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This is such chaos.  No one can make any plans.  All because McPS was dumber than its surrounding counties and only put in 1 snow day rather than 3 and didn’t put in makeup days it was willing to use.

I agree starting a week earlier (FCPS does it) would make sense. 
[/quote] FCPS had a horrible calendar this year. Starting earlier should only happen for one reason: ending earlier
Starting earlier to end at the same time (to build in more snow days) is not the answer. Yes the transition day is useless, yes they could open April 15 with no complaints but besides that IT'S ABOUT TIME TO CHANGE MARYLAND LAW![/quote]

Disagree. [b]We need to get back to 184 days in the school calendar.[/b] We always need at least 4, and often 5 or more given that we close so easily. If that means we have to start earlier, then so be it. We used to have fewer cultural & religious holidays off, but it seems clear that MCPS is not going to have school on those days, so we need to start earlier.[/quote] NO SHORTENING SUMMER, that goes for both starting earlier and ending later!
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Look at Atlanta, GA !
https://resources.finalsite.net/images/v1765379078/atlantapublicschoolsus/a9733qixf8k9n8y28zzk/2025-2026_Student_Calendar_updated_v2.pdf
They start at the beginning of August but end in May, they have similar summers but they get SIX full weeks off a year!
The catch? GA has more flexibility in school year and makeup rules. Their calendar is secular with Christmas as the only religious holiday off (since there is no way around that).
Los Angeles has slightly shorter summers with around 9 weeks off but has more single off days unlike Atlanta, however they still get FIVE full weeks off! 
The catch? While CA requires 180 calendar days they don't have to makeup for emergency closures! LA doesn't appear to have staff only days besides the day before the 1st student day and the day after the last student day. https://www.lausd.org/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=4432518&type=d&pREC_ID=2672183&tota11y=true
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Here people are pulling for a summer length that is like LA or shorter but with only a mere TWO full weeks off a school year! If you are going to have a 9 week summer there better be 5 weeks off during the year![/quote]

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