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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]1. Public school has 180 days in session. Go on vacay during the other 185. Or homeschool. Or go private. Or go to online school.[/quote]

1/2 the time spent in school in DC is a waste of time.  If you have a high performing kid, that percentage goes up even more.   The kid will get much more out of some trips then missing a few days of school.

Now if your kid is at the bottom of the class, well that is different situation altogether.
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If you’re pulling your kids from class for multiple days in middle school, you’re contributing to their anxiety. I see kids crying before and after returning from abroad. Is your vacation more important than your kid’s mental health? [/quote]

Oh my god, no parent should do this to their kid in middle school. My kids learns new information every day and then is tested on it. [/quote]

Parents do this all the time in our well regarded HS.  Kids miss a week of school for all sorts of reasons their parents deem more important than school.  [b]It’s their choice I guess but some kids come back incredibly stressed[/b].[/quote]

This is very real; I teach upper elementary and see it all the time. Many kids put stress on themselves when they miss school, parents ask for work they can take.[/quote]

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