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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][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]

Geez you're insufferable.  I guess you're satusfied with the usless makeup days tacked on in June, maybe you don't even bother sending your kids, but it's not ideal for a variety of reasons.  Starting the school year slightly earlier to build in more snow days is the most practical solution from a logistics standpoint AND would have the added benefit of more time for AP classes.  It doesn't have to be and would unlikely be two weeks, stop being dramatic.  If your kids can't adjust to starting school slightly earlier maybe you need to teach them more resilliance.  [/quote]

How come we were able to build in sufficient snow days in the past without starting in early August?  Time to go back to whatever we were doing then.  [/quote]

I'm confuised if you don't understand the math or you think we need weeks of snow days.  This year school started on Aug. 25.  Starting a week earlier would have been August 18.  I hardly consier that "early" August, but you do you.  FWIW, MCPS used to build in 4.  Most years that's probably about right.  If there's that much concern about losing sunup to sundown football practice then MCPS could even have a midweek start.  But sticking with the current status quo of 1 is dumb.[/quote]

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