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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It sounds like FCPS admins want to call 5 snow days this year to get that early school start / 'Kings Dominion Law' waiver for next fall.

Why does FCPS want to start school before Labor Day next year?  I don't get it.[/quote]

Mainly for testing reasons, but really why do you want the state to tell you when to start school on time? It should be a local decision. Once they get the waiver, they can decide when school will start.[/quote]

What's wrong with the state telling the locality when school can start?

The state tells the locality who is licensed as a teacher, it sets the SOL curriculum, etc etc.  I'm fine with the State setting the framework of what school should be like.[/quote]

More than half of the state has the right to decide when to start school. So obviously the state does not think it's important to  be in charge of this for educational purposes.[/quote]

I did not know that.

As a working parent, I would like more than 180 days for school.  But starting school early and then having a 3 day Labor Day weekend is nutso for educational purposes.[/quote]

It seems like most Republicans would probably be ok with eliminating Labor Day as a holiday anyway.[/quote]

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