Bulgaria Ski discussion board

I work in education and my partner is a senior manager at a secondary school. If we had the opportunity to take our kids out of school for a week of skiing then we would definitely do so. At my partner's school, which is in a deprived area they believe that it is important for a childs education/interest to go on holiday and won't deny parents the opportunity to go on holiday in term time if they can't afford it during the school holidays.

I've been ripped off for years having to go on holiday during school holidays and the amount of money I could have saved is enormous.

People who believe you should not take your children out of school for a holiday earn obviously more money then me and lots of other people.

When ever possible I never take my children out of school, however do have to compromise on location, due to the cost ! Life with children is about compromise, and if families choose to take their children out of school, then its their choice and nobody else’s business. A child’s life is an education in its self, and if they never leave the UK , then that in itself limits their aspirations ! If you have to take your children out of term time because otherwise you just could not afford then do it, but be honest with yourself can you really not afford or do you just not want to pay the higher prices ? Because I know in the past it was because I didn’t want to pay the inflated prices, I now dig a little deeper, and compromise.

Coming to Borovets 3 days before half term with 2 children. Why because we can, sorry Peter if you think that harms my children. Always taken children out of school and always will daughter in year 11 A* pupil.I guess now she will fail all her GCSE because of her stupid,money saving parents
January school closed for 3 days because of snow. 4 days for teacher training and closed one lunch time to get ready for parents evening!!!
My husband and I work hard and no one will tell us when we can have a holiday.
Should all us bad parents meet for drinks so that our children can talk about how they have been harmed by their ski trip in school time. Arrive on the 10th Feb.
Rant over.

Well – I am still not convinced by your arguments.

It’s still money money money – with a good smattering of people who have Cambridge firsts even though they were taken out of school during term time. Not one person has come up with any defence apart from “Well the schools do it”.
Take a look at yourself, take a look at the evidence – it simply isn’t good for your children.
As a final word on this I must confess that I am in the fortunate position that my children attend a non state funded school and our summer holidays are taken in the first week (which is usually a week before state school break up) (half terms match state schools) Even this week is more expensive than going a few weeks earlier so it’s not just state school children who suffer from high holiday prices.
I could easily get a lower paid job and slob about during the week, but bringing my children up with confidence and a good education is my priority and should be yours – I am very disappointed with the comments on here and I suggest you should do the following:

Take your children on skiing holidays and experience new cultures – but only during school holidays as it is detrimental to their education.

I am sorry to have been so thought provoking to you:

Have a great holiday in Bulgaria whenever you go!! I love Bulgaria and one day will retire there to my wife’s homeland.

Best thoughts
Peter

When my children were young, I gave up work and stayed at home to take care of them and, yes, there were occasions when we did take them out of school for a family holiday. We couldn't have afforded to go otherwise and, believe me, my hubby couldn't have worked any harder than he did to support us all. We did try to make sure it was towards the end of the school year and I never recall them falling behind their peers.

They're all adults now - well educated and happy in their chosen careers. They all have very happy memories of our lovely family holidays and I don't think it did them any harm to miss a little of their education.

Ironically, I now work as a teacher, so we have no choice but to holiday during the most expensive times of the year. And, by the way, even when I was at home, I don't remember ever having the time to 'slob about'!