That's exactly what I said at conferences.waltsgirl said:Personally, we have never asked if we can take the kids out of school. We send a note in TELLING the teacher that our son/daughter will be out on these dates becasue they will be going on a family vacation. We request any work to be sent home and if there are any concerns they can call us. What we ususally get is two things: 1. a note saying "Have a great time, family time is important. 2. Nothing...
Our DS, who is 19 now, never had any work to do on any of our vacations. I remember one year he had to make up some work when we got back and they gave him 2 weeks to do that after our vacation.