In our family, we feel a family vacation is so important for each and every one of us and as a whole. Fortunately, both my children exceed well in school (grade school). Now, we have told them that come middle school, this will probably not occur unless it HAD to (emergency trips for illnesses/death in the family). And truthfully, their teachers are all for it, but I think it is because they know they are good students and they know that their parents will help them with their missed work (I think that is an important factor, too). We prepped the teachers 4 weeks in advance (very important), and the teachers feel that it is just as equally important for us to have a family vacation, no matter what time of year it is. we leave Sunday:sohappy: , my DD was already given her assignments, adn she will start on them tonight! And trust me, she will have no choice as to when she will do them. My oldest is in 4th grade and we warned her of the impact that this would make this quarter, adn she has done an awesome job at doing well in school so we can all go and fun! We are quite proud of her! In fact, the teacher incorporated one of her assignments to be centered around the trip (writing a descriptive paragraph about the Grand Floridian, our hotel). Which she is so excited about doing and sharing with her classroom.
BOttom line: It really depends on the family and how well the children are doing in school.
Oh my gosh, I probably would have served jail time as a kid.
