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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It’s not racist. I had students of all races take off for two or three weeks in January. Yes, white children, too. The family was always on another continent. Always. [/quote]

This. It's very common in this area because of how many international families live here. Not just immigrant families (but yes, also many immigrants) but also multi-national families and people living in this area for diplomatic postings or to work at international organizations. Many school districts don't have these populations and thus don't have this issue, but it's common in this area.

I think it's tough for schools because they understand students aren't missing school just because families don't care about academics or are lazy or something, but also the schools are under pressures from the district and the state to hit certain attendance targets, and those targets do no distinguish between a student who is truant for two weeks because they are skipping school to do drugs (or a parent who turns a blind eye to that) and student who is spending that week visiting his grandparents, diligently doing homework overseen by parents, and even having an educational experience visiting another country and conversing in another language.

I don't think it's racist, I think it's just a reflection of trying to reconcile the unique population of DMV schools with the traditional expectations of American public school. [/quote]

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