School Takes Mom to Court Over Child’s Unauthorized Mid-Term Holiday

School Takes Mom to Court Over Child’s Unauthorized Mid-Term Holiday
The entrance to Oxhey First School in June 2011. Google Maps/Street View
Richard Szabo
Richard Szabo
Editor/Reporter
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An educational establishment in the West Midlands of England has taken legal action against a mother for taking one of her children on a holiday during the school term.

Staffordshire mom Rachel Lancaster, 34, was shocked to be summoned to court after she took her youngest daughter, Tinkerbell, on a family trip to Spain without permission from Oxhey First School in Biddulph, 18 miles east of Crewe.

Richard Szabo
Richard Szabo
Editor/Reporter
Richard Szabo is an award-winning journalist with more than 12 years' experience in news writing at mainstream and niche media organizations. He has a specialty in business, tourism, hospitality, and healthcare reporting.
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