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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So many of the replies on this thread are ridiculous. C'mon guys, it's not like convincing the school to kick out this one kid is going to magically open up a spot for your precious son or daughter.

In three pages of comments, how many were actual attempts to answer the question, rather than just "you should go to private school because your stupid family members have the audacity to get married in June"?[/quote]

I've posted a couple times on this thread. My child is in first grade, so I don't really care about the PK3 seat. I do care about the attendance policy in general, though, because it IS disruptive to have kids gone a lot and gone for extended periods of time, because at that age, it does take time to readjust to being in school. I also really don't appreciate people who are happy to take advantage of what public school has to offer and then treat it as daycare, or as optional.

School is not compulsory until kindergarten, which is why the attendance policies describe hard and fast rules for K+ students. But every handbook I've seen also says that even though school is not compulsory for PK3 and PK4, those students should also adhere to the attendance policies. Many DCPS (even many that are not very highly regarded) have wait lists of families who will happily send their kids to school unless the kid is sick. For someone to say, "Oh, but it's for A FAMILY WEDDING so that means that the policies don't apply to us" is arrogant.[/quote]

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