SunLive took to the streets of Tauranga on Friday lunchtime to ask what the locals thought about parents taking their children out of school during term time.
The question arose after Auckland Primary Principals' Association president Frances Nelson insisted that any unsanctioned absence from school was illegal.
Video: Bruce Barnard & Tracy Hardy.
School principals from the region said this week that they deal with requests for term-time holidays on a case-by-case basis, with one head teacher calling Nelson's comments ‘pedantic'.
But most commenters on our Facebook page have been critical of Nelson's statement, so we hit the city's central business district to see what the general consensus is.
4 comments
my view
Posted on 14-08-2015 16:54 | By My View
Taking a child out of school to go on a cruise to other places must benefit the child by learning about other cultures. Going to other countries and seeing must be better than reading from text books.
if it's good enough for the goose
Posted on 14-08-2015 17:11 | By Steves
Surely if the principal of a local college takes time off, a number of times during term time for holiday or extending overseas conferences for personal reasons, then the students are able to do similar.
Learn more..
Posted on 14-08-2015 21:56 | By Me again
from taking time out. We have taken our son out of school during term time to go and see his grans in europe. He got to do some sights and learn a little of the language. He came back to school armed with photos and little knick knacks to show his class. He spent a few days telling his class all about the school he visited. So if the child benefits from time out of term then I don't see why not.
How dare they...
Posted on 15-08-2015 22:23 | By groutby
say I could not take my child, my ultimate responsibility, to an event, holiday or whatever without "there" blessing..it isn't going to happen...hey...taxpayer funded schools..the responsibility lays with ME..not YOU..your opinion is welcomed but you remember that is all it is..if there is an issue with that, then I will "take it on the chin", unlike school nimbies who want to tell me, as a responsible parent how to bring up my child. End of....
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