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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Schools have already lost this issue. Families will continue to travel at the holidays and other times of year to support the needs of the family.

Now what’s left is to decide what to do about it. Schools can adapt their planning and calendars so their absence levels are not reflected poorly. Teachers can work with students and parents about assignments.

But what will not work is to just continue to shriek about it. No one cares.

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Unexcused absence?  [b]Drop in grades if they cannot keep up[/b].  "0" on missed test.  Simple solution.  Traditional solutions sometimes work.  
It is not the school's job to give extra time off to some students and not others.[/quote]

School districts got themselves into a mess. Teachers cannot fail students except in very rare circumstances. Very few teachers are bothered by the kids who miss school to travel if the kids are top students, especially at the secondary level. Everything is posted online and the parents don't want to jeopardize college chances so those kids will get the work done and do well on state and division wide tests. The kids who are already academically behind and miss a lot of school probably should fail because they haven't mastered the material or even come close but the optics on that would be terrible.[/quote]

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