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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We would jump for joy if APS did more of a spring, fall, winter and then summer break with just federal holidays off. The amount of other holidays they are off is so disruptive. And, we are a family that technically celebrates one of the "other" religious holidays. We use to just pull our kiddos out if we wanted to, otherwise, they stayed in school. [/quote]

I hope you send in a comment. Have heard from other parents that all of these days off are equally disruptive for their children and they really just want to have excused absences and no tests/due date and make sure those expectations are enforced.

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The amount of days off and holidays outpaces any other working profession. No working parent can reasonably match the days that require care. [/quote]
Exactly - there are more days off during the school year than I get in holidays and paid time off (where sick leave and vacation time are combined).  Even if I used up ALL of my annual leave, I STILL wouldn't have enough to cover all of the days off that students have during the school year, let alone summer break.  Also hope that no one gets sick because that means I would have even less leave available for school year childcare during scheduled closings.  And I'm lucky -- I actually GET paid leave.  [/quote]

So you pay for alternate child care.  There are always camps for all these days off.  If you don't make enough money to pay for these things, time to re-evaluate the cost-benefit analysis of both parents working and the rest of your budget.[/quote]

Cool story. Why is ok to tell APS parents “figure it out or quit your job”, but APS can’t say the same to its own employees? [/quote]

Because adequate staffing is an operational need for the school system. YOUR childcare issues are YOUR problem. [/quote]

Absolutely astonishing that PP needed this explained to them.[/quote]

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