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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]FCPS needs to tighten up its schedule.  Yes, teachers have more administrative work than in the past but they have been doing it for years now.   Judicious use of subs would allow teachers to do all the additional non-teaching functions during their regular work day.

Maybe the overhead at Gatehouse could help lighten the load for teachers rather than create more work for the front line teachers.

The need to start early to do well on AP exams is a weak excuse.  Many states still start the day after Labor Day, have adequate school breaks and kids that receive 4s and 5s on AP exams on a regular basis.

Kids in fall sports have always started in August and families have arranged vacation schedules accordingly.

Inability to adopt a sensible calendar, yet another reason why FCPS is continuing its downward slide.  
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Many states do not start after Labor Day.

Only a few start that late.

The vast majority of states start in August and finish in mid/late May through very early June.

[b]And yes, 2 extra weeks at the beginning of the year would help tremendously with AP classes, particularly rigorous classes like AP Chemistry,  the AP math classes and Music Theory.[/b][/quote]

Really, the AP course is emulating a semester college course that is 16 or 17 weeks in length.   So the class with the AP exam in May is moving at most at half speed.  So no those 2 weeks don’t matter for anyone taking APs that is going on to college. [/quote]

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