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That sounds good. If there was a "buy back" format of some kind where there was an incentive to accumulate unused days, there would be less temptation to "use them or lose them" I know of a teacher nearby who took her family to DisneyWorld on the second week of January. Missed an entire week of school right after having been off two weeks for the Christmas break. Insanity.

GOOD suggestion in the first paragraph. One of my students went on vacation for two weeks and then we had a three week break. She came back for 3 days and then her family was off on vacation again for 2 more weeks. It took her about a month to get back to where she had been. I loved the parents so I didn't get down too hard on them (I couldn't do anything anyways). But I did let them know that she had lost a little bit from being off so much. I do realize that there are family reunions and timeshares scheduled so I am fairly flexible on vacations. The trouble is that some parents expect you to provide every assignment for the time gone. That takes time so some of the time I am not able to get them to them in time.

One of my students went on vacation for two weeks and then we had a three week break. She came back for 3 days and then her family was off on vacation again for 2 more weeks. It took her about a month to get back to where she had been....The trouble is that some parents expect you to provide every assignment for the time gone.

In our district, those would have been unexcused absences, she wouldn't have been allowed to make up the work, and she'd have been denied credit for the year.