Notice: Region X Schools Note June 6 Observance of
Take Our Sons and Daughters to Work Day (last update: Feb. 2012)

Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day is a national day sponsored by the Ms. Foundation on the fourth Thursday of April. The premise of the day is to allow children in their parents workplace to learn about the wealth of job opportunities available to them, while being asked to think about how their work will fit into their overall future. While school districts across the state and nation support this type of exposure for young people, we do not support the program on a school day. School districts in the Dallas area - Region X - consider June 6 as the day to observe Take our Daughters and Sons to Work. (Region 10 districts have set a precedent of the Wednesday before the second Friday in June as the common date selected for TODASTW.) If parents and their company choose to observe the day in April, this is their choice, but students will be counted as absent.