Early dismissal - high school

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Who cares, really? Our kids get into good colleges even though they have half days. Our kids become productive adults even though they have half days. Our kids grow up and do great things even though they have half days. I haven’t ever heard a single adult ever say that if they only had one or two less half days I’d have made it into Harvard. Or I’d have gotten a better job. [/quote

Do you care at all about actual education for your child? There are also a lot of kids who are functionally illiterate in these schools. They need every possible hour before they are pushed out into the world with few marketable skills.

I do. And I am the parent of a child who entered middle school not being able to read and who wasn’t removed from the diploma track because I fought to keep him in The half days don’t matter. There aren’t that many. What matters is the support and programs offered by the schools.

If you add up the half days, and the wasted weeks at the end of the year, this is probably almost a month of the 9 month school year. Yes, it matters.

A "half day" is 2.5 hours shorter than a regular day. There are seven this year, so that's a difference of 17.5 hours.

7:45 am to 12 pm isn’t 2.5 hours. What HS is this?

Oops I misread. Carry on!

[Anonymous]

Eh, my high schooler is usually “sick” on half days to catch up on sleep and homework. NBD

[Anonymous]

OP, it's a good time for your kids to caught up on their chores.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Who cares, really? Our kids get into good colleges even though they have half days. Our kids become productive adults even though they have half days. Our kids grow up and do great things even though they have half days. I haven’t ever heard a single adult ever say that if they only had one or two less half days I’d have made it into Harvard. Or I’d have gotten a better job. [/quote

Do you care at all about actual education for your child? There are also a lot of kids who are functionally illiterate in these schools. They need every possible hour before they are pushed out into the world with few marketable skills.

I do. And I am the parent of a child who entered middle school not being able to read and who wasn’t removed from the diploma track because I fought to keep him in The half days don’t matter. There aren’t that many. What matters is the support and programs offered by the schools.

If you add up the half days, and the wasted weeks at the end of the year, this is probably almost a month of the 9 month school year. Yes, it matters.

A "half day" is 2.5 hours shorter than a regular day. There are seven this year, so that's a difference of 17.5 hours.

7:45 am to 12 pm isn’t 2.5 hours. What HS is this?

Early dismissal gets out 2.5 hours early. The school day is 2.5 hours shorter. Though actually it’s only 2 hours shorter because lunch is after dismissal.