Principal sends rude note to man for taking kids on vacation, but he has the perfect response

Mike Rossi from Montgomery Country’s, a former host of Dancin’ on Air, radio personality and loving father, recently decided to took a trip with his family to Boston so that his kids and his wife Cindy could see him run the Boston Marathon.

boston-marathon-dad-principal-letter
Share
Source: Phillymag


He didn’t just take his children on a family vacation, he also made sure that the trip was educationally worthy by taking a visit to the Freedom Trail, the Boston Tea Party site and other historical places in the historical city in Massachusetts.
Tragically, the Rossi’s had to deal with a death in the family but Mike’s perseverance made sure that he ran the marathon, which is one that he’s always dreamt of running especially after the cowardly terrorist attack. He successfully ran the lengthy marathon but fears he might’ve had a torn labrum at the end of the race.

notes
Share
Source: AWM


The school principal noticed the absence of the couple’s children and even though the Rossi’s have tried to justify their trip to be educationally interesting, Mike wasn’t pleased when he received the letter.
She somewhat scolded them for taking their children on a trip during the school period and has marked the absence of their children as unexcused. After he received this letter, Mike wrote one of his own that quickly went viral and struck all the right chords.
Dear Madam Principal,
While I appreciate your concern for our children’s education, I can promise you they learned as much in the five days we were in Boston as they would in an entire year in school.
Our children had a once-in-a-lifetime experience, one that can’t be duplicated in a classroom or read in a book.
In the 3 days of school they missed (which consisted of standardized testing that they could take any time) they learned about dedication, commitment, love, perseverance, overcoming adversity, civic pride, patriotism, American history culinary arts and physical education.
They watched their father overcome, injury, bad weather, the death of a loved one and many other obstacles to achieve an important personal goal.
They also experienced first-hand the love and support of thousands of others cheering on people with a common goal.
At the marathon, they watched blind runners, runners with prosthetic limbs and debilitating diseases and people running to raise money for great causes run in the most prestigious and historic marathon in the world.
They also paid tribute to the victims of a senseless act of terrorism and learned that no matter what evil may occur, terrorists can not deter the American spirit.
These are things they won’t ever truly learn in the classroom.
In addition our children walked the Freedom Trail, visited the site of the Boston Tea Party, the Boston Massacre and the graves of several signers of the Declaration of Independence.
These are things they WILL learn in school a year or more from now. So in actuality our children are ahead of the game.
They also visited an aquarium, sampled great cuisine and spent many hours of physical activity walking and swimming.
We appreciate the efforts of the wonderful teachers and staff and cherish the education they are receiving at Rydal Elementary School. We truly love our school.
But I wouldn’t hesitate to pull them out of school again for an experience like the one they had this past week.
Thank you for your time.
Sincerely,
Michael Rossi
Father

boston-marathon-principal-letter
Share
Source: Phillymag


The letter was read and shared by thousands and after seeing that his post was quite popular on the internet, Mike wanted to clarify a couple of things.
I am not angry,
I don’t have any beef with the school, teachers or principal.
We did not ask for our kids to be “excused”.
We will take them out of class whenever we see fit.
I did not make this viral.
I don’t like coconut.
Thank you.
Please SHARE this with your friends and family.
Source: Philly Mag

TDasany

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation.

 

Copyright @ 2013 KrobKnea.

Designed by Next Learn | My partner