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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]PP: can you share links to examples of the family members' calendars that start after Labor Day and end in early June? [/quote]

not PP, but they said mid-June, not early June.

Here's NYC: https://cdn-blob-prd.azureedge.net/prd-pws/docs/default-source/default-document-library/school-year-2025-26-calendar-updated-v2-03-11-24.pdf?sfvrsn=1d1b76fe_4

They start after Labor Day and end 6/29/26. However, they have off several days DCPS probably wouldn't: 2 for Rosh Hashana, 1 for Yom Kippur, 2 for Eids, and 1 for Diwali. They also have a full week off in Feb and 7 days off in April (Holy Thurs, Good Fri, and the whole following week...this likely accommodates all of Passover too). DCPS would need Emancipation Day but could still probably finish by 6/18/26 (before Juneteenth) if they wanted to. But there wouldn't be a lot of breaks. One thing that would help DCPS is if they did what NYC does and have evening parent-teacher conferences or early dismissal rather than full days off. This would likely require DCPS to renegotiate the teachers' contracts though.

Late August is always such a hard time to find summer camps. Plus starting earlier is useful to kids taking AP exams, for whom June is truly a waste of time. So I wouldn't mind starting mid-August and finishing by Juneteenth but with a few more breaks than would be possible if not starting until after Labor Day. I mean, what I would really like is for the school year to go to 200 days and we pay teachers more and have smaller class sizes and better SEL and special ed and good and affordable before and after care, but I understand this thread is trying to stay within the confines of current reality...[/quote]

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