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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]this is a really serious issue that no one pays attention to. our charter school doesnt come anywhere close to 180 days and no one cares. parents aren't paying attention and osse lets schools ignore the law. [/quote]

They are just waiting until someone sues. I'm surprised it hasn't happened yet by a family with a special needs child. [/quote]

I dont think parents realize their schools are doing it. They just assume the school is following the rules. [/quote]

This but there is also a contingent of parents who don't care and actually are happy when there is less school.

This group is larger when there is a debate over something like adding days to the school year for snow days. I remember tons of parents last year lobbying against the snow days because they had vacation plans right after school got out or "whatever it's not like kids learn anything the last week" or just not wanting to deal with school commutes for a couple more days. It's remarkable how many people just don't value education at all and view school as little more than a babysitting service or an annoying obligation. Depressing.[/quote]

There’s a huge space between not caring about making up snow days (well into June when teachers and kids are burned out) and not valuing education at all. I personally think they should use the days they put on the calendar for this purpose, but there’s no need to be histrionic about it.[/quote]

I'm not being "histrionic" about it and you might want to look up the history of that word and stop using it.

It's all of a piece. Teachers and kids get burned out in June because they stop adhering to a schedule and start just giving out treats and letting kids watch movies every day. Ever let your kid just have endless screen time and eat like crap for a few days? It's a good way to ensure they are tired, cranky, and incapable of doing anything useful. It's a self-created problem.[/quote]

Christmas break is way too long. Ditto Thanksgiving. Add days back then. Move all the PD days to June. [/quote]

PP here and barring year round school, I'd be fine with this. Take shorter breaks during the year and no PD days and have teachers do like two weeks of PD in June after school is out. I have no special attachment to random breaks in October or March for PD. Have a shorter school year but more days in the classroom and then let schools handle PD all at once at the start of the summer. Teachers would get the same length summer break.[/quote]

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