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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yes, next school year’s calendar does seem better - we start about a full week later on 8/24 but we still get out mid June (6/17). I feel like starting later is better for summer travel and the all important (  :roll: ) summer pool season. But getting out earlier is better for education and having less wasted time at the end of the school year. So I do wonder why they didn’t try to start the 26-27 SY on 8/17 and get out 6/10. [/quote]

How about we start after Labor Day and get out in early June like we used to?  [/quote]

In the 1980s the state passed a law, to help boost tourism (known as the Kings Dominion Law) that said schools had to start after Labor Day unless they got a waiver. In the 2000s/2010s more districts starting applying for waivers and getting them. I think they said it had to do with snow days - they called them more liberally and old calendars only had 3 built in meaning that without an earlier start, they risked having to eat into summer or spring break to make up the time.

What it really has to do with is maximizing the time before state testing to give schools on the line a better shot at passing.

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