DC>> Again, not in this state.  It was termed "an excused absense".

 SC>> Oh ok. She did inform the school the kids would be out then???
 SC>> That would be acceptable here too. I do know that if a kid is
 SC>> absent for any reason a certain amount of days though they have
 SC>> to hold the kid back in the same grade. That would be excused or
 SC>> non-excused absents. The only way to get around that is for the
 SC>> parents to get a tutor for the kid to do the school work while
 SC>> they were out.

 DC> There was virtually no good reason for her to have taken the kids
 DC> out of school for that time period, other than it was convenient
 DC> for her to do so.

Some people are selfish like that. They don't think beyond themselves.

Sharon

---