If you are a student, then you would "attend school" (without the "to"). If you are a parent going to a meeting at the school, or just going to pick up your kids, you would "go to the school". You can also say "I go to school" (as a student). And to make it even more difficult, if you were a parent, you could attend a meeting at the school. In a way, it does have to do with frequency. As a student, going to school regularly for the classes held there is the key. As a parent, it is just a location where you are actually doing something else, like picking up the kids.

Hola Sergio, como te vas? Honestly, I have never heard anyone say "attend to the school". You see, "attend" can mean "go", as in "I attend university", or "I attend those meetings". I means you go to that place, you are present. When you "attend + to" something, you are taking care of a task, giving attention to. For example, "the mother attended to her sick child". She helped, assisted, her sick child. "I have to attend to some business". I have to give attention to some business. So you could say, "After I attend the meeting, I must attend to some business". Or, "after I go to the meeting, I have to take care of some business". Esa te ayuda? Me entiendes? Bueno... adios

Hi Sergio, "attend to school" is like going to an unspecified school and "attend to the school" like going to a specified school or school as a specified institutuion. For example: My kids attend to school to learn something (any school), but I attend to the school to pick up my kids (which is a specific shool at a specific logation). Hope this helps. Saludos Era.

Hola Sergio! Hay dos cuestiones: 1. Una es que "Attend" es distinto de "Attend to": "Attend to school" significa prestar atencion en la escuela, mientras que "Attend school" Asistir a la escuela, "Attend a meeting" asistir a una reunion. "Attend+to" = prestar atencion y "attend" solo = asistir. 2. La otra es cuando agregar el "the" y cuando no: "Go to School" sin el "the" es ir a la escuela a clase, a estudiar o a hacer algo que habitualmente se hace alli. Si decis "go to the school " implica que vas al edificio de la escuela a hacer otra cosa no relacionada con estudiar , por ejemplo: "the plumber went to the school to repair a pipe". Agregar el "the" es hacer referencia al lugar fisico, al edificio y por lo tanto necesitas aclarar para que vas al lugar. De todas formas creo que en los casos particulares que mencionas yo las diria asi, aunque tampoco estoy muy segura: I'm a student. I go to school. I'm going to pick my kids up from school. We had a parent's meeting at school yesterday. I have to attend a parent meeting in the school's library at 7 tonight. Espero no haberte confundido mas : ). Saludos Eugenia