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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]School needs to start mid Aug.  That would give enough time for 1 week for thanksgiving, 2 weeks for winter, 1 week for spring break as well as religious observances.

Summer break is 10-11 weeks.  It's too long.  We need to steal some time from summer and reallocate it to the other break weeks.[/quote]

+1  That's far better than what we have now...and minimizes the learning loss. [b]But will the tourism and summer camp industry allow it after lobbying against it for decades[/b]?[/quote]

I never understood this when Hogan was governor.  Is there really that much increased tourism the last 2 weeks of Aug?  Or is it that most people take vacations that week because child care is closed so schools can get ready for the upcoming school year?  In other words, would the demand for tourism increase the weeks prior to school starting no matter when those weeks occur?

As far as camps go---again, I don't understand how a shorter summer but longer breaks throughout the year make a significant impact.  Parents that need full time child care in the summer still will need full time child care over winter break.  Not everyone has 4 weeks of PTO and will be taking vacations during all of the school breaks.  For winter breaks, the college kids are home.  Spring break and thanksgiving weeks might be a staffing problem.[/quote]

I think those two weeks are heavy weeks at the Eastern Shore and Deep Creek, because most of the camps are closed because the camp counselors are all back at college.  So if you are a parent that depends on camps to provide child care for most of hte summer, you are forced to take your summer vacation those last 2 weeks.  And late August is actually a crappy time to visit almost anyplace, but it's not a bad time to go to the Eastern Shore or Deep Creek.  If they started school in mid-August, it would be easier to use camps to cover and you could take your PTO at any time in the year.  [/quote]

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