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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We got a letter after DS had been absent 5 days. Threatening court action if we missed 10 or more. We already had another trip scheduled that would be obvious he wasn’t sick  (coming back tanned) so we said he was on vacation a couple of days and came back sick. He was out a week and still scored perfect on his math test. It’s ES for goodness sake they’ll learn more a week in Europe or wherever than they will in class. Which is constantly interrupted with whatever activity is that week. Boosterthon, movie time, flashlight reading time etc. All this has done is teach parents to lie. He’s going to have another cold for the upcoming Eclipse trip. [/quote]

What? Court action for 10 days off for family trips for a kid with perfect scores on his tests?[/quote]

Truant laws apply to everyone, not just to "other families"?  Oh no![/quote]

Truant laws for high performing kids - really?  Family vacations for high performing kids should be excused absences.[/quote]

Your kids are no better than anyone else's kids and will suffer the consequences as any other kid if they do not abide by truancy laws for FCPS.

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if kids are doing well in school, they can take family holidays without requiring a fake sick note unless posters like above are in school admin[/quote]

Why do you say this? Because you have advantages and privileges that others don’t, you can do whatever you like?[/quote]

everyone has some advantages and disadvantages in life - this is not a status or income issue … it is simply that families should be able to take holidays if kids are doing well without any problems or need for fake sick notes

this matters even more if holidays are needed to stay in touch with extended family regardless of income or expense or distance of trip[/quote]

So if you don’t care, then why write a fake note - just tell them where you’re going?[/quote]

We do care about education.  Like OP kids have done well in school.  Unlike OP excused absence for family trips were allowed for us.  OP should expect the same.[/quote]

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