In message , at 03:23:40
on Fri, 30 Mar 2012, Roger Traviss
remarked:
Really? Perhaps in your strange world but folk with children will have to
take some time off during the summer to fit in with the school holidays

You're kidding?

On this side of the pond parents can and do take the kids on holiday anytime
they want.

Which side of the pond are you? In the UK it's almost impossible to get
permission to take kids out of school during term-time for a holiday.

My own school says it won't authorise term-time absence for any of the
following reasons:

availability of cheap holidays
availability of desired accommodation
poor weather experienced in school holiday periods
overlap with the beginning or end of term

.... so all that really leaves is religious festivals or unavoidable
family matters (like burying a Grandmother who lives overseas).
--
Roland Perry