School Term Time Fines

sturll

Teahfc wrote: »

Basically it is supply and demand .... Basically it is illegal to remove a child from school to go on 'holiday' thus they impose a fine ...if that is not a deterrent then they need to put the fines up . Schools are to learn holidays are for fun.
I have looked into it and as a tax payer why should I pay tax for a child's schooling if their parents insist in keeping them away from the place ! :mad:

A holiday is for fun - always?

There are many reasons why a child goes on holiday during term time. It may be for fun it may not. It may be the only time they can it may not be.

When you have a child and have experience come back and comment. Besides, do you think the few quid tax you pay per month actually means you have a say over the millions of kids? Hardly.

ellieo

i bet my daughter will get a few days off this week if we get a inch of snow this weekend.....

sturll

ellieo wrote: »

i bet my daughter will get a few days off this week if we get a inch of snow this weekend.....

A single snowflake on the ground where i live and the whole community comes to a stand still.

Curlywurli

sturll wrote: »

A single snowflake on the ground where i live and the whole community comes to a stand still.

That's because schools are petrified of being sued by people. I know of a family who sued a school and won some money because the boy fell over in the playground. The family then moved school.

Teahfc

sturll wrote: »

A holiday is for fun - always?

There are many reasons why a child goes on holiday during term time. It may be for fun it may not. It may be the only time they can it may not be.

When you have a child and have experience come back and comment. Besides, do you think the few quid tax you pay per month actually means you have a say over the millions of kids? Hardly.

As a tax payer I am allowed to have my say that is why you get fined for taking your kids out of school for holidays ..... to compensate for the tax payers who fund your children and the nations future

sturll

Teahfc wrote: »

As a tax payer I am allowed to have my say that is why you get fined for taking your kids out of school for holidays ..... to compensate for the tax payers who fund your children and the nations future

No - You pay tax to fund many things. One of these being a school.

Paying tax gives you absolutely no right at all in regards to what parents do with their children.
Given that you have no children your comments have no credibility behind them.

In other words mind your own bloody business.

nearlyrich

Not read the whole thread but I can see both sides of the argument however a week tagged onto holidays is not going to disrupt any child's education. What amazes me is that LEAs use time off as a Punishment for bad behaviour, why give a disruptive child extra holidays?

mspig

Ive always had the thought that lifes far to short for children to just learn learn learn all the time - they do need fun sometime and they do need to spend time with their families sometimes . During school time my children(both primary and secondary) go to school, come home, have homework to do (secondary school son gets 2 hours homework a night), and he doesn't get home until 5 as he has after school activities, so he comes home has a shower has his tea, does his homework and then takes off to be as hes always tired out. Weekends he get 12 hours homework to be done (as school states) over friday-sunday. And then you have his dad that works shifts so they don't see each other much as ones coming in as the others going out - i wouldn't think twice about taking a holiday in school term as it gives my family a relaxing break from all the hard work and gets us some fun uninterupted time together.

Tax payers may pay for the schoolings of pupils but if you want to have a go at someone have a go at those parents who don't send their children to school atall and get away with it, my sons primary school sent a letter home thins week stating that they will only authorise holidays for the pupils with 95% attendance or above - yet his teacher has just been off for a week (as she stated on a lovely chilling week away) and his head teacher is taking a 4 months leave of absence as she needs some time away from the school grounds(as stated in the letter) - irony!!!

blueberrypie

mspig wrote: »

Ive always had the thought that lifes far to short for children to just learn learn learn all the time - they do need fun sometime and they do need to spend time with their families sometimes . During school time my children(both primary and secondary) go to school, come home, have homework to do (secondary school son gets 2 hours homework a night), and he doesn't get home until 5 as he has after school activities, so he comes home has a shower has his tea, does his homework and then takes off to be as hes always tired out. Weekends he get 12 hours homework to be done (as school states) over friday-sunday.

This describes so many of my children's friends' lives :-(

Tax payers may pay for the schoolings of pupils but if you want to have a go at someone have a go at those parents who don't send their children to school atall and get away with it

Erm, that would be me...we home-educate and "get away with it" (because it's a valid legal option!) I think (well, I hope!) that you probably didn't mean home-educating families, but it does get a bit grating when "no school" is assumed to mean "no education" :-/

mandragora_2

blueberrypie wrote: »

There's a difference between "going to school" and "getting an education". You can do either of them without doing the other.

Hence my remark.

Your obligation as a parent is to get them educated. If you choose the state sytem, well you choose it. If you choose other than this such as independent or home ed, then fine, too. You pays your money and you takes your choice. But don't whinge if you decide to use the state sytem - which, of course, you contibute to through through taxes - if you decide to use an 'opt in opt out' sort of approach and get challenged on it. There are 12 weeks a year you can use for holidays. Use more; risk action. Abuse it - definitely there should be sanctions, IMO.