A local head teacher has entered the debate over fining parents who take their children on holiday during term time.
It follows the news that the number of penalties handed out in Devon more than doubled between 2013/2014 and 2014/2015 to nearly 1,200.
Many parents say the choice should be up to them.
Rupert Poole, principal of the Queen Elizabeth Academy in Crediton, thinks a common-sense approach is best.
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