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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Aren't they all 180 days?[/quote]
It's not the number of school days but TOTAL days from the first to last day of school. Some more non-school days must been added that makes the length of the school year longer. School should be out by June 19 (I'd say June 21 but since schools are now off annually for Juneteenth might as well start summer then) and should not start earlier than the final week of August. It's TOO hot! If anything the camps need to be a week longer! [b]The first week of August being the last week of camp is absurd![/b][/quote]

It's a labor issue. College kids and foreign students head back to their campuses or home countries in August. Getting kids into summer camp the last three weeks of August around DC is actually really difficult - there's not a lot of availability. For example, the pricey HeadFirst camps loose staff and get booted from their private school campuses (St. Albans/NCS, St Pat's) by the end of 1st week of August.

DCPS is going to start school a week earlier beginning in 2028: https://dcps.dc.gov/sites/default/files/dc/sites/dcps/page_content/attachments/SY%2026-29%20Calendars_FINAL_English_042825.pdf[/quote]

DCPS started two weeks before Labor Day for years, until Ferebee arrived. It was great and ensured school was done by June 15. August is a dead zone--get those kinds back in school![/quote] This happened in 2009-11, 2015-18 so 7 of 10 years but not as long as it may seem. If school starts two weeks into August school should end the first FULL week of June.

Yes. We already explained why. Fewer PD days and half days. [/quote][/quote]

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