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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's HB 1084 and was referred to the Senate committee on 2/27[/quote]

Yes, we know, but has anyone heard anything from our state senators or anyone else knowledgeable regarding the outlook and timing for this in the Senate?[/quote]

It is not scheduled for a hearing for another two weeks, so will not be resolved anytime soon: https://legiscan.com/MD/bill/HB1084/2026[/quote]

Does anyone know if this timeline means the Senate is likely intentionally slow-walking it and it's not going to pass?  Or would they just not have a hearing at all if they wanted to kill it?[/quote]

I sure hope that's the case. MCPS should not be let off the hook for its terrible planning.[/quote]

Yes, let's punish all the people affected by this that had absolutely nothing to do with it,just to stick it to MCPS! Are you 10 years old?[/quote]

Holding school days is "punishment"?[/quote]

+1  What a rotten attitude about the value of school.  I want my kids to makeup the 5 days they lost due to snow. Ideally MCPS would learn from the last two years in which it idiotically only put 1 snow day in the calendar, and be more like other Maryland districts that included 3-4 snow days.[/quote]

Why would they do that?  This outcome is great for MCPS staff.  [b]They get an extra week of paid vacation[/b], and central office can wring their hands helplessly and say who could have predicted that we would have more than 1 snow day while our kids get shortchanged days of instruction (again). Meanwhile 2/3 of MCPS kids can't do math at grade level, and 1/2 can't read at grade level.[/quote]

This is why parents need to get involved. Call your senator. Testify. MCPS put in its legislative priorities that it wants to permanently remove the 180 day requirement--which is what this bill would have done as introduced. [/quote]

What MCPS 10 month employees that you know get paid summer vacation? 10 month employees do not get paid during the summer. This is 10 month employees work separate jobs during the summer. [/quote]

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