Take off a week in school year to go to disney

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Anonymous wrote:Op here. My kids are in love of outdoor pool and outdoor water park. Any other shorter line month for weather good enough to go to pool?

I have heard mid-May. You basically want to avoid any school break or long weekend. But also check for Disney events. There are crowd calendars you can look up online.

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Anonymous wrote:We don’t take DD out of school for vacations. We use her breaks for that.

Why are parents of singletons also the biggest sticks in the mud.

My parents did the same thing with me and my sister.

And they were also smug a-holes about it?

My post was factual, not smug.

But, no one asked. You’re only sharing to be smug. And an a-hole.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm a teacher. As long as you don't ask me to do additional work or make spacial arrangements for your kids, why would i care? Your kids will just be marked absent and will get no credit for missed work. It's not like your kids are in the hospital or some such situation.

And if they miss a pop quiz, they’ll fail it. As they should.

Good thing none of my kids have ever had a pop quiz in elementary….

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Anonymous wrote:I think it’s extremely obnoxious to take kids out of school for stuff like Disney. If you do that you have lost all rights to complain about the quality of your kids’ education, their teachers, the school system, etc ever again. You’re making very clear (both to the school and your kids) that education isn’t a top priority.

Absolutely false. Took my children (now very productive, college graduates and gainfully employed adults) to Disney twice when they were in ES. Education is a top priority. So is family. And life experience. And joy.

Family and life experience and joy can happen without taking kids out of school for a week for Disney.

And it can happen during school...both can happen at the same time

And if it happens during school, you’re sending the message to your kids that school isn’t that important. It’s not like kids don’t get school breaks.

If my kids are getting the message that family bonding and joy are more important than school they will have gotten the right message exactly.

Or you can teach them that all of that can happen without them missing school.

I’m happy my kids know the tireless grind of school and then work is not the most important thing.

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Anonymous wrote:We don’t take DD out of school for vacations. We use her breaks for that.

Why are parents of singletons also the biggest sticks in the mud.

My parents did the same thing with me and my sister.

And they were also smug a-holes about it?

My post was factual, not smug.

But, no one asked. You’re only sharing to be smug. And an a-hole.

OP asked if people take their kids out. I answered it.

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We always went one of those weird McPS weekends where they have a planning or religious holiday and then added on one more day or two, which makes a nice 4-5 day trip. Fly down Friday, fly back Tuesday or Wednesday evening.

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It’s just so obnoxious. There is post after post and thread after thread on the Montgomery county schools forum on this website where parents are moaning and groaning and complaining about the education declining, kids falling behind during Covid, teachers being slackers, everything is terrible relating to the schools, yet when a parent says they wanna take the kids out for a week to take them to a goddamn amusement park the reaction by other parents is to slap them on the back and say YOLO?

There is a reason why Disney is less crowded when school is in session. Because good parents send their kids to school!

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Anonymous wrote:It’s just so obnoxious. There is post after post and thread after thread on the Montgomery county schools forum on this website where parents are moaning and groaning and complaining about the education declining, kids falling behind during Covid, teachers being slackers, everything is terrible relating to the schools, yet when a parent says they wanna take the kids out for a week to take them to a goddamn amusement park the reaction by other parents is to slap them on the back and say YOLO?

There is a reason why Disney is less crowded when school is in session. Because good parents send their kids to school!

+ 1,000,000

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Anonymous wrote:I think it’s extremely obnoxious to take kids out of school for stuff like Disney. If you do that you have lost all rights to complain about the quality of your kids’ education, their teachers, the school system, etc ever again. You’re making very clear (both to the school and your kids) that education isn’t a top priority.

Absolutely false. Took my children (now very productive, college graduates and gainfully employed adults) to Disney twice when they were in ES. Education is a top priority. So is family. And life experience. And joy.

Is it possible to have four "top priorities"?

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Anonymous wrote:I'm a teacher. As long as you don't ask me to do additional work or make spacial arrangements for your kids, why would i care? Your kids will just be marked absent and will get no credit for missed work. It's not like your kids are in the hospital or some such situation.

And if they miss a pop quiz, they’ll fail it. As they should.

A failed elementary school pop quiz...the horrors!!! No one's ever come back from that!

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Anonymous wrote:It’s just so obnoxious. There is post after post and thread after thread on the Montgomery county schools forum on this website where parents are moaning and groaning and complaining about the education declining, kids falling behind during Covid, teachers being slackers, everything is terrible relating to the schools, yet when a parent says they wanna take the kids out for a week to take them to a goddamn amusement park the reaction by other parents is to slap them on the back and say YOLO?

There is a reason why Disney is less crowded when school is in session. Because good parents send their kids to school!

Guess I'm a bad parent. What ever will I do with this crushing revelation?

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Anonymous wrote:I feel like this question comes up frequently. Conventional wisdom is that it’s fine while in elementary school; more of a mixed bag of opinions re middle school; no go for high school. And do not expect teachers to go out of their ways to accommodate.

They don't have to. All kids are given until the final days of the quarter to hand in their work. It's all online. Everyone is spoon-fed. Everyone is given until the 11th hour.

Everyone 'succeeds'.

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January. Go, do it.

-Elem teacher who did the same

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Anonymous wrote:I think it’s extremely obnoxious to take kids out of school for stuff like Disney. If you do that you have lost all rights to complain about the quality of your kids’ education, their teachers, the school system, etc ever again. You’re making very clear (both to the school and your kids) that education isn’t a top priority.

Absolutely false. Took my children (now very productive, college graduates and gainfully employed adults) to Disney twice when they were in ES. Education is a top priority. So is family. And life experience. And joy.

Family and life experience and joy can happen without taking kids out of school for a week for Disney.

And it can happen during school...both can happen at the same time

And if it happens during school, you’re sending the message to your kids that school isn’t that important. It’s not like kids don’t get school breaks.

If my kids are getting the message that family bonding and joy are more important than school they will have gotten the right message exactly.

Or you can teach them that all of that can happen without them missing school.

Sure, it *can*. But sometimes, we choose to do it a different way. *shrug*

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I think a week is too long but if you can do 2-3 days around a weekend, I don't think it's a big deal in elementary. But I think a week at Disney is too long at any time of year so YMMV.