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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yes, definitely ask. I saw in MoCo rights and responsibilities action that you can have an absence excused for college visits and other educational reasons.  [/quote]

Thanks, pp! I reviewed the mcps policies as well and there seems to be room for discretion here. Since it's essentially a once in a lifetime opportunity, I'm inclined to reach out. [/quote]

It is possible, but largely depends on how you present it to the principal. As a teacher, I’ve traveled with my children internationally three times without any problems. We usually offer to write a report about the country in addition to making up missed assignments. In middle and HS, one snag is often County assessments that must be administered in a certain window. If it is a HS credit bearing course, there is typically less leeway. A second issue is how the student represents the absence to peers and teachers. My principal is very liberal with excusing educational travel, but gave a very short window for makeups to students who obviously were just on a family vacation in the Caribbean or simply went skiing.

Family “emergencies” are always excused and my students typically return from these emergency trips tanned and full of great stories about how much fun they had. I don’t advocate lying, but if you must travel for work and can’t leave your child behind, that’s a childcare emergency in my book.

Go and don’t worry so much. Teachers are used to it by now and most of us realize the world is a classroom.[/quote]

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