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Anonymous wrote:It's fine just make sure the teachers give the makeup work and stay on top of them, they have a lot of students (too many) and forget things over break

Is this trolling? The teachers are not required to "give makeup work" or give any work ahead of time. Its not an excused absense.

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Anonymous wrote:Do it. Once they get to HS they can barely manage to skip a single day. Then they are gone.

They need to reach out to teachers and get everything organized and be prepared to bring their computer and stay on top of lessons.

YOLO, my friend.

OP here. We are thinking of high school and the inability to visit family (from two different countries in Asia) for the next few years while he's in high school. This is the last chance and their grandmother is very old and will likely not make another 6+ years (when both kids are out of high school).

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Anonymous wrote:Anyone know how hard this is to do? Our son would miss the last 8 days of school before winter recess and he's taking Geo H and Spanish 2, along with the other core classes. Will Longfellow administration give us issues with this?

You’ll probably get a letter regarding more than normal absences, but there’s not much they can do. Your student could have quite a bit to make up on their return, you shouldn’t expect teachers to prepare work in advance.

Can they provide the work being missed/due though? I don't want him to lose grades for missed work, so he'll need to submit anything due while he's away. I'm hoping the teachers allow that to be completed.

Anyone know who the geometry teachers are at Longfellow?

Don't expect them to provide work ahead of time. Work may change depending on what the geometry team decides for the coming week. He'll probably need to check Schoology for what can be made up at home (e.g. homework) and he'll have to make up missed assessments when he comes back.
Expect his grade to go down. Math isn't forgiving when it comes to falling behind.

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Anonymous wrote:In my daughter’s 7th-grade class last year, multiple students missed over three weeks of school (January–February). Same story, usually India or Asia-bound. The current warnings seem overly alarmist. The gradebook initially showed low grades that were usually updated to the students’ actual grades once the work was completed.

Except her kid is missing end of December and won’t have that much time to make up work.

To be fair, the OP is weighing an eight-day absence at the start of Winter break, whereas this poster is claiming that kids missed fifteen days or more during the middle of a quarter—two very different situations. The OP's child will certainly miss some quizzes and tests, but if he’s strong in math (as his invitation to IMO training camp suggests), he’ll likely handle the Geometry exam just fine when he returns. Making up eight days of work at the start of winter break is also manageable; many students have already mentally checked out by then even though classes are still in session. Some replies in this thread feel unduly judgmental of another family’s choice.

OP, take the steps others have recommended: speak directly with each teacher about the absence. They’ll probably remind you it’s your child’s responsibility to complete any missed work and that they can’t provide additional instructional time. Informing them—and the school administration—of the planned leave ensures everyone is prepared and the attendance record is handled correctly.

OP here. Thank you for this. I have been monitoring this thread and honestly the judgement was a bit much, especially about how little we care about our kids education. If any of you knew much about the IMO invite-only training circuit from one of the top ones in the world (which you wouldn’t find on a random Google search!), you would know the compromises and sacrifices we make as a family to enable education and its privileges in our family. Unfortunately this year we are stuck in a bind and need to make this trip and I came on here to get some guidance on how to do this properly and ended up receiving a lot of judgment for asking the question. Shameful!!

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Anonymous wrote:In my daughter’s 7th-grade class last year, multiple students missed over three weeks of school (January–February). Same story, usually India or Asia-bound. The current warnings seem overly alarmist. The gradebook initially showed low grades that were usually updated to the students’ actual grades once the work was completed.

Except her kid is missing end of December and won’t have that much time to make up work.

To be fair, the OP is weighing an eight-day absence at the start of Winter break, whereas this poster is claiming that kids missed fifteen days or more during the middle of a quarter—two very different situations. The OP's child will certainly miss some quizzes and tests, but if he’s strong in math (as his invitation to IMO training camp suggests), he’ll likely handle the Geometry exam just fine when he returns. Making up eight days of work at the start of winter break is also manageable; many students have already mentally checked out by then even though classes are still in session. Some replies in this thread feel unduly judgmental of another family’s choice.

OP, take the steps others have recommended: speak directly with each teacher about the absence. They’ll probably remind you it’s your child’s responsibility to complete any missed work and that they can’t provide additional instructional time. Informing them—and the school administration—of the planned leave ensures everyone is prepared and the attendance record is handled correctly.

OP here. Thank you for this. I have been monitoring this thread and honestly the judgement was a bit much, especially about how little we care about our kids education. If any of you knew much about the IMO invite-only training circuit from one of the top ones in the world (which you wouldn’t find on a random Google search!), you would know the compromises and sacrifices we make as a family to enable education and its privileges in our family. Unfortunately this year we are stuck in a bind and need to make this trip and I came on here to get some guidance on how to do this properly and ended up receiving a lot of judgment for asking the question. Shameful!!

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Anonymous wrote:The international vacations have been going on for years and pose a tremendous burden on teachers. Choices for family have to be made but bear in mind that attendance is important for both school and work. Do employers grant such long vacations? Know colleges don’t.

OP here. Funny you should mention that. Both my husband and I work so yes employers do grant this request. Colleges offer much more than 2 weeks.

College professor here - your student would automatically fail my class for this many absences. Medical reasons would be the only exception, and that would lead to a medical withdrawal, not a make-up situation.

I've taught at four universities - from small privates to R1s, and the same would be true at every single one, in every single field.

Dude, I went to Columbia University and barely showed up for my Intro to Philosophy class. I still managed an A in that class. So I don't know what the hell you're talking about when you say "fail my class for this many absences." Let's not fib to this poor woman. I think it's a poor idea also because it puts pressure on the kid moreso than a teacher I think. But if her kid is ok with that, then what does it really matter.

Hmm, do we listen to someone who is actually teaching at the college level today or someone who was in college 25 years ago? Nothing regarding the college landscape has changed since then.

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Anonymous wrote:In my daughter’s 7th-grade class last year, multiple students missed over three weeks of school (January–February). Same story, usually India or Asia-bound. The current warnings seem overly alarmist. The gradebook initially showed low grades that were usually updated to the students’ actual grades once the work was completed.

Except her kid is missing end of December and won’t have that much time to make up work.

To be fair, the OP is weighing an eight-day absence at the start of Winter break, whereas this poster is claiming that kids missed fifteen days or more during the middle of a quarter—two very different situations. The OP's child will certainly miss some quizzes and tests, but if he’s strong in math (as his invitation to IMO training camp suggests), he’ll likely handle the Geometry exam just fine when he returns. Making up eight days of work at the start of winter break is also manageable; many students have already mentally checked out by then even though classes are still in session. Some replies in this thread feel unduly judgmental of another family’s choice.

OP, take the steps others have recommended: speak directly with each teacher about the absence. They’ll probably remind you it’s your child’s responsibility to complete any missed work and that they can’t provide additional instructional time. Informing them—and the school administration—of the planned leave ensures everyone is prepared and the attendance record is handled correctly.