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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We pulled our kid for a week to go to Europe.  Unexcused at a charter.  No big deal.  DS then missed a few more days unexcused for travel.  We hit 10 and just got an email from the school saying we missed this much unexcused days.  That’s it.  Maybe there might be a meeting if we miss more. Not sure.

But our kid is in elementary, high performing and we asked teachers to give us the work he would have done the week he missed school so he could do it.

It’s not a big deal, and I agree that the school and CPS is more concerned about neglect, abuse, etc..

Travel is a top priority for us and missing some days or week in elementary is not a big deal if your kid is doing fine.  I guess I would be more hesitant if my kid was struggling.  Once you hit middle and high school, it’s going to be more difficult for your kid to miss school.[/quote]

And I’m sure you thank those teachers for working with your family, right? You say it’s “no big deal”, but the teachers had to spend their time working extra to accommodate you. No, that’s NOT their job. It’s their job to educate the students who are there, not to create work and tutoring opportunities for the kids who aren’t there because of travel.

They may say “sure, no problem” directly to you out of a sense of professionalism. Then they are putting aside their real work (of which there is already too much) to accommodate you.

Maybe this doesn’t bother you. I don’t think it bothers most of the families I have to do this for, and all this extra work / individualized packets / after-school catch up sessions add up ton for me.[/quote]

The teachers spent 2 minutes giving my kid the packet that they were going to work on that week.  That’s it.

You have a reading comprehension issue.  My kid is high performing and don’t need any tutoring and there are no tutoring or after school catch up sessions at our school.  He would have done fine if he missed that week.

In fact, his one teacher asked if he could do a small presentation when he got back for the class.  I sent her some pictures and he did a 5 minute talk about the trip and answered lots of questions from his classmates.

So guess his teachers were more organized then you and made a learning experience from it for my son and his classmates.  [/quote]

So I guess your answer is no, you didn’t bother to thank the teacher. Called it.

The fact you responded with a personal attack (“his teachers were more organized then you”) tells me two things: 
1. You really should be in school so you can catch these grammatical errors. Perhaps you should consider fewer vacations and more time/respect shown to education.
2. This post hit a nerve and you’re defensive. You know what you’re doing is against the rules and you know it creates extra work. You’ll do it anyway, but there’s a small part of you that knows the message you’re sending isn’t a good one.

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