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[quote=Anonymous]Like a PP said, sit down with the calendar before school starts figure out what are the known days where you will need coverage and divide them up. Most jobs are flexible enough that if you put in for leave well in advance it’s not an issue. When my kids were school age we enrolled them in the school’s aftercare program which was run by KAH. This was the true lifesaver, they are open during school breaks and will take the kids for teacher in service days and the whole afternoon on half days. If you have an aftercare provider at your school, sign your kid up because that also lessens the burden of breaks, half days, etc. that you and DH need to divide up and cover. That will just leave you with unexpected sick days and snow days (although aftercare sometimes runs on snow days if the admin offices are open). This will depend on which of you has the most flexibility. DH and I are both lawyers, but I was a litigator when my kids were young, so we knew that last minute sick days, etc. would largely fall on DH. We evened that out by my being the one to handle pre-set doctor and dentist appointments and the few known days where aftercare wasn’t an option. It seems really daunting when you are in it, but you will get through it. [/quote]

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