Family’s Letter DESTROYS Schools Complaint About Kid’s Absence – Best Response Ever!

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When a family received this letter after taking their children on a once in a lifetime holiday, they were shocked at the brazen threat of being referred to an attendance officer.

When young children are truant from school without reason I do think that there should be consequences for the parents.   Learning is paramount to a child’s spiritual and emotional growth, however, I don’t think any institution should deny a child and their family the right to go out and see the world for a week or two, if they have the means to do so. With prices sky rocketing during school holidays you can see why many family’s decide to take their child out of school during term time to get a cheaper deal. Although some people may argue that this is detrimental to their education, I would argue that as long as they are not being taken out of school every year it shouldn’t be an issue. Experiencing different ways of life and different cultures can be the biggest learning journey of all, and it is not something that can be taught.

Read the the fathers response below:

Dear Madam Principal,

While I appreciate your concern for our children’s education, I can promise you they learned as much in the five days we were in Boston as they would in an entire year in school.

Our children had a once-in-a-lifetime experience, one that can’t be duplicated in a classroom or read in a book.
In the 3 days of school they missed (which consisted of standardized testing that they could take any time) they learned about dedication, commitment, love, perseverance, overcoming adversity, civic pride, patriotism, American history culinary arts and physical education.

They watched their father overcome, injury, bad weather, the death of a loved one and many other obstacles to achieve an important personal goal.

They also experienced first-hand the love and support of thousands of others cheering on people with a common goal.

At the marathon, they watched blind runners, runners with prosthetic limbs and debilitating diseases and people running to raise money for great causes run in the most prestigious and historic marathon in the world.

They also paid tribute to the victims of a senseless act of terrorism and learned that no matter what evil may occur, terrorists can not deter the American spirit.

These are things they won’t ever truly learn in the classroom.

In addition our children walked the Freedom Trail, visited the site of the Boston Tea Party, the Boston Massacre and the graves of several signers of the Declaration of Independence.

These are things they WILL learn in school a year or more from now. So in actuality our children are ahead of the game.

They also visited an aquarium, sampled great cuisine and spent many hours of physical activity walking and swimming.

We appreciate the efforts of the wonderful teachers and staff and cherish the education they are receiving at Rydal Elementary School. We truly love our school.

But I wouldn’t hesitate to pull them out of school again for an experience like the one they had this past week.
Thank you for your time.

Sincerely,

Michael Rossi

Father

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