Dh said "Isn't it a holiday, other kids don't have school"

[KristineIN]

Of course he said it right in front of the kids. So much for getting anything done. I didn't let them off that easy and read an old Kid's Discover on MLK Jr. and a Zoobooks on Little Cats!
Guess I get more time on the boards. Gotta catch my posts up with ~Rachel~ :D
Kristine

Anyone else wish we had more smiley's?

[genie]

My daughter chats online with other members of Disney's Toontown, and several of them mentioned that they had no school today. I didn't even realize it was a holiday. So she was moping this morning about it. I told her, okay, well if ya wanna be just like the other kids, we can start at 8:30, end at 3:30, and have homework most nights. She didn't like that idea very much! But I decided to let up on the taskmaster routine and let her have a day off. Doesn't she realize I'm just gonna squeeze today's work into the other four days now?!?! Just kidding. Sorta.

[tess in the burbs]

I didn't want to do school today myself, lol. But I got math and some phonics in for both kids. And my week now planned out ;-) So it counts right?

[Melora in NC]

I had that discussion with ds yesterday. He has a good friend in ps who always lets him know when the school holidays are coming. I went through the whole business of how our homeschool runs according to our schedule, not the ps's, blah, blah. This morning I had the day nicely planned, sat him down to his math, and he up and threw up all over the school room (my fault, of course. He had Said he had a tummy ache, but I thought he was bluffing!). So I guess we are taking MLK's day off after all. Enjoy your holiday!

[Amy loves Bud]

Last summer I pulled up the local school calendar and planned our year with the same days off. Otherwise friends would be knocking all day and I would have a revolt on my hands. Besides, I like having the day off when my friends whose kids are in PS are forced to be around. We like to hang out together, too.

[Jenny in Atl]

dd 12 had a friend sleep over so we are off to just relax and hangout. Not an issue when you school year-round.

[momofkhm]

We're going skiing on Friday, so they need to do school today.

DD13 was funny though. "What will Dad do since he has the day off and we don't?" :confused: "I'm sure he'll come up with something." :rolleyes:

[Lux Et Veritas Academy]

We are taking the day off and going skiing- I follow the PS schedule to a tee!:)

[Rhonda in TX]

We took Friday off because it was MY birthday. MLK's birthday, though, is a school day here. :)

[Krista in LA]

Our little neighbor kids always make sure to tell us when they have a day off. Aargh. So, we are finishing up some stuff they didn't get done last week and going to piano lessons. They will just be doing some extra work the rest of the week in some of the subjects.

[PrairieAir]

With three kids in public school, I pretty much have to follow their schedule for the youngest or it will be a major fight to get the schoolwork done for the day anyway.

This is the first year the local public schools in the tiny town nearby have had the day off. It is also the first year, my kids noted, that there are any black students. It's a town of less than 2,000 people. It's so white here that when my oldest started 9th grade he was repeatedly asked if his mother or father was black, if he was Arab, or if he was Mexican. His response was to mess with them and make up all sorts of stories. This year there is one black student in middle school and one in the high school.

Now, I have always felt that kids should be in school for Presidents Day and Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. They should be learning about the men who are being celebrated. I was glad to hear that the 8th graders at least have been learning about Martin Luther King, Jr. My 13yods was pretty excited about it, too. We had a really fun discussion last night about what he's been learning and he took me to several YouTube clips of famous speeches that they listened to in class. It was wonderful to see him so enjoying what he's been learning and really taking something away from it rather than just passively listening and remembering what's required for the test.

Another interesting note. While my brother and his wife were visiting yesterday, we were talking about the holiday. Someone brought up Columbus Day, and my sister-in-law mentioned that while they were in South Dakota they learned that public schools there do not celebrate the day. They celebrate Native American Day instead and there is a lot of hostility if anyone mentions Columbus. Isn't that something?

[Melinda in VT]

My kids (in public school) have MLK day off for the first time this year.

They don't get Presidents Day off. We have a week plus break the week after Presidents Day.

[Kristiana]

DH is off (gov't employee) and we keep Fridays kind of light because that's his regular day off, so today will be light and we'll force ourselves to do more on Friday. It's no big deal, and I'm in need of a break (the last two weeks since Christmas break have just been so taxing ;) j/k)

Actually we just got dumped on by snow last night so I'm sure we'll get lots of PE in, and we have a video of the Railway Children we haven't gotten to yet, plus we'll watch March of the Penguins which is for science anyway. DH said he'll take us out for Chinese (history) for lunch if we can get shoveled out by noon!

So does that count as a school day or not? :D

[Tammyla]

and so are we. Dad is home, but reading quietly. I'm trying to speed things along to the finish line:D.

[angela in ohio]

Dh's school has class today, and so do we. Bwahahaha... :)

[momtolgd]

Local schools here are out, and we are having light school today...because we already know two of the kids friends will be coming over this afternoon.

[chiguirre]

My oldest goes to a private school, so we follow their schedule. Of course, they go to school year round, so this is actually to MY advantage. HeHeHe

[Elisabeth in IL]

Our rule is when Daddy works we work. We don't always work as hard though.;)

[dangermom]

We had to take Monday and Friday off last week, so I pointed that out to my kid and she relented.

[readwithem]

We took Friday off because it was MY birthday. MLK's birthday, though, is a school day here. :)

:D

[readwithem]

We pretty much school year round, taking breaks when we want to. Today wasn't one of those days, so we did school.

[4pillars]

Our district actually did have school! I was kind of shocked!

[Anne/Ankara]

We had some school but the college class my son is taking was canceled for the holiday, so it was a half day of sorts...