but in my area, there's no way they'd get any credit for the trip, and most schools here it would also be considered unexcused. That only makes a difference if you go over the number of days allowed for the year...........could mean summer school here, which might not bother you, but sure would bother me!
In my school, we'd send some work with them and have them make up more when they got back. HOwever, this question has been on here before, and apparently, some schools will not send work ahead and the kids can only catch up later, which may be a big work load after vacation. Again, may not bother your kids.
If they don't have a lot of make-up work either to take or do after, and the school didn't accept the trip as "substitute work", then I'd be scheduling conferences to see exactly what was missed when they were out................and whether or not their grade will be affected, and if not, why? That would be a red flag to me to take a hard look at their schools!
Also, do mention it to their individual teachers, by note, phone message, etc. This helps the teacher prepare for your child's absence..............if nothing else, they will know where your child is..........I am teaching a little boy this year, who three times now has just been gone for an entire week........no word from mom. I get very worried when that happens, as I don't know what's happened. Once, there was a death in the family, once they vacationed to New York, and once she says he had pink eye (if she had called, we could have assured her he didn't have to stay out a week with that). How did I get off on that?
Also, wanted to say, that if your state does state-mandated tests (in our state, all of your children would take them), the teachers can let you know if you'll be missing those and when the make-up dates would be so you can decide if it would be worth it.
Good luck!
