Quote Originally Posted by Dreadnaught View Post
Interesting moral/legal dilemma actually. I suppose the question can shift to whether compulsory education is a good thing or it infringes on parental rights?
Huh? How did you make that shift? Education is compulsory for the child's sake. If parents don't like public schools, or private school Headmasters 'dictating' attendance or vacation time.....they should be able to use a cyber school, an international school, or homeschool. Or any combination that fits the child's needs.

Families that travel frequently for work aren't just upper crust foreign diplomats, international CEOs, or Hollywood stars. They're also migrant farm workers, seasonal employees, contract workers, long haul truck drivers, deep sea fishermen, oil riggers, industrial engineers....etc.

The petition seems to be about family income disparities: not singling out kids from lower-income households, not assuming parents are deadbeats for pulling kids out of school during non-holiday time, or penalizing kids with 'too' much time away from a physical school.

IMO, the question "shifts" to standards and testing. How does a kid whose travelled the world, experienced a number of cultures, become fluent in other languages, is well-read on a number of topics, has advanced math and science knowledge, with hands-on applicable skills....but hasn't spent much time in formal classrooms....get their HS diploma?