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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]ES parent here. Our teachers most definitely did not follow the rules. My child had a new math lesson with new content today. Plus new homework supporting that content. [/quote]

Good. After a year of learning loss, creating 15 more days on learning loss and justifying it in a public school based on religion is ridiculous. The sooner someone challenges this 100% illegal setup, the better. [/quote]

It’s actually only 11 days, but ok.
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And for kids on a block schedule in MS/HS, [b]it’s 22 days[/b]. Which is not okay. [/quote]

No it’s not. Math is not your strong suit. First of all, there are only a total only of 11 O days for the 21-22 school year. Not sure how you extrapolate to 22. A teacher on here explained it a while ago too. It’s 5 days on A days, and 6 days on B days. This is for the whole year. So it balances out.

They can be catch up days. Give the kids a break.
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Do you have little kids?

Middle and high school are on the block schedule.

They only have 4 classes per day.

The MS and HS schedules alternate  between A days and B days.

A and B days cover the same material every 2 days.

[b]So if AB chemistry has a zero day on the Monday A day, then AP chemistry that meets on B days cannot move forward on the material.[/b]

11 days becomes 22 days of no learning for HS and MS.[/quote]

Yes, I was right. You really aren’t getting it. Teachers are not going to hold the other class back on B day just because A day was an O day. They will be off by a few lessons. Big deal.[/quote]

It actually is a big deal. If you were a teacher, you would know that. Science classes do labs. If I get off sync by even a few days, that means running multiple lab set ups at the same time. Quizzes and tests get offset by multiple days. That means early kids don't get their quizzes returned until all can take it. Tests get offset by days. Students get confused when they ask what is going on in class and are told something different by friends on the other day. It really is quite challenging to juggle all this. These first 2 observance days are close enough and on opposite days, so it is workable to shift things to only have one day for each group affected. Won't always be possible though.[/quote]

Wahhhh.[/quote]

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