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This is such chaos.  No one can make any plans.  All because McPS was dumber than its surrounding counties and only put in 1 snow day rather than 3 and didn’t put in makeup days it was willing to use.

I agree starting a week earlier (FCPS does it) would make sense. 
[/quote] FCPS had a horrible calendar this year. Starting earlier should only happen for one reason: ending earlier
Starting earlier to end at the same time (to build in more snow days) is not the answer. Yes the transition day is useless, yes they could open April 15 with no complaints but besides that IT'S ABOUT TIME TO CHANGE MARYLAND LAW![/quote]

Disagree. We need to get back to 184 days in the school calendar. We always need at least 4, and often 5 or more given that we close so easily. If that means we have to start earlier, then so be it. We used to have fewer cultural & religious holidays off, but it seems clear that MCPS is not going to have school on those days, so we need to start earlier.[/quote]

You don't even need to start earlier or drop holidays to get from 181 to 184.  You could do it just by getting rid of the transition day, making the day before Thanksgiving a half-day again, and extending the school year from June 16th to the 17th.

(Also if thestate legislature really wanted to be helpful, they would [b]take away the requirement that all schools must be closed on Easter Monday[/b] so we could have a 1 week spring break rather than  a week plus a day.  And maybe drop the President's Day closure requirement while they're at it.)[/quote] Why Easter Monday and not Good Friday? Spring break should not always be the week before Easter.[/quote]

I'd be glad for them to drop both, but just figured that asking to drop Easter Monday only would be less controversial.  [/quote] This doesn't mean schools have to open on GF or EM it just eliminates the requirement that they have to be closed. Schools aren't required to be closed on Yom Kippur but they are closed because many students and teachers would be absent.[/quote]

Agree.  I honestly don't think it should be the state's business at all which holidays school districts do or don't close for.  [/quote] This is true. If the state wants those days traditionally off they can come up with a compromise that allows schools to open on either one of those days if school is canceled for 5 or more days.[/quote]

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