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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]They're doing Wednesdays to make their attendance numbers look better. Half day Mondays allowed for nice long weekend trips for families. Can't have that! Reid's stated reasoning is insulting to the intelligence of parents. As is the suggestion that less classroom time benefits students who are are already woefully behind.[/quote]

At least one of her reasons for switching to Mondays makes A LOT of sense and directly impacted my child this year. My child has art on Mondays - between Monday holidays (President's Day, Labor Day, Columbus Day, Memorial Day, etc...) and the Monday half days, my child's class is FOUR projects behind in art. I know most of the DCUM parents are strivers and don't care about the arts, but my child cares about art and is really upset that she didn't get picked for the art show this year because she was rushed to complete the project that the art teacher selected for the show (that the other kids had completed weeks before over the course of three classes). So I'm fine with choosing a day other than Monday, that particular reason (that no one here is talking about -- specials like art and music) MATTER, especially to the kids.[/quote]

My child has art on Wednesday's this year. It's not like art only happens 4 days a week. Someone still gets screwed at the end of the day. [/quote]

Yes but there aren't Wednesday holidays on top of the half day Wednesdays. My child missed several art classes because of Monday holidays PLUS the shortened classes from 1/2 days Mondays. This way, no one is extra behind and the art teacher can pace kids so that the Monday holiday classes have some accelerated days and the Wednesday 1/2 day kids get accelerated lessons once a month. It's surprising to me that you didn't understand this.[/quote]

Because neither day is comparable to say having art on Tuesdays or Thursdays.  [/quote]

God help your child with a mama this clueless.[/quote]

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