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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There is a lot of whining on DCUM about the number of "random" days off during the year, and the argument goes that this throws off regular routines and is difficult for working parents.  I do not prescribe to this viewpoint as I think that scattered days off are better than a longer Summer Break, but I thought that I would conduct a "what-if" exercise.

This is what the school year could look like if 5-day weeks were prioritized, while staying within VA and traditional holiday guidelines.  The big changes are dropping the newer holidays and aligning a Fall Break and the traditional Spring Break with the end of the quarter teacher activities.  Teacher Workdays and Staff Development days would be consolidated to the end of the quarters.

[b]Quarter 1:[/b]  47 days.  Schools starts Monday, August 28th.  Days off include:  Sept. 1st/4th (state-mandated Labor Day weekend), Oct. 9th (Indigenous).

[b]Fall Break:[/b]  Monday, Nov. 6th - Friday, Nov. 10th.  Overlaps with Election and Veteran's Day.

[b]Quarter 2:[/b]  45 days, starting Monday, Nov. 13th.  Days off include:  3-day Thanksgiving break, [b]Winter Break Thursday 12/21 to Tuesday 1/2, [/b]MLK day Monday, Jan. 15th.

[b]Q2 Break:[/b]  Thurs, Feb 2nd and Fri., Feb 3rd.

[b]Quarter 3:[/b]  44 days, starting Mon., Feb 5th.  Days off include:  Mon., Feb 19th (President's)

[b]End of Q3 and Spring Break:[/b]  Mon. Apr 8th to Fri. Apr 12th (overlaps with Eid, but divorced from Easter)

[b]Quarter 4:[/b]  44 days, starting Mon. Apr 15th.  Days off include:  Mon May 27th (Memorial)

End of School Year on Friday, June 14th.

The end result is 29 weeks with a full 5-day school week.  That is versus 23 weeks in the current 22-23 school calendar.  It doesn't really provide any advantage to eliminate Indigenous/Presidents since the quarter ends would be more difficult to maneuver around and create additional shorter weeks.[/quote]

NOPE. TWO FULL WEEKS FOR WINTER BREAK OR NOTHING.
Drop the November break. People would rather have the full two weeks at Christmas rather than some random week at the beginning of November.

Also, none of this matters unless you name the 194-days that teachers have to work. Which days do teachers also have off and which days do they have to work? [/quote]

I would rather have a random week off in November than two weeks at the end of December. We'd probably be ablt to fly somewhere on the cheap, which is impossible at the end of December.[/quote]

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