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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Until Busch and or Miller are gone from Annapolis, Montgomery County will never get its fair share from the state, and any requests made by Montgomery County will be denied. As far as Fairfax, and other schiols in Virginia, their laws say they have to go to school XX number of hours, while Montgomery County Schools have to go to school 180 days. Virginia had the King's Dominion law for years, and recently repealed it, so schools could start earlier. Montgomery County is going backwards with the Ocean City law.

I got the child care issues in elementary school. In the past couple of years, those random days off we're always on Fridays or Mondays, which was a huge Improvement that when my kids were in school, and those days were mid-week. Sure, the holidays that you don't count as holidays, but Jewish people do, were/are sometimes midweek.  [b]And the county recently did a study on that, I found that more than 15% of students and teachers would be absent,[/b] and that they would not have enough substitute teachers to keep schools open on those days. Suck it up, and get child care like other working parents have for decades. The kids and the teachers need a break. This long slog from January till June, is rough on everyone.

So don't blame Montgomery County. The state is responsible for the calendar the past couple years, including this lousy one, with a short spring break. Montgomery County has to abide by the laws of the state, saying 180 days of school are mandatory, starting after Labor Day, and ending by June 15th. Luckily, that is going to change when they override the governor's veto today.

I would like to see the state get rid of Easter Monday as a holiday. That's not a holiday, it's a travel day.  If that's the case, we should also have off January 2nd and a day after all other holidays too.[/quote]

15% of the students/teachers that answered the poll.  Only a few hundred filled it out, pretty sure most being Jewish and cared about it.  Not the hundred thousand families and teachers.  So no, not even close to the actual 15% of the students/teachers.  I am a working mom and all of those random days off kill my work.  I pay cheap camps and a high schooler to help me in the summer.  I have to pay about $50 a day every day.   Looking back to previous calendars, there were only 2 full weeks of school in Sept and Oct.  Sorry, but that is not right.  Maybe it is easier for you to take off, but I am a single mom and can't afford it, not can I work from home.  Some people are so oblivious to other people's problems. Talking about breaks for the kids?  30% of the kids that are on FARMS, need the full 5 days of school to eat, have warmth, and company. Many schools try to accommodate kids over the weekend with some snacks for their backpack.  3 days is torture.  But who cares about the single moms.  Who cares about the poor kids.  My kid is stressed and enjoys those all those 3 days weekends and random Wednesdays off.  Spring break was great when it was 11 days off!  We sit around and make crafts.   :roll: [/quote]

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