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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My school lost some accreditation this year due to absences. I'd say that 95% of the absences were sicknesses.

I do think that there's a lot of people taking long vacations though in the higher SES schools. [b]Seems like if there's such a demand for that, that maybe it could be baked into the calendar. 2-3 weeks off in February or so.[/b] I personally can't vacation travel over Thanksgiving or Christmas holidays because we're seeing family members. And travel in the summer is ridiculously hot in a lot of areas of the world. I'd love to have a long break at a time when most other schools are in session. It would make traveling easier. I do have a lot of Indian friends who pull their kids out for 2 weeks and Loudoun county has a very large Indian population.  [/quote]

That might work for elementary kids, but not high school.
There are standardized tests, like AP or IB exams that happen at the same day/time at every single school in the country in early May.  If a school district lost 2-3 weeks in February, [b]those kids would be at a huge disadvantage on those tests compared to other students around the country.[/b][/quote]

That's THEIR problem. Rather, it SHOULD be their problem. THE problem for all of us is that schools makes it SCHOOLS' problem instead of just letting those kids endure the consequences of their parents' decisions to pull them out of school.[/quote]

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