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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]4 day weeks!!!!  Just federal holidays [/quote]

You mean 5 day weeks, not 4 day weeks.

The AP classes are receiving [b]several hours less class than the minimum amount of class time recommended by the college board[/b]

This is in spite of FCPS moving the start date into August [b]with the purpose of giving the high school kids an earlier start to have more hours to prepare for AP exams.[/b]

At what point will FCPS start putting academic achievement, literacy, etc before everything else???

Is the purpose of school to educate, combate illiteracy and ensure our young people can maintain a functioning,  successful society?

Or is the purpose to create little political foot soldiers who cannot read or do math beyond a basic level?

What the heck happened to FCPS over the past 2 to 5 years???[/quote]

Are they? Are you positive?[/quote]

Yes.

According to mg kid, the teachers said that with our 3 and 4 day weeks, the AP classes are averaging more than an hour and a half fewer class hours than recommended by the college board.[/quote]

On the 4 day weeks, the AP classes average just 3 hours instruction time per week (if the class begins and ends at the bell).

On the 3 day weeks, the AP classes average a max 90 minutes to 3 hours instruction per week.

On the two day weeks, the AP classes have a maximum of 90 minutes instruction per week.

Most AP classes are recommended to have a minumum 5 to 7 hours of instruction per week just to cover the material.

Some of the more difficult or intensive classes recommend a minimum of 7 to 10 hours of class time per week just to cover the material.

This semester,  my kid has only had 2 weeks in some of ther very rigorous AP classes where they had 3 days of instruction (4.5 hours).

Most of the weeks, they received less than 3 hours of class instruction, around 1/2 to 1/3 of class time recommended by the college board for AP classes.

FCPS is very much screwing over the high school students by making nearly every week this semester a 3 or 4 day week.[/quote]

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