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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don’t know the staff there but you are going to have to lie and say it’s a family emergency to get this excused.  Even still, you run the risk of being pulled into annoying attendance meetings if anything else comes up and your kid has to be out for a while, like gets the flu.  Our school made me go and it was excused medical reasons.  And threatened other families I know.

The teachers will not and should not provide work ahead of time.  It would be very hard for my kids to catch up on geometry and Spanish after missing that much time.  I would not do this.  [/quote]

I'm sure OP has too much integrity to lie like that.[/quote]

OP here.  I am not contemplating lying because I think that teaches my child the wrong thing to do.  There are instances in life that come up where you not only have to get your professional work done but also tend to personal matter (which may require an extended absence from work).  Employers allow it.  Colleges allow it.  The accountability falls on the individual making the request.  I'm trying to teach that to my kid. I understand that this board feels very strongly about the duration.  I also understand that the teachers don't have to provide my kid with any additional resources or help to get him caught up. And, yes, while I expected that the teachers would share the work that would be covered during the week that was missed, I didn't realize that they're not required to do that.  It's something my kid will need to deal with either via a friend in class or on his own, if we are gone for those days. [/quote]

No one is saying you're not ALLOWED to do it. Clearly, you are. Most of us are saying that it's not a good idea, especially the timing of it. You are better off missing the first week of school, the week after winter break, the last week or two before school lets out officially, etc. You are making a decision that will adversely affect your child, quite possibly with no input from him. I would ask how he feels, lay it all out for him in terms of what he will be responsible for, and then make the call. I know that my child would want no part of it. It's hard enough to get her to stay home when she's actually sick, because making up work while keeping on top of new material is not easy.

My daughter's Geometry teacher very specifically told the parents (and the kids) that it's in their best interest to not do make-up/catch-up/retakes, because then they'll be perennially behind. The other thing to keep in mind is that Geometry is nothing at all like Algebra I, and success in one is not a predictor of success in the other. My daughter, who cruised through Algebra I and II had to put a lot of work into Geometry.[/quote]

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