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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I asked for an earlier spring break and a shorter winter break. I also really hate the idea of school starting on a Thursday. I wish school started two weeks before labor day, but I didn't even bother asking for that.

I also thanked them for maintaining the fall religious holidays. I know they are a pain for those who don't celebrate -- but I really appreciate it as someone who almost moved to MoCo just so my kids wouldn't be one of the only ones pulled out of school for the jewish holidays.[/quote]

I’m Muslim and we celebrate Eid. Honestly I’d rather we have a policy like Fairfax County where there are no exams on the various religious holidays and kids can take off. Having a day off for every religious holiday just leads to too many random days off. Also what about other religions? Such as orthodox Christians? What about their holidays. I would rather we end early and start after Labor Day. [/quote]

what is the attraction of starting after labor day? It seems like it creates a disadvantage for kids taking AP classes, who then have fewer weeks of classes before their AP exams. That would be fine if there were other educational advantages to starting later, but I don't really know what they are. Am I missing something.[/quote]

Cheap vacations the week before labor day. For example, the house we get in Duck the week before labor day is 1200. We looked into getting it for the week of Aug 13 and it was almost 4K. I mean it is a selfish reason to be sure. [/quote]

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