ktlm
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Jun 20, 2008
Depends on your school and their policy. DD is in third grade and we have taken her out a few days every year for WDW. The absences are marked as unexcused, but that means nothing. DD still gets to make up all work and get her full grade on it (actually 3rd grade was the first year they even made her make up all the work- a prior teacher gave her an alternate assignment to write a journal entry about each day of her trip). Technically if you have more than a certain amount of unexcused absences they can report you to a truant officer in our district, but unless these are "problem" type absences such as a negligent parent just not bringing their kid to school regularly and their kid flunking as a result, as opposed to a child who is on a family vacation or who is sick, but had no doctor's note, they don't report anything. I would just be sure you know your school's policy. Frankly for a kindergartner who is doing okay in school, I wouldn't even hesitate to pull them- even if they can't make up "unexcused" work in your district- I'm pretty sure a kindergarten grade isn't going to affect what college they go to, and I'm pretty sure if your child has done well all year they are not going to hold them back because they have a couple of unexcused absences which affected a grade. But, I will say that at least around here, the last 2 weeks of school are filled with lots of fun activities that DD would not want to miss. They have a school fun day, parties and often a field trip in that time period. But, since you have already booked it, I wouldn't think twice about that. Plus, since your child is just in kindergarten, they don't know what they are missing those last couple of weeks.