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Yeah, you're probably right. It's largely logistics, with other grandkids coming on different weeks, and our wider summer plans (lots of camping) meaning that first week and the last week of the holidays being our main window.
When we arranged it all, we hadn't foreseen the full petri dish scenario for this last half term!I still think they should be leaving off the patronising and aggressive language in the letter, given we're living through a fucking pandemic!
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patronising and aggressive language in the letter
Too much of that standard stuff I agree.
We take our kids out of school once or twice a year for Rosh Hashanah and/or Yom Kippur (they move about so one is often on a weekend). Each year we write to the school telling them the kids will not be in and each year we get a letter back giving us permission. I'm yet to write back saying "we aren't asking for permission, we are telling - if you want to have a court case about religious discrimination I'm happy to waste loads of cash on legal fees".
Meanwhile #1 was off sick a load at the start of one year. In and out the GPs trying to work out if there is any underlying condition (still haven't got to the bottom of that, still have outstanding blood tests from 18 months ago, nothing happening on that front and can't even get the GP to engage at the moment). She dropped below some percentage threshold for attendance so we got a letter from the council attendance officer telling us off and threatening legal action. Really not helpful.
jellybaby
I'm on the side of the school on this one. There will be loads of families in a similar situation and they can't shut the school a week later. The summer holidays are 6 weeks which gives plenty of time to spend a fortnight at home and then go visit relatives after that.