DC had a classmate last year miss the entire month of June to visit relatives in her home country. The class had a going away party for her and she was back in the fall.

As someone said above, 10 absences can also trigger a call to CPS. The school may know you are taking them on an amazing trip with wonderful experiences, but they are bound by certain laws and regulations that they cannot work around.

So there is a possibility of losing your space in a school and having to clear up issues with CPS.

Not a risk I would take.

Anonymous wrote:If you're at a coveted DCPS as OOB or if you're at a HRCS there's a good chance they'll tell you not to come back next school year. They likely have 100s of people on their waitlist who would happily be respectful of the school calendar and policies. Be careful.

At our HRCS we did something similar earlier in the year and we talked it over with the main office first, wrote a letter about the value/need/uncontrollable timing of the trip at this time second, and then, after some admin procedures the school agreed to count some of the absence as "excused". Schools can ask chronically truant kids preschoolers not to return, but I suspect if you talk to the school in advance they will try to work with you. GL.

If my child was having a good year in PS3 and liked her friends and teacher, I wouldn't pull her out for the last two weeks of the year. Seems unfair to her. But I get it, she's 3, right. Kinda stinks for the teacher too who has worked with your child all year. But family vaca is the priority, I guess. Stop saying it's for a "family wedding." PLLLLLEEEEAAASSSEEEE.

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Anonymous wrote:When your kid is not in school you are wasting a valuable resource. You are also disrupting learning of other children as your child catches up or readjusts.

Come on, Disrupting the learning of other kids in June?

Yes. A 3yo who has been out of school for 2 weeks will likely need some time to reorient to classroom procedures. When mine was 3, she needed help reorienting to classroom procedures after winter and spring break, but at least with those situations, the rest of the class was going through the same thing.

What will they miss in June? Extra recess, more free play, and watching a movie or 2 so the teachers can pack up. A few kids won't even show up for much of the last week.

Well, for starters, that's not what happens at our DCPS the last 2 weeks of school. Maybe the last 2 days. If the OP wants to be one of the few that doesn't show up, cool for her. If she's out of bounds or at a charter, she should still consider that this might lose her the spot.

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Anonymous wrote:When your kid is not in school you are wasting a valuable resource. You are also disrupting learning of other children as your child catches up or readjusts.

Come on, Disrupting the learning of other kids in June?

Yes. A 3yo who has been out of school for 2 weeks will likely need some time to reorient to classroom procedures. When mine was 3, she needed help reorienting to classroom procedures after winter and spring break, but at least with those situations, the rest of the class was going through the same thing.

What will they miss in June? Extra recess, more free play, and watching a movie or 2 so the teachers can pack up. A few kids won't even show up for much of the last week.

Come on. DCPS can't have a policy for the last 2 weeks that's different than the rest of the year.

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Anonymous wrote:When your kid is not in school you are wasting a valuable resource. You are also disrupting learning of other children as your child catches up or readjusts.

Come on, Disrupting the learning of other kids in June?

Yes. A 3yo who has been out of school for 2 weeks will likely need some time to reorient to classroom procedures. When mine was 3, she needed help reorienting to classroom procedures after winter and spring break, but at least with those situations, the rest of the class was going through the same thing.

What will they miss in June? Extra recess, more free play, and watching a movie or 2 so the teachers can pack up. A few kids won't even show up for much of the last week.

Anonymous wrote:When your kid is not in school you are wasting a valuable resource. You are also disrupting learning of other children as your child catches up or readjusts.

If anything, one less kid in a preschool class is better and less disrupting. Jesus, what is my kid catching up on?

My PK3er has missed 14 days-that includes 8 sicks days (dr notes too). I got a call last week vaguely threatening me with a home investigation from a social worker (CPS I assumed). But after we discussed the other absences in detail they seemed satisfied and let it go. And yes, I do take school seriously but we have had a lot of family heatlh emergencies related to grandparents and i have been traveling and taking daughter with me. If this was K or higher I would keep her in school. But its preschool. We are not just using it for free babysitting either. We are renenrolled for the PK 4 and we are IB.

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Anonymous wrote:When your kid is not in school you are wasting a valuable resource. You are also disrupting learning of other children as your child catches up or readjusts.

Come on, Disrupting the learning of other kids in June?

Yes. A 3yo who has been out of school for 2 weeks will likely need some time to reorient to classroom procedures. When mine was 3, she needed help reorienting to classroom procedures after winter and spring break, but at least with those situations, the rest of the class was going through the same thing.

np: You seem to miss that 2 weeks in June is the last 2 weeks of the year.

If DCPS has fewer random days off during the year, then school wouldn't need to stretch so far into summer. And if they made better use of my kid's time, I would be more concerned about never missing school. As it is, I am aiming to maximize our 9 unexcused absences.

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Anonymous wrote:When your kid is not in school you are wasting a valuable resource. You are also disrupting learning of other children as your child catches up or readjusts.

Come on, Disrupting the learning of other kids in June?

Yes. A 3yo who has been out of school for 2 weeks will likely need some time to reorient to classroom procedures. When mine was 3, she needed help reorienting to classroom procedures after winter and spring break, but at least with those situations, the rest of the class was going through the same thing.

Anonymous wrote:When your kid is not in school you are wasting a valuable resource. You are also disrupting learning of other children as your child catches up or readjusts.

Come on, Disrupting the learning of other kids in June?

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Anonymous wrote:Why do people book travel first and then think about the consequences?

PreK 3 is considered school - not daycare.

Plan accordingly.

Kids should be in daycare and not in school at this age and missing it is not a big deal. The handbook might make it a big deal and some people here make it a big deal in terms of learning, but it's not and we all know it.The kid will remember the wedding and the trip more than 2 weeks of "learning" in "school".

I don't disagree, but I also think that you should not take a DCPS spot if this is your belief. A few days to travel NBD. Two weeks are too much.

Anonymous wrote:It's Pre-K. Your kid is 3. How much "trouble" can you possibly be in?

As someone stated above, if it's your IB DCPS, probably not much beyond a conversation about the importance of attendance.

If you are attending a DCPS OOB or a charter, they could decide not to let you re-enroll. Check the policies, especially if it's a charter school. They vary.

If you're at a coveted DCPS as OOB or if you're at a HRCS there's a good chance they'll tell you not to come back next school year. They likely have 100s of people on their waitlist who would happily be respectful of the school calendar and policies. Be careful.