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[quote=Anonymous]I had 2 kids who went through fcps middle schools before pandemic, and 2 kids who went through during/post pandemic closures.

Before pandemic, the middle schools seemed like they did nothing the first two weeks except play get acquainted games, team building and get organized lessons.

With my oldest, I was completely annoyed by the lack of rigor and what I perceived to be a waste of 2 weeks.

But...

Those seemingly pointless fun lessons ended up really benefiting the students in terms of behavior and general culture of the school.  The team building helped to get the kids off their devices and seeing each other as real people.  The bullying was a lot less than now and the behavior was more of the normal type of disruptions instead of the crazy, destructive and violent behaviors of post pandemic, when they stopped doing this stuff at the start of the school year.

If I had a middle schooler now, I would be thrilled that fcps is spending this time at the beginning of the year on establishing a warm culture at the school instead of diving right into work.

I did not realize the value of those 2 weeks with my first kid.  With 20/20 vision looking back now, I definitely support starting the middle school year that way.[/quote]

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