Reply to How many kids will be skipping the Mon and Tues of Spring Break?

Forum Index » Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS)

Reply to "How many kids will be skipping the Mon and Tues of Spring Break?"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No because school is not optional. I genuinely do not understand these parents who pull their kids out of school for vacation unless it is like, a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. What kind of mindset is that instilling? And I’m not even a particularly neurotic parent. I just find it so disrespectful and snowflakey. The rules don’t apply to you right?[/quote]

So you go to work every business day of the year? You never take days off?

My parents yanked me out of school periodically to go on vacation, and they were incredible experiences that shaped who I am (museums, nature tours, historic homes/sites, etc.).  IMO, taking the first two days of spring break if you have somewhere to go is nbd.  Your kids will remember those experiences, not what they learned on that Monday (even if it was filled with content).[/quote]

why not do all this during the summer? Unless your cherished spring break vacation is weather dependent, why wouldn't you just do all this when kids are.off? and 6 days off seems like ample time to travel. it baffles me the level of entitlement, hypocrisy and cluelessness some people have.[/quote]
Do you have jobs to plan around? Relatives in different areas of the country? Kids in high school sports? Moco sports started aug 11, so once your kids are in high school, it’s not 11 weeks if they do sports. I’m the OP and we didn’t do anything this summer because my husband was deployed since April, so I would like something bigger for spring break. There are a whole lot of reasons, not all of which are entitled or clueless. [/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics