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Anonymous wrote:I'm surprised how un-fussed people seem about all these northern Virginia districts shortening the school year. There's a positive correlation between increased instructional hours and student achievement.
Yes, but parents also complain about shortening summer break too. Northern Virginia is the only place I know that surveys parents’ opinions on the calendar. My home district never did that. They should make a calendar that meets the 180 days and just do it. So sick of this yearly nonsense.
PP here and no argument it's stupid to survey parents. That's relatively new even here.
If you look at survey results, it's true that a majority always vote for less school, but I have trouble believing it's the same majority. Especially given learning loss (unless people supplemented/tutored), kids need school right now.
And also, most people probably don't even realize that their answers taken together shorten the school year. When you are asked amongst a slew of questions "do you want a full week for spring break?", "do you want two full weeks in December?", "do you want to start 1 or 2 weeks before Labor day?", "do you want to get out the second week in June or the third week?" - every answers these individually for the most time off, but they don't sit and look at the big picture. And I include myself in that.
Also, your view on this probably changes depending on the age of your kids.
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