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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]And for the schools are for learning and not sports crowd, these are the final years many of these kids get to participate in team sports that teach valuable lessons in hard work, determination, and cooperation.  To rob those children of that opportunity so a few kids can get an extra 2 weeks to prepare for a test is pretty stupid.  If your kids need the extra 2 weeks, maybe you shouldn't have forced them into AP classes they aren't capable of in the first place[/quote]

I don’t care about sports at all personally, but I do care about “in the scheme of life.” Everyone needs balance. We should maximize summer for teachers and students to recharge. The kids taking AP and upper level HS courses are already working so hard, much harder than any generation that came before them. Especially for seniors, who get into college before they even have final AP or IB scores, that extra week of August is better spent with friends, family, etc. enjoying summer than on one more week grinding toward an exam. Many colleges don’t even accept the credit (my Ivy League school did not). My kids are high school age and in these courses and I definitely think starting earlier in August is unnecessary. [/quote]

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