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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Can I show this thread to my MIL? She is annoyed that we won't pull out of school for a couple days before break so that she can visit before the holidays and avoid traffic. I was raised that unless you are ill, you are in school, so it seems offensive to consider.

The only reason that I'm considering it is that sometimes the classes do end up just watching movies a day or two before winter and spring breaks (a whole other issue).[b] But there's no way I can ask the elementary teachers if they plan to do anything substantive, right?[/b][/quote]

I think you would know if you had the relationship with them to do this, and it's probably harder to do in public than in private school. My son had just missed a ton of school for medical reasons and is going for a half day today. I emailed the teacher to ask if they had any "special programming" or activities planned as I was trying to figure out what part of the day would be best for him to attend. She totally read between the lines and let me know which academic times had been replaced with crafts and other activities.

And this was for medical stuff but I would be totally comfortable saying to her we have an opportunity to begin a family trip early and ask what he would miss in school that day. We've had other teachers who would have been offended by the question. I always leave "make up work" up to them. Sometimes they send stuff before or after, or not at all.[/quote]

Why expect the teacher to read between the lines. Just say “When are you doing things that my child can miss with no consequences?”[/quote]

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