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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Aren't they all 180 days?[/quote]

There aren’t really 180 days in a school year, at least not in DC. The city lets schools use some shady accounting so they can claim they’re following the law. Charters are especially bad. Some of their school years are really short. [/quote]

Let me rephrase this for you...

The city agency responsible for ensuring schools meet the law (OSSE) has a waiver process that requires schools (including Charters) to submit their calendars each year. When they do so, OSSE may approve waivers to allow for a combination of full and partial days to meet their interpretation of the law. The policy for how they do this is recorded via the web link below.

https://osse.dc.gov/sites/default/files/dc/sites/osse/page_content/attachments/SY24-25%20OSSE%20Instructional%20Day%20Guidance_0.pdf

(This is my passive aggressive way of saying no one is breaking the law...stop insinuating such without any evidence whatsoever as you likely have no idea at all how schools are thinking about the balancing of labor demands, facilities needs (like shutting down the school to paint, repair, clean floors, school breaks, when to place PD days so that academic data is available to use during the PD, etc.)

It's annoying to me that every time a person doesn't agree with the way a Charter is doing their business that they are somehow breaking the law...no, they are just doing it in a way you wouldn't prefer...if you attend you should tell them that. If you don't, keep your nose out of it...they are required to show compliance to OSSE not an anonymous message board or armchair enforcement personnel. [/quote]

Actually, charters have been known to break the law. [/quote]

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