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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If I were a teacher I’d be incredibly pissed by this disrespect.

“Because we are richer and more important than you and don’t respect your classroom calendar, we are taking a longer vacation than the school calendar dictates.”

They can make it up whatever way they figure out. Teacher needs not make concessions.[/quote]

What if the teacher sent YOU that email about taking vacation?[/quote]
They’d plan for a sub, I guess? Which is what I’m trying to do, plan. How, as a teacher, do you suppose we make up the work without involving you? I mean no disrespect and I’m asking for no special concessions, but if you’re printing the worksheets anyway, why can’t one be printed for my kid also? Aren’t you printing for the whole class anyway? I guess I’m confused. I appreciate all your replies.[/quote]

NP. You don't make up the work. You miss it. Vacation travel is an unexcused absence and that is what that means. I would let the teacher know that Larla is going to be absent so they don't worry where she is, but I would not ask for any makeup work and just deal with the pile of missed papers (if they have been nice and saved it for you) when you get back. Asking for work in advance that you're not entitled to per the absence policy either makes the teacher feel obligated to go out of their way when they technically don't have to, or puts them in the position of referring you to the policy and telling you no and risking a negative reaction from parents who think they are above the rules. Just inform of the absence, don't ask about work, and let the teacher figure out what they want to do. [/quote]

This is how it works in our school. We've had two times we have pulled our kids out. We were not given any of the work they did either before or after. It was NBD - kid didn't struggle being behind. But we are in ES.[/quote]

Agreed. I teach high school and am one who responded about how frustrating it is when parents do this (because I am stuck with extra work...I don’t want the student to suffer because of something that wasn’t their decision). In elementary the stakes are lower.  [/quote]

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