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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The religious holidays are here to stay. And so is the extra planning time for teachers. Deal with it.[/quote]

Cool, then hold school on Federal Holidays, that will help a good amount. It gives back 4 days and causes more complete weeks. easy fix. [/quote]

Will never happen hahahaha.

You’re just screwed I guess.[/quote]

It already happens— Columbus/Indigenous Is one of the TW days. Do the same for veterans and one of the Memorial days.[/quote]
Unless those days coincide with the end of a quarter (they don’t) turning them into TW will do nothing to improve the calendar unless they counted it as “planning time” in place of 3 hour early releases.

They need to align quarter breaks with holidays.

Quarter 1 usually ends the Friday before Election Day.

Quarter 2 could be timed around MLK or President’s Day.

[b]And detaching Spring Break from Easter and aligning it with the end of the third quarter could transition some H days to TW/SP days. [/b][/quote]

Omg. They already tried that and it was a total disaster. Are you for real??[/quote]

Doing it one year and then stopping doesn't count as trying to detach Easter from Spring Break. They should talk with the other school boards in the area and come up with a week that makes sense for everyone and do it together. I am sure that they have each others contact information.

There is no good rason tie tie Spring Break to Easter. None. Pick a week in the middle of March and call it Spring Break week. It stays the same every year and is around the time of nice weather arriving. Some years it will even coincide with Easter. Rah[/quote] A mid-March spring break would work with a late May end of school. Going weeks into June leads to a long stretch after spring break. Salem City has found a way to end in May. https://content.myconnectsuite.com/api/documents/29957869e81249f9ac72713812f81f20.pdf[/quote]

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