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

Dec 19, 2014
11:08:21am

BIG XII Coug

Family vacations, speech and debate tournaments, soccer games, state tournaments, tennis tournaments, FBLA events and general skipping. Most classroom time is a joke.

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BIG XII Coug

Previous username: njcoug
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Joined: Oct 13, 2007
Last login: Apr 25, 2024
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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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