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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Montoya says she isn’t supporting the calendar over the early release days [/quote]

Also because they are adding a 1/2 day on the 23rd. She said she fought for the day off for Hispanic/Latino people.[/quote]

I found that irritating. Nochebuena, as she said, is on December 24, not the 23rd. The 24th is off! Seemed really tone deaf that she said that folks need extra time to cook and travel the day before the holiday when literally Eid and Passover just became possible school days if we need snow make ups. Your holiday is off, with a half day prior. No one else gets cooking days. [/quote] Almost all the secular schools in the country not only have December 23 off but Dec 21 and 22 too. It's Maryland and much of the Northeast States that starts break on December 24 (Christmas Eve). The reason for that is the requirement to hold 180 days even if bad weather cancels school days. Most other states have a more normal law. If there are makeup days at the end summer is still long enough. Thanksgiving is at least a five day weekend with more places converting to a full week off. The late December break is two full weeks in nearly every state that has a more flexible law.[/quote]

Why would anyone want or need a full week off for Thanksgiving? It’s one meal. Even if you are traveling to celebrate, you’d be traveling domestically since it’s obviously an American holiday. No one needs two weekends and a full week to get to/from a domestic destination for one meal. Lots of people stay local if they have local family or international family. So it’s really the rare situation where anyone would want/need 9 days off to celebrate the holiday. [/quote]

Again, you're missing the point. Everywhere else in the US students get fall breaks, longer Thanksgiving and winter breaks and all manage to fit 180 days (or hours) in. Here, we have people who cry about lost instructional time if it's reduced to hours while taking their kids on weeklong trips during the school year. Terrible county, terrible parents. [/quote]

Now you are just lying.

A typical public school calendar runs from late August or early September through late May or June, with breaks around Thanksgiving, winter holidays, and spring. A separate fall break is not universal; many districts do not have one, while some do offer a long weekend or short break in October. Thanksgiving break is usually 3 to 5 days, often centered on Thanksgiving week; some districts make it the full week. Winter break is usually about 2 weeks, often spanning late December into early January. Spring break is usually about 1 week, though some districts schedule a long weekend or occasionally up to 2 weeks.[/quote]

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