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[quote=Anonymous]My kid’s k-8 private does not care as long as the kid isn’t behind academically. They don’t say that, but everyone knows. I’m sure private HSs are different.

Our school goes back 9/4 but there will be kids in every grade who don’t show up until 9/9 because they were traveling but couldn’t go earlier because they’d miss summer swim/baseball/water polo/tennis/horse camp. These are the same families who leave early for every single break no matter how it’s schedule. Thanksgiving break is now all week, but they’ll miss the Thursday and Friday, too. We’ll get back from winter break some years on a Wednesday but they’ll return the next Monday or Tuesday. During the year or two after Covid it was even worse. We knew a lot of private school families who stayed enrolled but “homeschooled” during the winter and went to ski houses or beach houses in Hawaii. It was insane and I don’t know why school didn’t unenroll them.

It’s maddening because it does end up affecting the other kids because no matter what teachers say, they’re not heartless. They’ll spend time in class catching the kids who were absent up or getting them started on projects so they won’t miss out. So the kids who show up regularly end up wasting a ton of time.

This is why we are applying out this year- I want my child to be in an environment that is less driven by wealth and the attitude that parents are the school’s “customer”.[/quote]

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