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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Sorry, love the non-5 day weeks. They are great. Summer is such a pain to plan, and we (and most of our friends) much prefer a day here and there, rather than additional weeks in the summer. [/quote]

You are a 2-parent working household with kids in early elementary with that take? [/quote]

Yes!! Random days off are covered by SACC and martial arts camp and included in the monthly fee. Summer camps are CRAZY expensive. Adding more weeks of summer is a bigger financial burden.

I think it's the working parents who flex hours and don't pay for daily childcare to extend the school day who must be complaining. We've always paid for before and after care. [/quote]

+1. I didn't mind it in ES and I don't mind it for MS/HS either. For ES, the kids are in school mode and are happy to go play at SACC or Karate. Summer camps are hard to coordinate, and going to random camps with random kids sometimes works and sometimes doesn't. I hate planning summers. Agree that it's parents who don't have proper childcare and then are overly burdened by changes that are announced months or years ahead. We are two parents, who both primarily work in the office, and the days off are fine.

My MS and HS kids LOVE the days off. For every ES parent who might complain, there are others who really appreciate the days off. Secondary school can be a slog and it is really nice to break it up. [/quote]

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