Posted on 03/08/2007 12:23:40 PM PST by Responsibility2nd
Because the state funding sent to the school is partly based on attendance. But the whole thing is goofy- the taxpayers in the district have already paid, the money essentially goes to the state, and the state makes out when kids skip classes. So the state should send the parents a refund. We take our kids out of school for trips, because they belong to us, not the district OR the state.
That works too!
Because time missed in school is easily made up, and can easily be supplemented with assignments that tie into the vacation. Quality time with family is something that is priceless and cannot be replaced. Have you ever compared the quality of the experience at Disney during peak summer times and non-peak school in times? There is a HUGE difference in the enjoyment level and the entire experience in general.
We took our daughter out for a week last year to go to Orlando. We talked to her teacher and created some assignments that she could do while gone that would keep her school work up to date. She wrote reports, got into the history of the area, etc. And we didn't have to wait in any lines.
I am divored, and really can't give my kids that opportunity, but do what i can when I have them with me. e have memberships to Mystic Seaport and Old Sturbridge village, both like Williamburg, as well as the Six Flags membership. I live in a shoreline town, so we can do the beach stuff, too. Sometimes my kids are happy to go back to school, so they can have a mental break. Then again, I don't make them do a million of the same problems once they understand a concept.
You are lucky to have had such an opportunity.
My response would be, "Why not?"
As long as they do the work.
This is tantamount to saying to the parents, "Your child is ours. We must give you permission to spend time with your child."
This is downright frightening.
Perhaps because school means absolutely nothing until 9th grade or so.
Sounds like sour grapes to me. My parents pulled me out of 6th grade to drive from WA to CA for a week at Disneyland. It's one of my fondest childhood memories. And wonder of all wonders, I ended up with a bachelor's degree and I own a successful business.
I plan to do the same thing when my kids are the right age, as long as they maintain a high enough GPA. Certain things are just more important than practicing long division and working on a global warming project.
If I was not able to walk to the beach I probably would not have had so much access. I was blessed to live in such a historical area. Then again I also enjoyed just being able to walk in the woods and enjoy the fall breeze after lunch and think about all those who came before me. Some times the best things in life are free I suppose.
And so are the property owners with no children in the school system.
-PJ
Disneyland (where we go) is indeed like the running of the bulls, which is why I allow my children to miss one day of school a year for it (fewer people running!).
They are rarely sick, and usually that one day off is the only day they miss the whole year. They are both at the top of their classes and I don't worry about it a bit. I really hate crowds.
Anyway, they go to a small private Lutheran school, and so the school doesn't lose any funding for that day.
Yep. Kids who sit in front of a video game or computer are losing out on a lot, not that they don't make good part time babysitters.
LOL!
-ccm
This is ridiculous....they get paid the same whether 1 kid is ther or 30 kids.
My son is in kindergarten and reads on a 4th grade level. All they do in class is cut and color. So we have to send him to a magnet school to get a better education (can't afford private school)
That '4th grade level' is as much a testiment to dumbed down standards as it is to your kid's brains. Homeschool, it is cheaper than private school.
My kids are in private school and I take them out every couple of years to go on a vacation. I travel alot and sometimes a business trip meets up with a vacation opportunity. Free country, my choice.
I picked up my Precious from school for a dental appointment, and the school gave me a piece of paper that had to be signed by the dentist to "prove" I was taking her out of school for a good reason. I told them to shove it. What are they - my freakin' mother?? Not that my school district is that bad (religion is NOT banned, for example, but they also have global warming indoctrination and such), but school staff simply do not live in any kind of real world. They're so removed from real life they can't fuction without being stupid.
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