Anonymous
Post 07/13/2020 14:17     Subject: Would MoCo allow students to take a gap year?
Anonymous wrote:Without homeschooling, you would violate truancy laws.


It looks like OP and kids will be out of the country, so they will have to abide by laws wherever they are, not in Maryland.
Anonymous
Post 07/13/2020 12:49     Subject: Would MoCo allow students to take a gap year?
Without homeschooling, you would violate truancy laws.
Anonymous
Post 07/13/2020 12:48     Subject: Re:Would MoCo allow students to take a gap year?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:No, legally you’d have to register as homeschooling, and then if you return he following year, your kids would be slotted back in with their class on the assumption that you actually did homeschool them.[/quote

Agree, but someone who just opted o and didn’t homeschool in the pandemic is also probably fine — I don’t think there would be any real consequence


You must abide by the homeschool regs (portfolio), etc. or they order your kids to be enrolled in public school. So you could skip a semester...
Anonymous
Post 07/13/2020 12:45     Subject: Re:Would MoCo allow students to take a gap year?
Anonymous wrote:I don’t know about MD but in most states you can drop out at 16 or 17


You have to be 18 in Maryland...
Anonymous
Post 07/13/2020 08:01     Subject: Would MoCo allow students to take a gap year?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Kids with gap years actually do things; like travel, work, learn a language. Which of those are you going to have your ES kid do?


Thanks for all responses. This is OP. We have dual citizenship- EU country. The plan is to move there for six months or so.


Why would you not have kids go to school in home country where presumably viral rate is much lower?



Because we would like to delay them by one year. Both kids are on the younger side— late August birthdays. They have been doing fine academically, but somewhat delayed in emotional maturity. If we send them to local schools, they will need to catch up with their cohort when we return, no?
Anonymous
Post 07/13/2020 03:52     Subject: Would MoCo allow students to take a gap year?
If you’re overseas, I don’t think Maryland cares what you do. It’s really only a big issue if you return to high school
And try to get high school credit for courses. Not that it can’t be done but you’ll need to show credit is deserved. If you come back to Es or ms, no biggy except for courses you want hs credit for. I’d go in a heartbeat.
Anonymous
Post 07/13/2020 00:37     Subject: Re:Would MoCo allow students to take a gap year?
Yes. Tell MCPS you are moving out of the area, and moving abroad.
Anonymous
Post 07/13/2020 00:21     Subject: Would MoCo allow students to take a gap year?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Kids with gap years actually do things; like travel, work, learn a language. Which of those are you going to have your ES kid do?


Thanks for all responses. This is OP. We have dual citizenship- EU country. The plan is to move there for six months or so.


Good for you. I will go there as soon as you can. US public schools are rough already and only worse things in sight.

Anonymous
Post 07/13/2020 00:20     Subject: Would MoCo allow students to take a gap year?
Anonymous wrote:Kids with gap years actually do things; like travel, work, learn a language. Which of those are you going to have your ES kid do?


New poster. I love this idea. I have two young teenagers in high school, and they are straight A students. We are considering having them do something completely different this year. They both have offers to "work" with younger kids as tutors, and then they could spend a lot of time with their grandparents in another state, helping their grandfather. They could take language online. It's a great possibility.

My husband works at a large university, and this is what many students are doing. If he can teach 100 percent remotely, if things keep getting worse, we might head up to New England for nine months.

Anonymous
Post 07/12/2020 22:52     Subject: Would MoCo allow students to take a gap year?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Kids with gap years actually do things; like travel, work, learn a language. Which of those are you going to have your ES kid do?


Thanks for all responses. This is OP. We have dual citizenship- EU country. The plan is to move there for six months or so.


Why would you not have kids go to school in home country where presumably viral rate is much lower?
Anonymous
Post 07/12/2020 21:11     Subject: Would MoCo allow students to take a gap year?
Anonymous wrote:Kids with gap years actually do things; like travel, work, learn a language. Which of those are you going to have your ES kid do?


Thanks for all responses. This is OP. We have dual citizenship- EU country. The plan is to move there for six months or so.
Anonymous
Post 07/12/2020 21:05     Subject: Re:Would MoCo allow students to take a gap year?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I don’t know about MD but in most states you can drop out at 16 or 17


How many 16 and 17 yo ES students do you know?


I knew a 16 yr old middle schooler. You said es or ms.
Anonymous
Post 07/12/2020 21:04     Subject: Would MoCo allow students to take a gap year?
Kids with gap years actually do things; like travel, work, learn a language. Which of those are you going to have your ES kid do?
Anonymous
Post 07/12/2020 21:03     Subject: Would MoCo allow students to take a gap year?
WHY?
Anonymous
Post 07/12/2020 21:02     Subject: Re:Would MoCo allow students to take a gap year?
Just homeschool and fail you kid in all his classes and make him “repeat” a grade.