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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]NP.  Going to school extra days is NOT an educational benefit. School has tons of wasted time. The last week is usually a complete waste, too. And this year in APS, graduation is a full 2 weeks before school ends. Yet summer break has shrunk from 11 to 10 to 9 weeks over the past few years. [b]APS used to use the 990 hour requirement.[/b] Now, it has lengthened the school day, has 13 built in snow days, and still insists on 180 days.

OP, writing to APS staff and the school board is an option, but it likely won’t change anything. [/quote]

No APS always used 180 days. [/quote]

Okay, maybe you are right that historically they did use 180 days. But for a few years around Covid, it was closer to 175. Then they went back to 180 at the same time they added several religious holidays AND lengthened the school day. So now we have the ridiculous 13 snow days & a short summer. [/quote]

I remember years when there were not enough snow days and they had to figure out where to get the extra days - eliminate part of spring break, take away holidays/teacher works days, make the school year longer. All were really disruptive. Keep the snow days and if they are extra so what. They will be needed eventually. [/quote]

That must have been a while ago, since I have a kid in HS who started APS in K, and we’ve never experienced this. Even in 2016 (blizzard), they didn’t use more then the allotted number of snow days. [/quote]

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