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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]MCPS will celebrate a religious holiday but not all US Federal Holidays

Maryland requires 180 instructional days, yet MCPS has numerous "half-days" (where no instruction is performed).

Two self-inflicted wounds are removing all remote instruction (which caused the snow day makeups in the first place) and the innovative calendar schedule which is even more messed up than ususal.

Same goes for setting non-instructional days for every religion on the planet for every student (even non-religious ones).  The only US legal requirement I'm aware of is to provide up to three excused absences for religious observances.[/quote]

Most districts elsewhere in the country have one half day per week which count as instructional days for however many days the state has allotted as a minimum. Been going on since the early 2000s. Almost ALL districts offer virtual options. MCPS parents would have NONE of that because they refuse to stop living in the (very distant at this point) past. Get with the times. [/quote]

Don't be absurd. No, most school districts don't have half days like that. And most districts don't operate full-time virtual programs with live instruction. Some do, yes, but it is uncommon. Instead, it is often accommodated through state programs, private programs, or open-enrollment to a different district in the state that does offer it.[/quote]

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