When Are your kids done with School

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Teachers may not be teaching but finals are on. . .hopefully questioning the times will make things easier, otherwise will have to forfeit first game. School first then ball. . .

 

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We don't have finals..........ours aren't doing much these next couple of weeks. Just busy work.

 

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My kids last day is June 5th. We have a tournament game that night but I should make it there in time.

Len

 

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At this time of the year the teachers aren't teaching anyway.

You just described our high school to a T.

 

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Friday is our last day.

Not criticizing anybody, but I don't think kids should be pulled from school for a non-school related softball game. Or at least I wouldn't do it.

What if your dd becomes a stud player and she wants to go on college visits that is directly related to softball? Coach wants her there on a Friday morning at 7 am to visit campus, meet the team, maybe watch a practice, etc. Nothing different than pulling them out 1/2 day for a tournament.

My dd's last day was yesterday.

 

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Next Friday, June 5th---don't know who will be happier, her or me.

 

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Kat mine will definitely be happier than me, I dread their time off....summers get long around here. 6 daycare kids+ my 3 kids=one insane mom.....

 

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I can attest to that! LOL

 

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Thanks Sad....and this summer is gonna be worse I am already stressing myself into an alcoholic bliss on the weekends. Gotta figure out how to survive with less income and boot this young mom.

 

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Kat mine will definitely be happier than me, I dread their time off....summers get long around here. 6 daycare kids+ my 3 kids=one insane mom.....

Wow---that definitely adds up to a ticket on the crazy train, BMK.

Fortunately mine are all teens now (15,16 & 17) and they are great company. They are funny and smart and are fun to be around. Goodness knows I was chronically sleep-deprived and full-on nutty when they were little, but things got much better as they got older. I'm a lucky gal.

 

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One of the members of our coaching staff asked early on about Friday early starts because the middle school that his DD and two others attend is having to go very late as a result of the "hurricane" last fall (knocked electricity out to the school for a week). So we've been very attentive to the tournaments that said they were starting early on Friday and the TDs have graciously started us late on the Fridays in question.

As much as I agree that parents need to be working on Friday and that as a result getting their DDs to tournaments can be a real pain, I'm afraid that the issue of whether tournaments should start early on Fridays is far behind us. The really good tournaments can, and often do, start on Friday (sometimes even Thursday evenings) without being at risk that they won't be able to fill their tourneys. This has been the norm for at least 8 years, when our DD started playing really competitive travel tournaments.

One effective way to deal with this is to have the parents create "Friday pools" where each parent takes one or two Fridays when they will drive their DD and some of her teammates to the tourney.

For coaches, it's really not easy. Ted and I have a lot of flexibility in our schedules, but if I get hit with a court date on Friday (and believe it or not, that "court date" includes not just my docket but being a JUROR for the month of June), I'm probably going to miss some Friday games.

 

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Oh thats an easy one just say "Guilty Your Honor and gotta go"

 

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My dd's last day was last Thursday. Jealous??

 

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Today was our kids last day! :yahoo:WOOHOO!!
Travel ball tournament this weekend, it dont get any better than that!

 

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June 10th.if you can believe that.Come on Amherst,Wat up ?;&

 

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I was mistaken earlier when I said Friday. Apparently the last day is Monday. I wonder how much extra learning they'll get in?

 

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I imagine they'll see a whole lot of great flicks!! LOL

 

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Or field trips....for real how many places can these kids go this month?

 

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What if your dd becomes a stud player and she wants to go on college visits that is directly related to softball? Coach wants her there on a Friday morning at 7 am to visit campus, meet the team, maybe watch a practice, etc. Nothing different than pulling them out 1/2 day for a tournament.

My dd's last day was yesterday.

Pulling them out for a college visit of any kind is a whole lot different than pulling them out to play in a youth softball tournament.

 

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June 10th.if you can believe that.Come on Amherst,Wat up ?;&

We are not far ahead of you. June 9th