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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Most people who want a year long school program are asking for a week break at the end of each term and a 6 week summer break. With FCPS schedule something like

End of Q1 - 1 week
End of Q2 - 2 weeks (Winter break)
End of Q3 - 1 week
End of Q4 - 7 weeks

Same amount of time off just broken up differently.

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Those who are debating year round school ==&gt; I'm guessing you are somewhat new to FCPS or weren't awake/coherent during the debate about starting school ONE WEEK prior to Labor Day ???   Let me set the stage for you.... there is a VERY VOCAL group of parents who belong to private swim clubs (i.e. those neighborhood pools that people join, sometimes after 6+ yrs of waiting on a list, sometimes you can join with no wait).  And there is also a VERY VOCAL group of parents who have vacation homes on the Atlantic shore.  How likely do you think it is that those parents (i.e. private pool parents and beach property parents) want to have year-round school?   Hmmmm  ... they are VERY VERY VERY against it.  In fact, they were SO against it that they couldn't even support ONE WEEK of school before Labor Day.  They have invested their money in a vacation home or in their pool membership.  They do NOT want to give those up -- even a little fraction of it.  It doesn't matter if many kids have NO vacation home and NO pool membership -- and that all kids would benefit from having more school at the beginning of the year, rather than late June.  They do NOT care.  What is important is pool time and using their 2nd homes.

I'm not kidding.

You are completely wasting your time even discussing this.

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As we saw with the extended school closure fiasco, what parents want is irrelevant one way or the other. They don’t listen to parents. The whole reason we don’t have “year-round school” (there is still a summer break in year round school btw, it’s just more like 4-6 weeks instead of 10 weeks) is because it’s bad for the travel and tourism sectors. [/quote]

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