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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Children have one job in life and that's school. They get guaranteed vacations, but school is not optional or that thing you do when there isn't something more fun you could find to do like going to Disney or watching TV or going to the beach or sleeping or deciding not to go today because to don't feel like it. Our kids go to school unless school is out for vacation. I think the problem is that unless kids go to school when school is in session we're teaching them a weird sense of entitlement and that school isn't important. When school is less important than vacation kids learn the wrong message. [/quote]

I don't think people are saying that school is less important than vacation.  They are saving that school is less important than family bonding time (even if it is at disney). [/quote]

Families have the option of bonding during school vacations. [/quote]

+1. You don't have to pull your kid out of school when it's in session to bond. [/quote]

What if the parents have jobs with a slow time that doesn't coincide with the school vacations?  or what if that's the only time Grandma can join them on the Disney trip?  or a million other reasons that might make sense for the family.  [/quote]

Bond on the weekends. Fly grandma to you. School is in session only 180 days/year (DCPS). That means that there are more days out of school than in school. You SHOULD be able to figure it out.[/quote]

I'm so happy that in the years since this post was written, America has moved beyond the issues that made your statement seem so Marie Antoinettesque back in 2012.[/quote]

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