Can’t teach an old dog new tricks

So…. advice needed. BM sent an email yesterday stating she wants the kids to switch weekends so they can attend her college graduation in May 2012. That is a reasonable request, we think. But she wants to pick them up on a Wednesday night and keep them out of school for TWO days to be able to go. This is during the end of the school year and SD12 has to have her attendance up to be able to graduate herself (8th grade grad) and we get nasty grams when the kids miss school. DH and I think 2 days is excessive to miss school. We told her thanks for advance notice and that we would make sure they do not have testing that week (CST testing ect, or end of year testing) and get back to her. She replies with, “They MUST attend the graduation.” What are your thoughts??

Keep in mind she lost custody PARTIALLY because HER schooling was more important than theirs. She let them “drown while she was doing well to better herself.” (Judges words, not mine) We want them to go, it IS important but two days??? The graduation only takes a couple hours, not a couple days.

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