My parents pulled us out yearly for vacations. No harm done.

Dec 19, 2014
11:04:47am

BIG XII Coug

I could usually do all of my schoolwork for the week on either the airplane trip there and back or on the car ride. Memories were way worth whatever inconvenience there was.

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BIG XII Coug

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Buffalo

12/19/14 11:00am

depends on ages of kids

BlueFrog

12/19/14 11:00am

yeah, I wouldn't think twice about yanking my elementary school kids

fattycoug

12/19/14 11:29am

Yeah, if only schools had breaks in the fall, spring, and at christmas time.

TheDeek

12/19/14 11:01am

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Buffalo

12/19/14 11:03am

I get your argument about February, and frankly... I'd pull my kids out

TheDeek

12/19/14 11:04am

We have mid-winter break in February here so we don't have to pull our kids out.

Mikey

12/19/14 11:06am

Plan ahead and its no big deal imo

Ebolarama

12/19/14 11:03am

I don't have a problem with it until they hit high school. Only their HS grades

Mikey

12/19/14 11:04am

You can miss a lot of high school and still get good grades

BIG XII Coug

12/19/14 11:08am

Oh, I agree for the most part, but my kid's high school has a lot of group

Mikey

12/19/14 11:19am

My parents pulled us out yearly for vacations. No harm done.

BIG XII Coug

12/19/14 11:04am

I won't let school get in the way of my kids' education.

Rise Against

12/19/14 11:06am

just took kids out for a week to go to disney

idacoug

12/19/14 11:07am

With some kids in junior high and some kids in year-round elementary, we only

oohYeah

12/19/14 11:07am

Before 9th grade nobody cares. When grades matter

johnnycarson

12/19/14 11:08am

My parents took us out of school all the time for vacations/ a day at Disneyland

SuperTank

12/19/14 11:08am

Do it. We did a cruise this fall and took our 5 kids out of school for several

timpjynx

12/19/14 11:10am

We just did this in October. Initially,I was very hesitant. But it worked out

kansascougar

12/19/14 11:17am

We did October as well. Where'd you go?

timpjynx

12/19/14 11:35am

Southern Carribean--St. Thomas, St. Croix, Antigua, St. Lucia, Grenada

kansascougar

12/19/14 12:04pm

Nice. We did something similar last summer out of Puerto Rico.

timpjynx

12/19/14 12:27pm

We left from San Juan. Got a screaming deal on airplane tickets and cruise fare

kansascougar

12/19/14 1:17pm

Here come the home schoolers

Solomon Levi

12/19/14 11:19am

I was a teacher and had no problem pulling my kids out for short vacations.

blueaussie

12/19/14 11:20am

School is easy. Who cares if they miss some class?

TrueAndBlue

12/19/14 11:21am

It's only school. Who needs it anyway?!?!?

Phred84044

12/19/14 11:40am

My biggest peeve is when our school district gripes about kids missing school,

Beest

12/19/14 11:42am

5 unexcused absences and the county courts fine parents for truancy

WDaddy

12/19/14 11:53am

This makes me mad. Govt run amok. So ridiculous. Where do you live?

Rise Against

12/19/14 12:01pm

North Dallas. Collin County.

WDaddy

12/19/14 12:52pm

I guess I would write a note that my kid was sick for a week

BIG XII Coug

12/19/14 12:10pm

Parent note is considered unexcused. Has to be doc note to be excused.

WDaddy

12/19/14 12:52pm

Do JD notes counts as Doc notes? M.D. only or will they take a DO chiro's?

BIG XII Coug

12/19/14 1:40pm

I think 10 absences in my district and they don't let you advance grades...

Beest

12/19/14 12:15pm

That's stupid.

BIG XII Coug

12/19/14 1:41pm

Lol. I'd withdraw my kids for homeschooling and bring them back to register a

HalftimePastry

12/19/14 2:23pm

Big problem with Utah schools is that there are

Doctor Rosenrosen

12/19/14 12:00pm

My kids HS they get 9 excused absences per semester

mosterlow

12/19/14 2:27pm

Spending time together and making good memories are more important than school

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