I need to take my child out of school for one day

[Orlandobound]

We have a once in a lifetime event happening next week, and I need to take my child out of school for one day.

I haven't asked the school in fear they say no to our request.

Can I just take DC out and tell them I am doing so?

Will I get a fine for one missed day?

Thank you

Hi..
Noooo dont worry course its okay for your child to miss school for one day. i mean my little boy has had many days off school due to family circumstances but im sure the school wont have a problem if you let them no in advance.
mel xx

You can ask, they will say no but they're not going to do anything. I just say "X won't be in school tomorrow because of Y but will be back on on Friday" or whatever

And no, you won't get a fine unless they miss 5 days

You should ask. The school can approve a day off in exceptional circumstances. Even if they say no you won't get fined for a single day off. But if they say yes the day will be recorded as authorised absence which means you are less likely to have problems if your child has further days off, e.g. due to illness. The worst thing you can do from the school's point of view is to say nothing.

Ask for a request for authorised absence - the school office will be able to give you one. It’s likely the head will authorise it, especially if his attendance is otherwise very good (over 95%).

Don’t just tell the school he’s not coming in as pp have suggested. That’s unnecessarily rude.

I have never asked, they aren’t going to say yes. Just politely inform them, nothing rude about that

Why is it rude Suburban? Our school won't authorise for any reason at all - even if attendance is 100% up until that point. So there is no point in asking. The OP's school may of course be different :)

just dont send them in

We have confident statements on this thread saying that the school will authorise it and that they won't. No-one here can know. We don't know exactly what this "once in a lifetime event" is nor do we know which school is involved. The OP should ask. The worst that can happen is they say no, which won't stop the OP taking her child out of school for the day. It will simply mean it is recorded as an unauthorised absence. But if they say yes it will be recorded as an authorised absence, which helps the school and could help the OP if her child has other absences.

Might as well ask for an authorised absence, but still go either way