Wow does she get a cookie

Ah yes. A standard reply when someone doesn’t know what else to say.