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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yes, it's a vicious cycle.  A bunch of kids skip school those days, so teachers learn to not cover anything.  Other parents learn of this from one year to another, and so keep their kids out of school, also.  So the teachers cover even less the next year.  We're now at year one-million of the process and few teachers cover anything at all (that's why, I think, they scheduled half-days for those days).

I had my kids double check before we finalized plans.  3 of 7 teachers will have subs.  And her hard classes (math/science) will be doing review problems (frankly, this is quite useful for the kids so kudos to those teachers).  [/quote]

Half days are always like this. Schools shouldn't be able to count half days as instructional days.[/quote]

Nor should they ding the kids for 2 full days of absence when they're half days.[/quote]

If half-days didn't count as instructional days, then MCPS would have to have real school days. Half days are just a way to offer MCEA a day off while still getting paid as a work day.

And the new MCEA board members are going to try to add more. [/quote]

Half days have been around for decades all over the country. Get a grip on reality. When it doubt, blame the union! You're so smart![/quote]

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