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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Some of these replies are utterly ridiculous. I have friends who take their children out of Sidwell Friends for 2 weeks for trips to China, Russia and etc and guess what......... SF is totally ok with that because that child is required to come back and give a report on the cultural and social differences of the places they visited. As one who travels internationally for work and brings here children at least once a year this should be encouraged.

With that said if you are taking your child to North Carolina for a wedding or etc.....may raise some eye brows. [/quote]

Sidwell Friends doesn't have the type of population DC does. They want to identify and catch at risk kids - and they have to enforce policies uniformly or face lawsuits.

If an extended absence (going to Mongolia to pick up your new adopted child) is important to your family there are ways to do it. For example, you could file papers to homeschool, then re-enroll when you return. Of course if you are OOB or at a charter you would lose your seat in the public school. [/quote]

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