maybethisyear
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Which is likely the least busy December time frame? I was totally out for this go around, but am reconsidering. We had to cancel last year after the plane tickets pushed us out.
Actually, parents cant just say what is or isnt an excused absence. Longer absences need to be excused by a doctors note only in many states per the law. Rather than thinking that your childs principal is being unkind she likely has no choice. We all have boxes the check and rules to follow at our jobs. There are also many state mandates regarding the schools role and responsibility and even liability in maintaining attendance so many attendance offices must send out letters or other communications as a matter of course so that no one can accuse them of not doing there job and allowing educational neglect-an actual thing-to happen while they stand by and make no effort to help families struggling with issues that prevent attendance. I know in California at a school not to far from where I live there was a school that was sued for several million dollars for not doing much to follow up on a student with long term absences who turned out to be being abused and neglected and the courts ruled that the school had more responsibility to check on an absent students welfare. since that my school has to send out all kinds of absence notices and set up full fledged attendance plans with families whose students have missed school who we have no doubt are not being abused.
So rather than assuming the teacher, principals, and the like are all judgmental jerks with attitudes who dont value your child, your family or your vacation it might be helpful to see them simply as well meaning people who are just doing their jobs because they care and because some bureaucrat makes up a lot of rules for them that they are stuck following even when it doesnt make sense. If you think its dumb write your legislator-he is the one making the rules that bug you.
I feel like there is no profession that gets more judgement than teachers.
Really? I can think of quite a few, law enforcement, for example. I am a parent and I have my children's best interest in mind always. My point was merely to side with the OP in saying the world certainly will not end over a few days in disney.
Oh, and to fill in the gaps in the above scenario, we will be 5 adults & 3 kids in 2 rooms at CSR 11/14- 11/18 (assuming FD drops for 11/14.) We are coming down 11/11 and either getting room only or staying at Universal the first 3 nights
So are you going to get one room and upgrade to TS and still just do a room discount? That would work too.Of course as I try to work the plan in my head, the 3 TS meals I have planned will cost $750+. At $21 per adult & $4 per child (is that right?) to upgrade - 5 x 21 x 4 = $420 plus 3 x 4 x 4 = $48 so $468 gives us the same # of CS, 64 SC, 8 resort mugs & 4 TS each. Am I missing something?? I had this all figured out now I think maybe I don't. HELP!!!!
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Actually, parents cant just say what is or isnt an excused absence. Longer absences need to be excused by a doctors note only in many states per the law. Rather than thinking that your childs principal is being unkind she likely has no choice. We all have boxes the check and rules to follow at our jobs. There are also many state mandates regarding the schools role and responsibility and even liability in maintaining attendance so many attendance offices must send out letters or other communications as a matter of course so that no one can accuse them of not doing there job and allowing educational neglect-an actual thing-to happen while they stand by and make no effort to help families struggling with issues that prevent attendance. I know in California at a school not to far from where I live there was a school that was sued for several million dollars for not doing much to follow up on a student with long term absences who turned out to be being abused and neglected and the courts ruled that the school had more responsibility to check on an absent students welfare. since that my school has to send out all kinds of absence notices and set up full fledged attendance plans with families whose students have missed school who we have no doubt are not being abused.
So rather than assuming the teacher, principals, and the like are all judgmental jerks with attitudes who dont value your child, your family or your vacation it might be helpful to see them simply as well meaning people who are just doing their jobs because they care and because some bureaucrat makes up a lot of rules for them that they are stuck following even when it doesnt make sense. If you think its dumb write your legislator-he is the one making the rules that bug you.
I feel like there is no profession that gets more judgement than teachers.
Really? I can think of quite a few, law enforcement, for example. I am a parent and I have my children's best interest in mind always. My point was merely to side with the OP in saying the world certainly will not end over a few days in disney.
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I could not agree more with the bolded statement. As a parent and teacher, I see both side very clearly. I do take my kids out of school for 4-5 days for WDW, but I start the discussion with the teachers and principal in the beginning of the school year. We do all the work necessary before we leave, the kids journal their entire trip and then usually write a report about their trip upon their return, and I also write a detailed letter to the principal explaining why we are going, the educational aspects, etc. Communication is important and I totally agree with you.... the teachers and principals are following the laws imposed on them. It sucks to get yelled at for simply doing the job you were hired to do
I could not agree more with the bolded statement. As a parent and teacher, I see both side very clearly. I do take my kids out of school for 4-5 days for WDW, but I start the discussion with the teachers and principal in the beginning of the school year. We do all the work necessary before we leave, the kids journal their entire trip and then usually write a report about their trip upon their return, and I also write a detailed letter to the principal explaining why we are going, the educational aspects, etc. Communication is important and I totally agree with you.... the teachers and principals are following the laws imposed on them. It sucks to get yelled at for simply doing the job you were hired to do
Of course as I try to work the plan in my head, the 3 TS meals I have planned will cost $750+. At $21 per adult & $4 per child (is that right?) to upgrade - 5 x 21 x 4 = $420 plus 3 x 4 x 4 = $48 so $468 gives us the same # of CS, 64 SC, 8 resort mugs & 4 TS each. Am I missing something?? I had this all figured out now I think maybe I don't. HELP!!!!
That's it? It feels like a million! And we're just talking in circles mostly.Well you have dropped nearly 100 pages since my last post.
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This is all of us going crazy!
Looks like you've got some catching up to do.Well you have dropped nearly 100 pages since my last post.
While I understand the parent's point of view wanting to take their kids out for family vacation, you have to obey the laws/rules or suffer the consequences, pretty straight forward.I could not agree more with the bolded statement. As a parent and teacher, I see both side very clearly. I do take my kids out of school for 4-5 days for WDW, but I start the discussion with the teachers and principal in the beginning of the school year. We do all the work necessary before we leave, the kids journal their entire trip and then usually write a report about their trip upon their return, and I also write a detailed letter to the principal explaining why we are going, the educational aspects, etc. Communication is important and I totally agree with you.... the teachers and principals are following the laws imposed on them. It sucks to get yelled at for simply doing the job you were hired to do