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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]MCPS has 11 weeks of summer in 2018.  That seems very normal.  For those that think most school districts are far less than that, please point them out because Mid June to Labor Day seems to be what most Northeast schools do.  Those warm weather districts go mid August to Memorial Day.  Same amount of time.  The schools that start in late Aug get done a little earlier or have many more days off.  I for one do not like that.  We have family in FCPS and they hate their calendar.  They had to fight like mad just a few years ago to get rid of half day Fridays. EVERY Friday was a half day.

The only reason FCPS started a week earlier is because they were getting done in late June because their county takes off if is below 30, flurries, or a bus can't start which seems to happen more often than not.  I am pretty sure last year the last day was June 27th.

This year they start on Aug 28th and get done June 15th with no snow days yet added in.

They get off Dec 16th to Jan 2nd for winter break
They get off March 24th to April 3rd for spring break
They get off for 2 days after every quarter for "student holiday" 
They also get multiple other holidays off including Columbus Day.

My sister complains that they only have 23 full weeks of school out of 44 weeks.  As a working mom, it is extremely hard for her.  She also hates having the week before Christmas off because she can't afford to take both weeks off and has to pay for a one week camp which is pricy.

So I guess you just can't please everyone.  Not everyone wants random days sprinkled off all year.  Some want it all in one lump in the summer.  I am one of those moms.  Some of you aren't.  MCPS can not please everyone.  But like another poster said, if we started Aug 28th this year, we would have been off for Eid that very first week and people would have been annoyed at that.  Damn if you do, damn if you don't.  [/quote]

It's 12 weeks. Check again. [/quote]

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