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[quote=Anonymous]If we're talking about 20 additional days, I don't see how it is a big deal for families.  Your children will still get a considerable summer break to wind down or take summer enrichment classes.  I would prefer a longer year if that is going to allow for increased recess time and lunch time.  As it is, my DS who is a slow eater, only gets 20 minutes to eat lunch.  I always worry that he's not getting enough time to eat.  And recess time is reduced down so much now that it's a joke.  When I was a kid, we had two 30 minute recesses and an hour for lunch.  That is unheard of now.  For older kids too, they don't get enough breaks in between classes.  It is a lot to go from class to class to class with hardly any breaks and try to concentrate and make it through the day.  Because I'm not a teacher, I don't know what they must go through, but I can see teacher burn out as an issue, but again, it's only 20 additional days.  There are so many non-instructional days peppered in throughout the year, the day off really stack up.  [/quote]

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