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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Sorry, love the non-5 day weeks. They are great. Summer is such a pain to plan, and we (and most of our friends) much prefer a day here and there, rather than additional weeks in the summer. [/quote]

I agree! We love the 4 day weeks! It really helps with the sleep for middle and high schoolers.[/quote]

Time to be a parent.  The entire school system doesn't operate around the needs of your special child. [/quote]

And it doesn’t operate around your need for a 5 day week. As long as the kids get in the required hours of instructional time I do not care. I prefer the 4 day weeks and so do a lot of parents and teachers. Your whining isn’t going to change that. Time to be a parent and deal with it.[/quote]

You are absolutely ridiculous and rude. Go away. Be a parent. 4 day school weeks are a terrible idea for many reasons. No one cares that your kids need sleep.[/quote]
Look at next year’s calendar because that is the one that’s at stake. It is a decent distribution of 4 and 5 day weeks with very few 2 or 3 day weeks. By pushing the argument of 5 days or bust, we would be shifting a few 4 day weeks into 3 and 5 day weeks. Canceling holidays is a pipe dream. Meren’s statement is only to prioritize 5 day weeks. So it’ll be a balance of creating worse incomplete weeks to squeeze out a 5 day week.

Personally, [list]I’d prefer 4 day weekends to be spread across Fri-Mon as those days are easier to schedule around than a Tues or Thurs.[/list] Having 4 consecutive days of school is also better than having a week with 3 days for my child’s routine.[/quote]

This could be part of policy changes. Require TW,SD and early release (those remaining after ending the monthly ones) to be Monday or Friday. More people can telework or get family care on those days.[/quote]

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