gram. she wrote, i understand that your family recently took a family vacation i want you to be aware that the school district does not recognize family trips as an excused absence. regardless of the activities involved in the trip. i remember when i was a kid, when my parents took us out of school for a couple of days as long as the parents contacted the school it was excused. yeah, it s not excused in our school. it s not? you have to make up some illness. that s good. you got to make up some story. the marathon wouldn t count? he wasn t going to let the principal run him down. dear madam principal, this is a dad out of philadelphia in the three days out of school they missed they learned about love perseverance overcoming adversity, civic pride. american history. they paid tribute to the victims of oo senseless act of terrorism and learned that no matter what