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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Of course.  The drama around the start date being a week later is ridiculous.  [/quote]

The summer is mandated to be two weeks longer, not one. All school days (including snow make up days) must take place before June 15. [/quote]

This year they wanted to start two weeks before Labor Day, but normally it is just one week.  We still have plenty of random days off so I'm not concerned.  [/quote]

No, we actually don't.

List these "random" days.[/quote]

I'm assuming you have a school calendar, but since you can't seem to find it the dates after Jan 1 are:

1/15
1/25 (half day)
1/26
2/19
3/2 (half day)
4/9 (half day)
5/28
6/13
6/14
6/15

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Random days are stupid. You can't go anywhere, have to arrange for child-care, it takes away from instruction time, and it doesn't feel and can never take the place of a vacation.

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So you're saying that it's good to just have a lover summer break.  All the days off are kept together.[/quote]

Sorry, not following you.

I'm saying it's much better to have solid weeks off at regular times during the school year, that people can remember to plan for, and if they're not leaving for vacation at those times, they can enroll their children in fun or relaxing activities that last that entire week (if need be) and have a defined program instead of scrambling for random babysitting on single days off.

Also, my larger point is that it's SO MUCH BETTER for children to have psychological breathing spaces in their school year and less time to forget academic knowledge during the summer. Kids look forward to those and can really decompress, whereas a single day off won't do much - there will always be school the next day.

Another, more minor point is that summers are too hot and humid to enjoy the outdoors in some parts of the country, and that students could enjoy spending time outdoors for longer periods during other breaks.

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