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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We used to have 184 days scheduled, with additional days at the end as snow days. Most years we only used one or two, and everyone wished school ended sooner (hated the 2days the following week pattern.) The couple of times we had huge storms, it was a state emergency and they waived making up extra days beyond the 4.

Then came Hogan and his mandate that schools start after Labor Day and end by 6/15. Some years it barely fit and end of quarter grading became half days, pd became half days. As part of that process they dropped extra days not mandated by law and got creative around where to put makeup days. After the assembly made a law giving start date decisions back to school systems and we were post pandemic, they never went back, partly because climate change has really switched weather patterns and partly because it’s less expensive to not open the buildings unnecessarily.[/quote]

Hogan and his Eastern shore tourism priorities are long gone.  Just start school a week earlier in August.  It’s good for kids in AP classes to get that extra week in before May exams.  [/quote]

I agree, but unfortunately I doubt people in this county are willing to tolerate starting a little earlier in August.  Did you hear how much people complained about starting one whole day earlier this year than last year?  Now imagine if someone told them school had to start on-- *gasp*-- August 20th?  The horror! 
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I don't see any evidence for that.  Most parents in MCPS can't take off 9 weeks of holidays from their jobs.  Maybe the summer camp lobby complains, and maybe the MCPS teachers complain, but not the parents. 
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Obviously, this board on DCUM is not a representative sampling of MCPS parents, but there are plenty of posters on here who complain about the notion of school starting earlier in August because they take their vacations at the end of summer.[/quote]

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