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Dec 19, 2014
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Beest
I think 10 absences in my district and they don't let you advance grades...
this includes sickness unless you get some kind of petition granted.
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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
therock
12/19/14 10:00pm
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