A veteran South Carolina principal has sparked debate over parents taking their children out of school for a vacation .

Gail Johnson, who goes by @educator4ever36, wrote in a post on X: "It’s 2025 and I actually have parents trying to defend pulling their child out of school for a vacation. I get a death. I get granny is turning 100 and lives out of state. But to get a cheaper vacation —nope. Can’t ever support that."

After 38 years in public education, Johnson thought her comment was a straightforward plea for parents to respect the school calendar. Instead, it drew more than 3.8 million views and thousands of replies, many of them angry.

"I was seriously caught off guard by the vitriol spewed at both me and parents’ public schools ," Johnson told Newsweek . "My post seemed t

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