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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My neighbor at a Title 1 school said their ES is also pushing kids to attend school more also. They were told it is a factor in boosting their school score.

We do know many families who take their ES kids out on vacations in excess of 10 days per year, outside of Spring break as its more convenient for them and apparently, they are the type of families the effort is being aimed at, not the sick kids.

[b]There is a culture of "its ok to take take kids out on family vacations at any time," and they are focusing in on this issue.[/b]  [/quote]

Are you saying that the kids who go on vacation for a week are harmed? Is there data to back up a week in the Bahamas hurting a kid academically? I know there are studies showing that FARMS and ELL kids missing school perform poorly academically, but do those studies show the same thing for UMC kids with highly educated parents taking vacation? [/quote]

It’s not the UMC families that are missing all the days at school.[/quote]

We take vacations during the school year. Missing 10 days of ES for a vacation is not going to hurt a child academically as long as they're keeping up with math and reading at home [/quote]

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