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Even after all this the schools around me have the stones to tell parents that they can't take their kids on vacation for a week during the school year because

Even after all this the schools around me have the stones to tell parents that they can't take their kids on vacation for a week during the school year because they might miss something and fall behind.

heurisko 4y ago
If you have (in the UK) 30 children being taken out of school at various time for holidays, the it turns into a nightmare of catching up.
- lotsofpulp 4y ago
  So? They pass the relevant tests, they move up. They fail, they get held back. Surely there is a middle ground between kid missing half the school year and a week of vacation.
  - willcipriano 4y ago
    It isn't the intact families that make effort to spend time together that struggle in school frankly. My friends kids are straight A students they still make threats that they are going to take him to court.
  - heurisko 4y ago
    No, it's the expectation on the teacher to provide material for 30 children to catch up, for a week each. It's a nightmare for the teacher, who then has less time left for the children who didn't go on holiday to progress.
BrianOnHN 4y ago
Sounds like you would be the perfect candidate for virtual schooling. Leave the in-person schooling for kids and parents that really have no other option. Remember, for some kids school is the only safe place where they can also get a decent meal. I think it's best if our underfunded teachers focus on those kids instead of working extra to enable your vacation lifestyle.
- willcipriano 4y ago
  My kid isn't of age yet but a lot of parents are looking into the religious schools. From what I'm hearing if you tell them you want so time together as a family they will encourage you and think it's wonderful. I'm a atheist but I'm warming to the idea.
  - BrianOnHN 4y ago
    Virtual schools encourage the same without the indoctrination.
    - willcipriano 4y ago
      I'd like her to spend time in person with other kids during her schooling hours, and honestly the public schools have a agenda of their own so I have to teach her to think critically about what is taught either way.
- yucky 4y ago
  >Leave the in-person schooling for kids and parents that really have no other option. Every single study shows in-person learning outperforms virtual, and it's not close. IN fact, that's one of the main causes of the drop in school performance from COVID - virtual learning for children is shit.
pantalaimon 4y ago
Do you not have school holidays?
- willcipriano 4y ago
  The issue is so does everyone else. You can make a trip to Disney World go from unaffordable to affordable if you do it in the off season. Plus you spend less time waiting in lines.
  - jagged-chisel 4y ago
    > You can make a trip to Disney World go from unaffordable to affordable if you do it in the off season. This was once true. Have you seen the ticket pricing inflation over the last year?
tssva 4y ago
My local public schools have no issue with me taking my daughter on vacation during the school year. She is about to start 10th grade and has missed a week or more of school for vacation and/or horse shows every year. As she has gotten older we just take her school issued Chromebook with us and she will work on assignments while we are traveling or when we are back at the hotel in the evening. Some teachers will allow her to take tests she will have missed while away and others have her take them when she returns after.

heurisko 4y ago

If you have (in the UK) 30 children being taken out of school at various time for holidays, the it turns into a nightmare of catching up.

lotsofpulp 4y ago
So? They pass the relevant tests, they move up. They fail, they get held back. Surely there is a middle ground between kid missing half the school year and a week of vacation.
- willcipriano 4y ago
  It isn't the intact families that make effort to spend time together that struggle in school frankly. My friends kids are straight A students they still make threats that they are going to take him to court.
- heurisko 4y ago
  No, it's the expectation on the teacher to provide material for 30 children to catch up, for a week each. It's a nightmare for the teacher, who then has less time left for the children who didn't go on holiday to progress.

BrianOnHN 4y ago

Sounds like you would be the perfect candidate for virtual schooling. Leave the in-person schooling for kids and parents that really have no other option. Remember, for some kids school is the only safe place where they can also get a decent meal. I think it's best if our underfunded teachers focus on those kids instead of working extra to enable your vacation lifestyle.

willcipriano 4y ago
My kid isn't of age yet but a lot of parents are looking into the religious schools. From what I'm hearing if you tell them you want so time together as a family they will encourage you and think it's wonderful. I'm a atheist but I'm warming to the idea.
- BrianOnHN 4y ago
  Virtual schools encourage the same without the indoctrination.
  - willcipriano 4y ago
    I'd like her to spend time in person with other kids during her schooling hours, and honestly the public schools have a agenda of their own so I have to teach her to think critically about what is taught either way.
yucky 4y ago
>Leave the in-person schooling for kids and parents that really have no other option. Every single study shows in-person learning outperforms virtual, and it's not close. IN fact, that's one of the main causes of the drop in school performance from COVID - virtual learning for children is shit.

pantalaimon 4y ago

Do you not have school holidays?

willcipriano 4y ago
The issue is so does everyone else. You can make a trip to Disney World go from unaffordable to affordable if you do it in the off season. Plus you spend less time waiting in lines.
- jagged-chisel 4y ago
  > You can make a trip to Disney World go from unaffordable to affordable if you do it in the off season. This was once true. Have you seen the ticket pricing inflation over the last year?

tssva 4y ago

My local public schools have no issue with me taking my daughter on vacation during the school year. She is about to start 10th grade and has missed a week or more of school for vacation and/or horse shows every year. As she has gotten older we just take her school issued Chromebook with us and she will work on assignments while we are traveling or when we are back at the hotel in the evening. Some teachers will allow her to take tests she will have missed while away and others have her take them when she returns after.