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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I wouldn't pull my kids out to visit Disney for a week. We did the park for 3 days then visited historical sites.

I regret not pulling my kids out more often in elementary and middle school to travel. It is too hard once the kids are older. My concern was never that my kids couldn't keep up or catch up. It was more that there was always one teacher who was an ass about it who would try to make my kids miserable.

Contrary to what a pp said, you aren't teaching your child that school is unimportant. You are responsible for educating your children and there is so much that the school can not do. Can the school come close to a trip to the Grand Canyon, Yosemite, France, etc?

We've seen that schools in higher ses areas don't give the families grief for traveling during the school year. It is common. I think school administrators and teachers who are bothered by this are small minded and provincial.

[b]The first elementary my kids attended had a large population of students from India. Many of those kids were gone for over a month Dec-Jan. The administration didn't give the families grief.  [/b]

Your kids are with you for such a short time and the opportunities to see the world are important. We've gotten to see so little of our bucket list. Not everyone can travel in the summer - my dh's job often made it impossible.  I regret not having had the chance to see some of the sites with  my dc that dh and I have talked about for decades.

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1) The administration likely did contact the parents and let them know that it would all be recorded as unexcused.
2) Behind the scenes, truancy paperwork was filed that you had no clue about.
3) The students are un-enrolling and then re-enrolling.

All three happen at the school where I currently teach (though the majority of the kids are going to south/central america instead of india).  When parents lie (I had a girl this year whose parents said they were "going to grandma's funeral", when the girl admitted to me she was going on a cruise to Florida the week before spring break because it was cheaper), you can bet that there is follow up done.[/quote]

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