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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The survey results from parents were really unclear.  They just asked what the benefits of each option were. [b] I don't think they even looked at it.  [/b][/quote]

Based on what?   Everything was reviewed as I have a friend on the school board.

Face it, this change is going to happen.  It needs to happen.  It's for the health of kids.  And no matter how much that screws people's schedules up, we're all going to have to adjust.  Kind of like half-day Mondays and the new school schedule.   [/quote]

If the survey results were reviewed, then the overwhelmingly negative response to Option 3 would have been noted and not pushed forward.  Or the School Board doesn't care.  Take your pick, the School Board is either incompetent or indifferent.

Also, "the health of the kids"?  Please provide any evidence that the health of Fairfax County students are harmed by the current schedule.  Hundreds of thousands of kids have graduated under this schedule, so you surely have some evidence, right?

"Think of the children" is the worst justification for any public policy.  None of this "needs" to happen.  Some vocal minority wants it done at the expense of everyone else.[/quote]

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