School's out?

This is the time of year that the kids really don't want to go to school.  The weather turns hot and their attention span dwindles.  They only have a week or two to go.  It's not that they are sick, but they aren't doing anything in school that they can't do at home.  It use to be I had to push the kids out the door with threats.  "You had better show up at school or no going out tonight," worked.  The younger ones were not allowed out of their room if they didn't go to school.  Sickness wasn't an excuse.  They had to call Dad if they were sick.  No one was sick enough to call Dad!  So some of the things that we invented did work.  Wonder if they will do the same with their kids?