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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I can’t believe D was the most popular option. WTF would people be okay with going to June 18th? Maybe a lot of the people who chose D don’t send their kids the last few days of school anyway?[/quote]

We end this year on June 16. It’s essentially the same/mid June. It’s not freakishly late. I would prefer they strike out a few professional days so they could wrap it up the prior Friday, but no one gave us that option (basic what we have now). I greatly prefer the Aug 28 start, so D was the obvious winner for me. And evidently for the most others. [/quote]

I think the final version could still end up being something like Aug 28 - June 14, even though that wasn't one of the scenarios.[/quote]

The Policy Management Committee met today, and they seemed to be agreeing on ending by June 14, but there was still some uncertainty about starting during the week of the 21st or 28th. The focus groups they had were in more favor of the 28th, but open to the 23rd. They talked about needing to figure out logistical issues with a mid-week start. Smondrowski was again favoring the earlier start, and brought on Jeff Sullivan to say that an earlier start of school is better for the athletics programs too. It sounds like the longer Thanksgiving and winter breaks aren't generating much interest. The superintendent's recommendation will be presented at the full board meeting on Dec. 6th.

[url]https://go.boarddocs.com/mabe/mcpsmd/Board.nsf/files/CLAT9R764F5D/$file/221121%20SY%202023-24%20Calendar%20PMC%20Presentation.pdf[/url][/quote]

Thanks for summarizing!  Could you tell how the other board members were leaning?[/quote]

Evans and Kim went along with Smondrowski's suggestion asking the staff to create some sort of merged version of B and D, starting sometime the week of Aug 21st and ending by June 14th. Docca was against that, as she seemed to prefer starting the 28th. (But just noting that her term will end before the next full board meeting, so the newly elected board members will be the ones voting on it.)[/quote]

Many east coast schools have been in the habit of starting mid-week after Labor Day (Tuesday or Wednesday) so that itself doesn't seem like a huge problem.  If they start the 23rd, would teacher work days start the 16th?  When would 6th and 9th Grade orientation be, when they run the busses?  21st or 22nd?  What about high school senior events, or high school events for returning students like activity fair?  Would it all get jammed into the 21st/22nd? [/quote]

Yeah we always started the Wednesday after labor day.  But we didn't have so many orientations and such before the start of the school year.  I'm sure it's all feasible, but there are obviously trick-down effects to a midweek start and whether they can work all that out, and get feedback, in two weeks is doubtful.[/quote]

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