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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]11 days of no learning is outrageous.  Just so a couple kids don't get behind?  Are you serious?[/quote]

It really isn’t a big deal. Kids can work on long term projects, which can be started before the O day. It forces the teacher to actually plan better to account for these days.

And besides, the school year started two weeks earlier this year. Unclench.[/quote]

My kids didn't do any of that on Tuesday. It sounded like it was basically a day of treading water. The O days in principle are a good idea - it's the ban on any sort of useful thing happening that day that's a huge problem.

for 2022/2023 year they should:

1. Dial back the number of O days slightly

2. Allow for teaching of new content on those days and the introduction of new projects BUT teachers MUST convey the material in written form too so that those not in school to hear it orally can catch up. They could also tape themselves if they rather and share the link. Frankly, this should be best practice already because kids miss school for all sorts of things including being sick or quarantining. Being out sick still means missing school - same as missing it for a religious day - and the kids need to be able to catch up.

3. Better protocols for making up ALL missed days (whether sick or religious day)

4. No tests those days but evals like of reading levels that can just be done for the missing kid on another day should be allowed.

5. No one-time-thing like school musical try-outs or graduation, etc. but activities that happen a ton of times like sports events, practices, clubs, etc should be allowed to happen. Again, kids miss for all sorts of things and missing one game is not the end of the world. 
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