The school year is more than 10 months for staff and 2025-26 is extra long for students-Must be shortened

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Anonymous wrote:More days are actually needed. US is ranked lower compared to other countries that have shortened summer breaks. We actually should have two week breaks spread out more and shortened summer.

Shortened summer means very little camp, and more time in school during good weather while trading some of that for time off when not much else is happening.

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I was curious and looked up the Ohio district I attended. They have 178 student days. Their winter break started on Friday Dec 22 and went through Tuesday January. 8 school days off. The first day of school was Wednesday, September 6 and their last day is Thursday, June 6.

I wonder how this is possible since Fairfax had their 11th day on their 1st day and there are still 4 days of school after their last day. Winter break there was 3 days shorter and their school year 2 days shorter so how are the other 9 days made up? Do they not have a spring break?

Based on how Christmas and January 1 fall the next few years it looks like they'll have 2 weeks the next 2 or 3 years as next year they would only have a 1 day week if they went back January 3 and the year after December 22 is a Monday.

Went back and looked again. They have one teacher workday during the school year and it is in October. Thanksgiving was W-F. Students are off 2 days for conferences. Spring break is three days, March 29-April 2.

Aha no full week off for FIVE months! How does anyone especially teachers and high school students SURVIVE that?

As far as I know nobody complains about that or the long summer break, but I have few ties to that area.