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Start by demanding that family vacations are not excused regardless of the socioeconomic status of the family. Write letters to the BOE and Smith on this issue specifically. Ask why a week at Disney is an educational experience, but attending the funeral of a cousin is an excused absence.[/quote]

I think both a reasonable amount of family vacation and a cousin's funeral should be excused.  If the student can make up the work and learn the material, a trip to a foreign country is absolutely an educational experience.  Families should try to schedule so as not to impact school.  But if there is a wedding, funeral, or other celebration abroad that requires missing some school, I think those are legitimate reasons to be absent.  I went to school back when the policy was 5 unexcused absences and you fail, and my mom jumped through a lot of hoops to get a senior trip with my grandparents excused.  And you know what?  It really was educational and more worthwhile than another week of high school.[/quote]

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Even if you're categorizing turtles in the Galapagos in Spanish, a vacation is a vacation.  Schools don't have the resources to assess the educational content of your vacation.  And it's true that it's unfair that some kids get marked as absent, while other pushier parents get excused absences because they know how to work the system.[/quote]

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