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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We are now required to have a 12 week summer at the expense of a guaranteed spring break. Would much rather have spring break. The June end date is absurd but no one focuses on that.  [/quote]

[b]How is it any different than Florida schools that started Aug 14th and get done May 30th?  12 weeks of Summer is the norm.[/b]  Adding every religious holiday off, multiple teacher service days, and an 11 day Spring Break to shorten summer to 10 weeks is not.

MCPS used to always have mid June to Labor Day.  This only changed about 13 years ago.  Decades before that it was always 12 weeks.  They are just getting back to that.  [/quote]

May 31st, 2017, to August 14th, 2017 (the Orange County, Florida, school calendar) is 10.5 weeks of vacation, not 12 (actually 75 days).  This is very similar to what MCPS used to have. On the other hand, June 15, 2018, to September 3, 2018 (the mandated MD summer break) is 11.5 weeks, also not 12 (actually 81 days).  Although MCPS may end up with closer to 12 weeks since the last day of school is scheduled for June 12 to allow for makeup days.

At least do the math right if you are going to bring in comparisons with other parts of the country.[/quote]

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