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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]

The vast majority of kids need a 5 day school week. I don't know of any parent that prefers a 4 day week, seriously, no one I know wants a 4 day school week. It is awful for working parents and most families in the US have working parents.

The 5 day week provides stability and consistency that is needed by all kids, even HS students. If your kid is so overwhelmed with the homework in their schedule, look at altering their schedule so it is less intense. Be a parent. Stop whining about your kid needing to study for classes that you allowed them to take or even encouraged them to take.[/quote]

But the current, approved, calendar works great for me. Sorry, I’m not the one whining, you are. I’m good with things as is. [/quote]

Yeah for you, if you look at Meren's facebook post you will see that most people are complaining. If you look at the number of threads on the ridiculous schedule, you will see most people are complaining. The people who seem ok with this are HS parents who think their kids need more time for homework and to de-stress because of their schedules. The answer is not to screw up the calendar for all the ES and MS kids and the HS kids who have sensible schedules, but for parents to help their kids learn how to balance heir work load.  Kids don't need 14 AP classes to go to college, even the top colleges. If you want your kid to participate in the AP arms war, that is on you. You can handle your kids struggle with the work without everyone else having a ridiculous schedule that hurts their learning. [/quote]

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