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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have just commented on their site. I will be contacting appropriate representatives about reducing contact days to less than 180. I find 180 days too much, given how many schools, public and private learn more or just as much with less days. I am very happy with after the Labor Day start, but strongly opposed to less than a week of Spring Break. I will have my kid stay at home, if that is what it takes. I am also for shorter school days, you realize that MD has an average school day of 7 hours, well, 1 minute less. Longer than many US states? Why? My DD is having no teacher for 2 weeks in one of her classes, but she has "contact days?" We don't need 180 days of school. I wish I made my DD attend the private school like I wanted, but she was so stuck on our assigned public school since they have a great team for her sport.[/quote]

It is apparent from your post that you place a high value on education, and have passed that onto your daughter.  Congratulations, or something.  [/quote]

You confuse contact days with actual education?  Wow. Yes, she plays sports too. Let me explain this, so less educated people can understand, contact days do not equal actual learning and good instruction. Not only does my DD have tutoring, sports and foreign language instruction, she is fluent in three languages and taking medical classes, AP classes, prep classes. You think any high achieving student in MCPS relies only on school instruction to learn? Or private school student as well, for that matter? Maybe in Japan or South Korea. People who value education do not sit back and let school lead, as long as they have resources, they provide additional instruction to their kids. Your kid will learn what from 3,4 extra days of school?  Do tell![/quote]

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