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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No way, I love the days off and what they represent. Most secondary parents like them, whether they care about the holidays off or not. [/quote]

Good to know you don't value education. Most. parents and teacher do. [/quote]

EWTF are you talking about.  The number of instruction days don't change.  If you really value education, your kid would use these extra days to study.

I suspect what you are really upset by is the disruption in CPS daycare for your children.[/quote]

Well, you're suspicions are completely wrong. Don't need child care, couldn't care less about it.

I want my kid in school 5 days a week, not taking off every random day. Your comment about the "number of instruction days" shows how little you think about this problem. [/quote]

Why? Seriously, why do you think a 5 day week is important? Before labor laws we had a 6 day week. Why not that?[/quote]

DP.  A five day week is important for lots of reasons.  I was an elementary teacher and it is disruptive to have odd days off here and there.

Most classes follow a schedule.  This means that the "specials" (music, art, pe, etc) get thrown off.  Frequent Mondays off, mean that some kids get cheated out of a special.  Same with other isolated days.  Early release also throws a monkey wrench into the schedule.

And, not only does it throw off the specials, it can also affect the kids who have IEPs and have special help on a schedule.

And, it affects the regular academic scheduling within a class.

It is extremely disruptive for the students and their families.  
Not to mention people taking extra days off to travel, because "after all, they are already missing Friday, so we'll take Thursday, as well."
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I teach high school, and we think 4-day weeks are better. In fact, studies show that. We are losing kids left and right who just stop attending because they can't stand the grind and don't have enough time off to complete all the assignments. Plus, a lot of them work and that one day can make the difference between having enough food or not, and dropping out of high school or not. Funny how everyone in elementary doesn't realize there are other people out there with different needs than them. [/quote]

I have one of each. High school didn’t have the Wednesday early releases.   This prop for high school do not out weigh elementary.  It is also four year versus seven!  There are more kids in elementary school.[/quote]

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