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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Kinda sad that you can’t just enjoy a day with your kids. [/quote]

I enjoy the days I can spend with my kid but I, like a good number of parents, work. Luckily, DS is old enough to entertain himself at home for the day so we don’t need to pay for a camp to watch him this year. And yes, I would need to find coverage for him during the summer but there are more options for summer camp that DS enjoys.

But the child care is not the issue. Many kids need a stable routine. This screwed up calendar causes all sorts of issues for my kids friend with anxiety. He already struggles with going to school but giving him another day off makes going to school on Tuesday that much worse. It is another day for him to stress about school and issues and increases his anxiety. His family has a routine that makes this manageable that works reasonably well during a normal week but the extra day can lead to refusal to attend school.

He is not the only kid who has issues when their routine is disrupted. And there are the kids who have a required number of pull outs and push in help that are required to help them because of an IEP. Those are disrupted.

I know that you all want to blame it on working parents being annoyed about child care but it is about disrupting routines for kids who need routines.

[b]I would far prefer a year round school with a 2 week break after the end of quarters and a 6 week summer vacation because I do worry about learning loss. For the same reason as I don’t like all these random days off. Most kids do far better with structure and a reliable schedule. The calendar does not provide that for the kids right now.  I know that isn’t going to happen but I can dream.[/b][/quote]
That would be nice, and then the teacher work days could happen during these breaks too, instead of disrupting the routines.  [/quote]

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