Unexcused absences, holidays and “chronic truancy” and how DC handles these issues.

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Anonymous wrote:Schools can (and are supposed to) refer you to cps after 10 unexcused absences. They rarely do, though, and even more rarely does cps do anything when it's only 10 non-consecutive days.

But I don't know why your child's absences are any more justified than other people's, just because you're not poor.

This is the key point.

Your child is missing school for reasons that are not excused. This means you get the same communications and deal with the same consequences as every other family whose child misses that much school.

You aren’t special; you’re making a choice to pull your child out for reasons that DCPS doesn’t consider valid. If you don’t want to deal with it, don’t take your kid out of school so much. It’s pretty simple.

Sure. I guess I am just wondering what the actual, real consequences are, realistically, for 10 days of non-consecutive unexcused absences. Like could I lose my OOB spot?

Also, what are some good excuses to use to get some days excused after the fact of missing a few days. I know that’s a morally ambiguous inquiry, but I’m okay with that. A doctor’s note excusing a few days would be great, but I wonder if I could even use the religious observance excuse, which seems like it would be a pretty broadly accepted excuse, especially since we’re in the US with so much religiosity. Pretty hard, legally, to argue with “firmly held beliefs”.

I think you're being kind of gross and would think less of you for it if I knew you. You need to understand that what happens is CPS may call you and tell you that school is important, but close out the case because your child is not actually being neglected or abused.

I think you could technically lose your OOB spot but probably they wouldn't bother. However if you act like an entitled PITA in other ways, that can subtly affect your experience. It seems like you're treating school like a daycare where you can come and go as you please, and teachers resent that because it's disrespectful and it's more work for them to catch your kid up.

I’m sorry but with a chance for my kid to see Bratislava for 4 days vs. miss a few days of school, I think it’s okay. You can pass moral judgments. It’s not as they matter to me because you have no impact on my life.

No one is judging you for your choice to take your kid out of school. We're judging you for lying in order to avoid the consequences.

Wait -- I'm judging him or her for taking the child out of school. If you give a child the message that school is important...unless you have other things you want to do, it leads to entitlement and ends up biting you in the butt when the kid blows off school later. I think it's poor parenting.

NP. We took off school for multiple overseas trips. A week at a time, before my kid got to middle school. She has straight As.

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Anonymous wrote:If you tell your kid's teachers in advance, offer to do any makeup work they want (but don't demand they prepare anything) and aren't generally a pain in the ass, there's a good chance they'll mark a couple of days as excused to avoid the letter. Just be upfront about the issue/don't lie. Our kids' teachers have always been willing to do it. (We take a family trip to my DH's country of origin every other year and miss about 8-10 days depending on the DCPS schedule for that year. The country is far away and so it's worth it for us. We've always been able to work with teachers to keep the unexcused year total under 10.)

No. Do not give teachers more work to accommodate your off-peak flight/vacation. You can buy a workbook from Target.

I don't even respond to those emails anymore. I just cc the social worker and let her do her thing.

Reading comprehension much? I specifically said not to ask them to prepare anything. My older kids' teachers have their homework ready well in advance and have always been happy to give it to us early. It's not a matter of me needing stuff for my kids to do, it's that I don't want my kids to get behind on work in a way that's a pain for their teachers. You must be at an UNW school if you think the school's social workers would care at all about this scenario. Our school's saintly overworked social worker would delete your message in a heartbeat.

"our teachers have always been willing to do it". Do what? because you are "honest" they just look the other way. You sound like a pain in the ass parent.
You are lucky you aren't in my class or at our school. Your out of boundary *ss would have been kicked out by now. Sounds like your saintly social worker should be fired for not doing their job.

Ever heard of Rashida Rudd from your little perch?

I’m not sure what you’re having trouble following. Our teachers have always been willing to mark a few days as excused even when we tell the truth about our plans in order to avoid hassle with the 10 day letter/CPS/etc. I’m also in the boundary of my school FWIW and have very good relationships with most of our teachers.

I’ve heard of Relisha Rudd, of course, but still think it is a waste of resources to go after families for missing 10 days, especially non-consecutively, when you know exactly where they are. We’d be totally happy to do a Teams call if that assuaged concerns — and in fact one of the kids did call into class to show the teacher and class something they’d learned about in school (at the teacher’s request) on our last trip.

I would be very upset if my child's teacher allowed this to happen. How could a teacher think it's appropriate to flaunt another family's wealth and complete disregard for school attendance in front of the whole class?

There's so much bitterness in this post that I think it must be fake, but it was always very common when I was in school for kids to share photos or stories of their trips especially to destinations relevant to what we were learning.

Because the original poster suggested allowing their child to be live-streamed during class time to share where they are. Super weird. Even weirder of the teacher allowed it.

The teacher requested it, actually, and my child wasn't the first child to do it and won't be the last. The idea of zooming someone not in the classroom obviously didn't exist when you were in school, but it's essentially the better version of photos/stories. Also, obviously there is absolutely no difference when it comes to "flaunt[ing] another family's wealth." In fact, the rich kid could get back to school on time more easily because ticket prices don't matter to their family.

Super weird. I work at a great school and I cannot imagine any teacher, from pk all the way to fifth allowing this. Never mentioned wealth- you seem obsessed.

Uhm, not the PP but the wealth part is literally quoting the previous message (and in quotation marks, so it seems not so hard to figure that out). You can see the original upthread if you hit the quote button. I hope you're not really a teacher with this level of reading comprehension.

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Anonymous wrote:If you tell your kid's teachers in advance, offer to do any makeup work they want (but don't demand they prepare anything) and aren't generally a pain in the ass, there's a good chance they'll mark a couple of days as excused to avoid the letter. Just be upfront about the issue/don't lie. Our kids' teachers have always been willing to do it. (We take a family trip to my DH's country of origin every other year and miss about 8-10 days depending on the DCPS schedule for that year. The country is far away and so it's worth it for us. We've always been able to work with teachers to keep the unexcused year total under 10.)

No. Do not give teachers more work to accommodate your off-peak flight/vacation. You can buy a workbook from Target.

I don't even respond to those emails anymore. I just cc the social worker and let her do her thing.

Reading comprehension much? I specifically said not to ask them to prepare anything. My older kids' teachers have their homework ready well in advance and have always been happy to give it to us early. It's not a matter of me needing stuff for my kids to do, it's that I don't want my kids to get behind on work in a way that's a pain for their teachers. You must be at an UNW school if you think the school's social workers would care at all about this scenario. Our school's saintly overworked social worker would delete your message in a heartbeat.

"our teachers have always been willing to do it". Do what? because you are "honest" they just look the other way. You sound like a pain in the ass parent.
You are lucky you aren't in my class or at our school. Your out of boundary *ss would have been kicked out by now. Sounds like your saintly social worker should be fired for not doing their job.

Ever heard of Rashida Rudd from your little perch?

I’m not sure what you’re having trouble following. Our teachers have always been willing to mark a few days as excused even when we tell the truth about our plans in order to avoid hassle with the 10 day letter/CPS/etc. I’m also in the boundary of my school FWIW and have very good relationships with most of our teachers.

I’ve heard of Relisha Rudd, of course, but still think it is a waste of resources to go after families for missing 10 days, especially non-consecutively, when you know exactly where they are. We’d be totally happy to do a Teams call if that assuaged concerns — and in fact one of the kids did call into class to show the teacher and class something they’d learned about in school (at the teacher’s request) on our last trip.

I would be very upset if my child's teacher allowed this to happen. How could a teacher think it's appropriate to flaunt another family's wealth and complete disregard for school attendance in front of the whole class?

There's so much bitterness in this post that I think it must be fake, but it was always very common when I was in school for kids to share photos or stories of their trips especially to destinations relevant to what we were learning.

Because the original poster suggested allowing their child to be live-streamed during class time to share where they are. Super weird. Even weirder of the teacher allowed it.

The teacher requested it, actually, and my child wasn't the first child to do it and won't be the last. The idea of zooming someone not in the classroom obviously didn't exist when you were in school, but it's essentially the better version of photos/stories. Also, obviously there is absolutely no difference when it comes to "flaunt[ing] another family's wealth." In fact, the rich kid could get back to school on time more easily because ticket prices don't matter to their family.

The "poor" kids are the ones skipping school for vacation because they can't afford the more expensive flights? Lol.

You live in quite the bubble.

NP, but... I assume it's true that it's UMC families who take plane ticket prices into account v rich ones. This would absolutely be a difference in much of UNW. Obviously not "poor" kids, but the PP didn't say that. Just not "rich."

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There is a double standard here. School attendance is important and should be the number one priority.....unless your family is rich and can afford to travel.

Send your kids to school and plan your vacations on school breaks.

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Anonymous wrote:If you tell your kid's teachers in advance, offer to do any makeup work they want (but don't demand they prepare anything) and aren't generally a pain in the ass, there's a good chance they'll mark a couple of days as excused to avoid the letter. Just be upfront about the issue/don't lie. Our kids' teachers have always been willing to do it. (We take a family trip to my DH's country of origin every other year and miss about 8-10 days depending on the DCPS schedule for that year. The country is far away and so it's worth it for us. We've always been able to work with teachers to keep the unexcused year total under 10.)

No. Do not give teachers more work to accommodate your off-peak flight/vacation. You can buy a workbook from Target.

I don't even respond to those emails anymore. I just cc the social worker and let her do her thing.

Reading comprehension much? I specifically said not to ask them to prepare anything. My older kids' teachers have their homework ready well in advance and have always been happy to give it to us early. It's not a matter of me needing stuff for my kids to do, it's that I don't want my kids to get behind on work in a way that's a pain for their teachers. You must be at an UNW school if you think the school's social workers would care at all about this scenario. Our school's saintly overworked social worker would delete your message in a heartbeat.

"our teachers have always been willing to do it". Do what? because you are "honest" they just look the other way. You sound like a pain in the ass parent.
You are lucky you aren't in my class or at our school. Your out of boundary *ss would have been kicked out by now. Sounds like your saintly social worker should be fired for not doing their job.

Ever heard of Rashida Rudd from your little perch?

I’m not sure what you’re having trouble following. Our teachers have always been willing to mark a few days as excused even when we tell the truth about our plans in order to avoid hassle with the 10 day letter/CPS/etc. I’m also in the boundary of my school FWIW and have very good relationships with most of our teachers.

I’ve heard of Relisha Rudd, of course, but still think it is a waste of resources to go after families for missing 10 days, especially non-consecutively, when you know exactly where they are. We’d be totally happy to do a Teams call if that assuaged concerns — and in fact one of the kids did call into class to show the teacher and class something they’d learned about in school (at the teacher’s request) on our last trip.

I would be very upset if my child's teacher allowed this to happen. How could a teacher think it's appropriate to flaunt another family's wealth and complete disregard for school attendance in front of the whole class?

There's so much bitterness in this post that I think it must be fake, but it was always very common when I was in school for kids to share photos or stories of their trips especially to destinations relevant to what we were learning.

Because the original poster suggested allowing their child to be live-streamed during class time to share where they are. Super weird. Even weirder of the teacher allowed it.

The teacher requested it, actually, and my child wasn't the first child to do it and won't be the last. The idea of zooming someone not in the classroom obviously didn't exist when you were in school, but it's essentially the better version of photos/stories. Also, obviously there is absolutely no difference when it comes to "flaunt[ing] another family's wealth." In fact, the rich kid could get back to school on time more easily because ticket prices don't matter to their family.

The "poor" kids are the ones skipping school for vacation because they can't afford the more expensive flights? Lol.

You live in quite the bubble.

NP, but... I assume it's true that it's UMC families who take plane ticket prices into account v rich ones. This would absolutely be a difference in much of UNW. Obviously not "poor" kids, but the PP didn't say that. Just not "rich."

You're in a bubble if your elementary school is exclusively UMC or rich. I guess if that's OP's situation then maybe this tracks, but at a vast majority of schools this isn't a realistic picture of how this behavior will be perceived and received.

Also, the implied discrepancy in enforcement of attendance policy based on student income level is probably realistic but also kind of gross.

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Yeah, well, DC schools are required by law to offer 180 days of instruction and they ignore that rule when it's inconvenient.

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Anonymous wrote:If you tell your kid's teachers in advance, offer to do any makeup work they want (but don't demand they prepare anything) and aren't generally a pain in the ass, there's a good chance they'll mark a couple of days as excused to avoid the letter. Just be upfront about the issue/don't lie. Our kids' teachers have always been willing to do it. (We take a family trip to my DH's country of origin every other year and miss about 8-10 days depending on the DCPS schedule for that year. The country is far away and so it's worth it for us. We've always been able to work with teachers to keep the unexcused year total under 10.)

No. Do not give teachers more work to accommodate your off-peak flight/vacation. You can buy a workbook from Target.

I don't even respond to those emails anymore. I just cc the social worker and let her do her thing.

Reading comprehension much? I specifically said not to ask them to prepare anything. My older kids' teachers have their homework ready well in advance and have always been happy to give it to us early. It's not a matter of me needing stuff for my kids to do, it's that I don't want my kids to get behind on work in a way that's a pain for their teachers. You must be at an UNW school if you think the school's social workers would care at all about this scenario. Our school's saintly overworked social worker would delete your message in a heartbeat.

"our teachers have always been willing to do it". Do what? because you are "honest" they just look the other way. You sound like a pain in the ass parent.
You are lucky you aren't in my class or at our school. Your out of boundary *ss would have been kicked out by now. Sounds like your saintly social worker should be fired for not doing their job.

Ever heard of Rashida Rudd from your little perch?

I’m not sure what you’re having trouble following. Our teachers have always been willing to mark a few days as excused even when we tell the truth about our plans in order to avoid hassle with the 10 day letter/CPS/etc. I’m also in the boundary of my school FWIW and have very good relationships with most of our teachers.

I’ve heard of Relisha Rudd, of course, but still think it is a waste of resources to go after families for missing 10 days, especially non-consecutively, when you know exactly where they are. We’d be totally happy to do a Teams call if that assuaged concerns — and in fact one of the kids did call into class to show the teacher and class something they’d learned about in school (at the teacher’s request) on our last trip.

I would be very upset if my child's teacher allowed this to happen. How could a teacher think it's appropriate to flaunt another family's wealth and complete disregard for school attendance in front of the whole class?

There's so much bitterness in this post that I think it must be fake, but it was always very common when I was in school for kids to share photos or stories of their trips especially to destinations relevant to what we were learning.

Because the original poster suggested allowing their child to be live-streamed during class time to share where they are. Super weird. Even weirder of the teacher allowed it.

The teacher requested it, actually, and my child wasn't the first child to do it and won't be the last. The idea of zooming someone not in the classroom obviously didn't exist when you were in school, but it's essentially the better version of photos/stories. Also, obviously there is absolutely no difference when it comes to "flaunt[ing] another family's wealth." In fact, the rich kid could get back to school on time more easily because ticket prices don't matter to their family.

Super weird. I work at a great school and I cannot imagine any teacher, from pk all the way to fifth allowing this. Never mentioned wealth- you seem obsessed.

Uhm, not the PP but the wealth part is literally quoting the previous message (and in quotation marks, so it seems not so hard to figure that out). You can see the original upthread if you hit the quote button. I hope you're not really a teacher with this level of reading comprehension.

Nice bait. I know what I said and I know what I read. I’m not the poster responding to the wealth comments. White dc parents are a special kind of selfish and stupid. Good night!

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Anonymous wrote:If you tell your kid's teachers in advance, offer to do any makeup work they want (but don't demand they prepare anything) and aren't generally a pain in the ass, there's a good chance they'll mark a couple of days as excused to avoid the letter. Just be upfront about the issue/don't lie. Our kids' teachers have always been willing to do it. (We take a family trip to my DH's country of origin every other year and miss about 8-10 days depending on the DCPS schedule for that year. The country is far away and so it's worth it for us. We've always been able to work with teachers to keep the unexcused year total under 10.)

No. Do not give teachers more work to accommodate your off-peak flight/vacation. You can buy a workbook from Target.

I don't even respond to those emails anymore. I just cc the social worker and let her do her thing.

Reading comprehension much? I specifically said not to ask them to prepare anything. My older kids' teachers have their homework ready well in advance and have always been happy to give it to us early. It's not a matter of me needing stuff for my kids to do, it's that I don't want my kids to get behind on work in a way that's a pain for their teachers. You must be at an UNW school if you think the school's social workers would care at all about this scenario. Our school's saintly overworked social worker would delete your message in a heartbeat.

"our teachers have always been willing to do it". Do what? because you are "honest" they just look the other way. You sound like a pain in the ass parent.
You are lucky you aren't in my class or at our school. Your out of boundary *ss would have been kicked out by now. Sounds like your saintly social worker should be fired for not doing their job.

Ever heard of Rashida Rudd from your little perch?

I’m not sure what you’re having trouble following. Our teachers have always been willing to mark a few days as excused even when we tell the truth about our plans in order to avoid hassle with the 10 day letter/CPS/etc. I’m also in the boundary of my school FWIW and have very good relationships with most of our teachers.

I’ve heard of Relisha Rudd, of course, but still think it is a waste of resources to go after families for missing 10 days, especially non-consecutively, when you know exactly where they are. We’d be totally happy to do a Teams call if that assuaged concerns — and in fact one of the kids did call into class to show the teacher and class something they’d learned about in school (at the teacher’s request) on our last trip.

I would be very upset if my child's teacher allowed this to happen. How could a teacher think it's appropriate to flaunt another family's wealth and complete disregard for school attendance in front of the whole class?

There's so much bitterness in this post that I think it must be fake, but it was always very common when I was in school for kids to share photos or stories of their trips especially to destinations relevant to what we were learning.

Because the original poster suggested allowing their child to be live-streamed during class time to share where they are. Super weird. Even weirder of the teacher allowed it.

The teacher requested it, actually, and my child wasn't the first child to do it and won't be the last. The idea of zooming someone not in the classroom obviously didn't exist when you were in school, but it's essentially the better version of photos/stories. Also, obviously there is absolutely no difference when it comes to "flaunt[ing] another family's wealth." In fact, the rich kid could get back to school on time more easily because ticket prices don't matter to their family.

Super weird. I work at a great school and I cannot imagine any teacher, from pk all the way to fifth allowing this. Never mentioned wealth- you seem obsessed.

Uhm, not the PP but the wealth part is literally quoting the previous message (and in quotation marks, so it seems not so hard to figure that out). You can see the original upthread if you hit the quote button. I hope you're not really a teacher with this level of reading comprehension.

Nice bait. I know what I said and I know what I read. I’m not the poster responding to the wealth comments. White dc parents are a special kind of selfish and stupid. Good night!

Yikes. Now I also hope you’re not a teacher. Really bad look.

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Anonymous wrote:We have missed a lot of school. And we have never been referred. My guess is if you're at a school with a lot of poverty where kids missing a lot of school is a red flag, you're more likely to get referred. We were in an UMC DCPS. No issues.

Yep, it’s obvious people on here who are bitter are at poor schools or maybe can’t afford to travel much. It’s pretty common in UMC and higher.

Also it’s pretty obvious that when poor kids miss school, they are not traveling. It’s because the kids are skipping, parents don’t care, neglect, abuse, etc….

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Anonymous wrote:Schools can (and are supposed to) refer you to cps after 10 unexcused absences. They rarely do, though, and even more rarely does cps do anything when it's only 10 non-consecutive days.

But I don't know why your child's absences are any more justified than other people's, just because you're not poor.

This is the key point.

Your child is missing school for reasons that are not excused. This means you get the same communications and deal with the same consequences as every other family whose child misses that much school.

You aren’t special; you’re making a choice to pull your child out for reasons that DCPS doesn’t consider valid. If you don’t want to deal with it, don’t take your kid out of school so much. It’s pretty simple.

Sure. I guess I am just wondering what the actual, real consequences are, realistically, for 10 days of non-consecutive unexcused absences. Like could I lose my OOB spot?

Also, what are some good excuses to use to get some days excused after the fact of missing a few days. I know that’s a morally ambiguous inquiry, but I’m okay with that. A doctor’s note excusing a few days would be great, but I wonder if I could even use the religious observance excuse, which seems like it would be a pretty broadly accepted excuse, especially since we’re in the US with so much religiosity. Pretty hard, legally, to argue with “firmly held beliefs”.

I think you're being kind of gross and would think less of you for it if I knew you. You need to understand that what happens is CPS may call you and tell you that school is important, but close out the case because your child is not actually being neglected or abused.

I think you could technically lose your OOB spot but probably they wouldn't bother. However if you act like an entitled PITA in other ways, that can subtly affect your experience. It seems like you're treating school like a daycare where you can come and go as you please, and teachers resent that because it's disrespectful and it's more work for them to catch your kid up.

I’m sorry but with a chance for my kid to see Bratislava for 4 days vs. miss a few days of school, I think it’s okay. You can pass moral judgments. It’s not as they matter to me because you have no impact on my life.

No one is judging you for your choice to take your kid out of school. We're judging you for lying in order to avoid the consequences.

Wait -- I'm judging him or her for taking the child out of school. If you give a child the message that school is important...unless you have other things you want to do, it leads to entitlement and ends up biting you in the butt when the kid blows off school later. I think it's poor parenting.

NP. We took off school for multiple overseas trips. A week at a time, before my kid got to middle school. She has straight As.

+1 kid is doing well and last year in elementary. We are traveling a lot this year before middle school starts.

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Anonymous wrote:We have missed a lot of school. And we have never been referred. My guess is if you're at a school with a lot of poverty where kids missing a lot of school is a red flag, you're more likely to get referred. We were in an UMC DCPS. No issues.

Yep, it’s obvious people on here who are bitter are at poor schools or maybe can’t afford to travel much. It’s pretty common in UMC and higher.

Also it’s pretty obvious that when poor kids miss school, they are not traveling. It’s because the kids are skipping, parents don’t care, neglect, abuse, etc….

You’re really a gross person. I hope you keep these disgustingly bigoted beliefs to yourself.

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Anonymous wrote:We have missed a lot of school. And we have never been referred. My guess is if you're at a school with a lot of poverty where kids missing a lot of school is a red flag, you're more likely to get referred. We were in an UMC DCPS. No issues.

Yep, it’s obvious people on here who are bitter are at poor schools or maybe can’t afford to travel much. It’s pretty common in UMC and higher.

Also it’s pretty obvious that when poor kids miss school, they are not traveling. It’s because the kids are skipping, parents don’t care, neglect, abuse, etc….

You’re really a gross person. I hope you keep these disgustingly bigoted beliefs to yourself.

Not bigoted but true. Please tell us the reasons you think the majority of poor kids are missing school then.

Ask any middle or high school teachers and it’s because the kids are skipping school. Yet DCPS still passes these kids no matter what their truancy rate is and that’s why a high school diploma in this town is worthless.

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Anonymous wrote:We have missed a lot of school. And we have never been referred. My guess is if you're at a school with a lot of poverty where kids missing a lot of school is a red flag, you're more likely to get referred. We were in an UMC DCPS. No issues.

Yep, it’s obvious people on here who are bitter are at poor schools or maybe can’t afford to travel much. It’s pretty common in UMC and higher.

Also it’s pretty obvious that when poor kids miss school, they are not traveling. It’s because the kids are skipping, parents don’t care, neglect, abuse, etc….

You’re really a gross person. I hope you keep these disgustingly bigoted beliefs to yourself.

Not bigoted but true. Please tell us the reasons you think the majority of poor kids are missing school then.

Ask any middle or high school teachers and it’s because the kids are skipping school. Yet DCPS still passes these kids no matter what their truancy rate is and that’s why a high school diploma in this town is worthless.

The point is that the reason doesn't matter. It's educational neglect if a kid is skipping and it's educational neglect if a kid is on vacation. Both kids are missing instructional time.

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Anonymous wrote:We have missed a lot of school. And we have never been referred. My guess is if you're at a school with a lot of poverty where kids missing a lot of school is a red flag, you're more likely to get referred. We were in an UMC DCPS. No issues.

Yep, it’s obvious people on here who are bitter are at poor schools or maybe can’t afford to travel much. It’s pretty common in UMC and higher.

Also it’s pretty obvious that when poor kids miss school, they are not traveling. It’s because the kids are skipping, parents don’t care, neglect, abuse, etc….

You’re really a gross person. I hope you keep these disgustingly bigoted beliefs to yourself.

Not bigoted but true. Please tell us the reasons you think the majority of poor kids are missing school then.

Ask any middle or high school teachers and it’s because the kids are skipping school. Yet DCPS still passes these kids no matter what their truancy rate is and that’s why a high school diploma in this town is worthless.

The point is that the reason doesn't matter. It's educational neglect if a kid is skipping and it's educational neglect if a kid is on vacation. Both kids are missing instructional time.

Whatever, a kid doing well in school and able to make up the work is not educational neglect.

My good friend missed a month of school in high school to travel. She said her dad thought the experience would be worth it and it was. She never regretted it, had an amazing time and learned so much and still fondly remembers that now that her dad has passed.

She moved on to medical school and now making a ton of money and worth millions.

That’s the difference between missing school when kids are actually doing well and not big impact vs missing months of school by a kid who is not and can’t afford to miss.


Life is not fair but it never is and that’s the reality and difference.

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Anonymous wrote:We have missed a lot of school. And we have never been referred. My guess is if you're at a school with a lot of poverty where kids missing a lot of school is a red flag, you're more likely to get referred. We were in an UMC DCPS. No issues.

Yep, it’s obvious people on here who are bitter are at poor schools or maybe can’t afford to travel much. It’s pretty common in UMC and higher.

Also it’s pretty obvious that when poor kids miss school, they are not traveling. It’s because the kids are skipping, parents don’t care, neglect, abuse, etc….

Our family values school attendance and thinks it's important that our child's teacher models that value during class time. That's not bitterness.

We go on plenty of vacations. Just not on school days.