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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]A full week off outside of normal school holidays is fairly unusual.  Privates and Publics both generally do not like this.  Teachers at any school will resent being burdened by handling one’s DC as a very special case.

If it happens every year, privates might “counsel out” the DC - and one can forget about getting favorable recommendations to another private in that case.  Publics often allow a (tiny) maximum number of unexcused absences per year, but after that limit is reached, notes go in the permanent educational file for the child and there might be additional impacts (depending on locality, social services might be called in by the school).

Note this is VERY different from a student absent for a day due to a religious holiday (Yom kippur, Good Friday, et alia).  In such cases, nearly any school will be accommodating and teachers will not resent the absence & burden.

It is very difficult to believe one’s family vacation could not be taken during one of the (too) many existing school holidays - or over the summer - just as 99.9999% of families do.

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This is not the case at our DMV private whatsoever. One of the advantages of private is being able to somewhat shape your experience, versus one size fits all. Taking your child on a wonderful experience is not the same as neglect. It's sad that after all the 'lessons' of covid, people have reverted to feeling like they aren't allowed to find educational value in travel/new experiences, make time for family, etc.  yeah, don't be flagrant but do enjoy your moments. We've all seen how things can come to a screeching halt, or was that just a dream?[/quote]

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