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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]VA state law says your public schools must be open 180 instructional days (or 990 instructional hours.)

There are 52 x 5 weekdays per year. So out of 260 weekdays, VA law says your kid will be in school 180 weekdays.

There will be 80 weekdays where your child doesn't have school. The school district can move those days around. Some days there will be no school for teacher grading day or professional development, or different religious holidays. But it's always going to be 80 days of No School.

If you want a change, you need to make a change to VA state law to increase the number of instructional days to 190 or 200 or whatever it is you want. But be prepared that you will need to pay more in taxes to cover the cost.

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Get rid of all the extra religious holidays and let kids out earlier in June![/quote]

That's valid. I'm sure your school district takes public input when coming up with next year's calendar. I suggest surveying parent organizations  and groups to see if there is a consensus as to which religious holidays you would remove.  If they remove 5 religious holidays, you could get the kids out a week earlier in June.

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