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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If you tell your kid's teachers in advance, offer to do any makeup work they want (but don't demand they prepare anything) and aren't generally a pain in the ass, there's a good chance they'll mark a couple of days as excused to avoid the letter. Just be upfront about the issue/don't lie. Our kids' teachers have always been willing to do it. (We take a family trip to my DH's country of origin every other year and miss about 8-10 days depending on the DCPS schedule for that year. The country is far away and so it's worth it for us. We've always been able to work with teachers to keep the unexcused year total under 10.)[/quote]

No. Do not give teachers more work to accommodate your off-peak flight/vacation. You can buy a workbook from Target.

I don't even respond to those emails anymore. I just cc the social worker and let her do her thing. [/quote]

Reading comprehension much? I specifically said not to ask them to prepare anything. My older kids' teachers have their homework ready well in advance and have always been happy to give it to us early. It's not a matter of me needing stuff for my kids to do, it's that I don't want my kids to get behind on work in a way that's a pain for their teachers. You must be at an UNW school if you think the school's social workers would care at all about this scenario. Our school's saintly overworked social worker would delete your message in a heartbeat.[/quote]

"our teachers have always been willing to do it". Do what? because you are "honest" they just look the other way. You sound like a pain in the ass parent.
You are lucky you aren't in my class or at our school. Your out of boundary *ss would have been kicked out by now. Sounds like your saintly social worker should be fired for not doing their job.

Ever heard of Rashida Rudd from your little perch?[/quote]

I’m not sure what you’re having trouble following. Our teachers have always been willing to mark a few days as excused even when we tell the truth about our plans in order to avoid hassle with the 10 day letter/CPS/etc. I’m also in the boundary of my school FWIW and have very good relationships with most of our teachers.

I’ve heard of Relisha Rudd, of course, but still think it is a waste of resources to go after families for missing 10 days, especially non-consecutively, when you know exactly where they are. We’d be totally happy to do a Teams call if that assuaged concerns — [b]and in fact one of the kids did call into class to show the teacher and class something they’d learned about in school (at the teacher’s request) on our last trip.[/b][/quote]

I would be very upset if my child's teacher allowed this to happen. How could a teacher think it's appropriate to flaunt another family's wealth and complete disregard for school attendance in front of the whole class?[/quote]

There's so much bitterness in this post that I think it must be fake, but it was always very common when I was in school for kids to share photos or stories of their trips especially to destinations relevant to what we were learning.[/quote]

Because the original poster suggested allowing their child to be live-streamed during class time to share where they are. Super weird. Even weirder of the teacher allowed it. [/quote]

The teacher requested it, actually, and my child wasn't the first child to do it and won't be the last. The idea of zooming someone not in the classroom obviously didn't exist when you were in school, but it's essentially the better version of photos/stories. Also, obviously there is absolutely no difference when it comes to "flaunt[ing] another family's wealth." In fact, the rich kid could get back to school on time more easily because ticket prices don't matter to their family. [/quote]

The "poor" kids are the ones skipping school for vacation because they can't afford the more expensive flights? Lol.

You live in quite the bubble. [/quote]

NP, but... I assume it's true that it's UMC families who take plane ticket prices into account v rich ones. This would absolutely be a difference in much of UNW. Obviously not "poor" kids, but the PP didn't say that. Just not "rich."[/quote]

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