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Old 09-14-2009, 03:18 PM
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Appropriate to pull kids out of school for a day for...
Is it appropriate to pull middle school and high school aged kids out of school for an entire day to go to the adoption finalization of a fosterchild? Would judges frown upon that (missing classes)? Would schools likely frown upon it?
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Old 09-14-2009, 03:41 PM
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Take them. That is a very important day for your family. They will not remember what they learned in school that day, but they will remember not being allowed to go with you to court.

I am a teacher, BTW.
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Old 09-14-2009, 04:01 PM
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I am a teacher and I say this is huge for your family TAKE THEM and enjoy the day, CONGRATULATIONS!!
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Old 09-14-2009, 04:25 PM
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Take them!!! I think a judge would be FAR more concerned with the fact the rest of your family wasnt there on this HUGE day!
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When we finalized our kids the high school asked for a copy of the court date papers. It didn't even count against her as an absence, and she received extra time to make up the work in the classes missed. Our entire family goes and we take pictures of everybody, including the judge and workers. CELEBRATE YOUR NEW FAMILY AS A FAMILY!!!!!!!!!
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Old 09-14-2009, 06:03 PM
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TAKE THEM! I'm also a teacher, too, and totally think the older kids should be with their new sibling at the finalization hearing!

Congrats, btw!
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we always did....the judges were always happy to see our whole family. it is a VERY big deal! we wanted our entire family together.
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We have always taken all of our children when we finalized. If school was that day, they missed school.
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thanks guys! I was probably paranoid! I will definitely have them come
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excited2adoptsoon, to top it off, we purchased the Jockey adoption bears for ALL of our kids...even the older ones! They loved them! It's a stuffed bear that has a backpack on it. I gave it to them right before we went into court.

Edited to add....Great choice to take them!!!
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I hope they are overjoyed, not at having a day off of school, but at expanding their families. Congrats!
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There's no way I would do it without my other children present. It's too big a day for the entire family.
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By all means, YES, take them to the adoption. I even took my kids out for a half day to attend the adoption of some friends, even though they weren't being adopted by any of our family, we still knew them well. Adoption is not something that happens everyday and should be celebrated with family! The foster kids that I recently had in my care will be being adopted next spring sometime and if the new parents ask us to be part of the celebration, you will bet that we will be there.
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Definitely take them out! Enjoy your big day as a family!

Congratulations! We can't wait to hear all about your Special Day!
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Yes, I plan to pull mine out. Don't really care what the school thinks about it (-:

SAHmom, what is a "jockey adoption bear"???
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