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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Great to hear from high school parents whose kids can 1) stay home alone 2) for free 3) can study on their own 4) have no early release nonsense - how they love this calendar and how they don't care. [/quote]

HS parent here - this calendar is awful. We don't love it and more importantly my kids have complained about it.

We need to get in a learning groove and this fractured calendar has been disastrous for that.

So no, it isn't HS parents that love it. We HATE it. We also hate that there are so many school days in June when we know very little learning will be happening after tests.[/quote]

But AGAIN. You are looking at the calendar with a TON of snow days.  Why are you all so unable to do the calendar by itself and not see past how much the snow days impacted the last few weeks?  
Without snow days, the calendar would have been fine.  It is the snow days which have blown off the track. And so all of you having a temper tantrum about it will whine to get change but when there are no snow days, you will pull your kids out for long weekends to go skiing or whatever.[/quote]
You are wrong. Statistics between 24-25 and 25-26 school years before you factor in snow closures:

In 2024-25 there were 33 scheduled days off between the first and last day of school. Over the year there were 17 incomplete weeks composed of:

- 1 week with a floating day off not connected to a weekend
- 8 weeks with 4 day weeks connected to a 3 or 4 day weekend. 
- 5 weeks with 3 days or fewer. 
- 3 full weeks off.

In 2025-26, there are 39 scheduled days off leaving 20 weeks in the calendar that are not 5 day weeks. Of those weeks:

- 4 with a floating days off not connected to a weekend
- 6 with 4 day weeks with a long weekend
- 7 with 3 days or fewer (not counting full weeks)
- 3 weeks off

It’s the start stop of only having 1-3 days in a row that’s been awful, especially on weeks where 3 hour releases are also scheduled. The next two calendars are similar to the 24-25 calendar, thankfully. [/quote]

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