How often do you take your kid out of school for a family vacation?

[Anonymous]

Ever?

Only a few days?

Lots?

I'm curious what's normal.

[Anonymous]

Since starting 6th grade, not really at all, except a Friday every couple of years. We otherwise plan around the school calendar.

[Anonymous]

We plan with the school calendar, but for the odd weekend here and there. Tough to say school is a priority, the top priority, except when it gets in mom and dad's way.

[Anonymous]

For a family vacation that is purely for fun (e.g., disneyworld)? Once in the past 12 years of schooling.

For a family trip to see relatives overseas? Extended a pre-existing vacation by a couple of days twice.

For a family event which required traveling? About once every other year, for a Friday or Monday.

[Anonymous]

After SOLs -pretty much every year.

[Anonymous]

It's tough for kids to take a lot of days off in a row in high school, but earlier years are generally fine. We did let our DD take off a day per quarter to be able to keep up with the work

[Anonymous]

OP,
It depends on the school's culture. Public schools get evaluated for attendance, excused absences versus unexcused. So, it depends. It does make more work for teachers pretty early on.

[Anonymous]

After MS, never. In elementary once a year and just for one or two days.

[Anonymous]

Depends on how the child is doing and the teacher. In some classes, the child could miss a lot and be behind. In others, it really may not matter. One year we had a family situation and had to miss a lot of days here and there. Teachers understood and said kids were doing fine and needed mostly to resolve the family issue. So, depends.

[Anonymous]

Pretty much never. Took my DD out for 1 day in 9th grade for international travel, both kids for 1 day in middle school for international travel (but it was the day before thanksgiving which isn't a very productive day anyway), and DD once in pre-K for 1.5 days to go to Disney World. DD also missed a day for college visiting. Both are in HS now and catching up after missing school is very difficult to do. They don't like missing school as a result.