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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]this is a really serious issue that no one pays attention to. our charter school doesnt come anywhere close to 180 days and no one cares. parents aren't paying attention and osse lets schools ignore the law. [/quote]

They are just waiting until someone sues. I'm surprised it hasn't happened yet by a family with a special needs child. [/quote]

I dont think parents realize their schools are doing it. They just assume the school is following the rules. [/quote]

This but there is also a contingent of parents who don't care and actually are happy when there is less school.

This group is larger when there is a debate over something like adding days to the school year for snow days. I remember tons of parents last year lobbying against the snow days because they had vacation plans right after school got out or "whatever it's not like kids learn anything the last week" or just not wanting to deal with school commutes for a couple more days. It's remarkable how many people just don't value education at all and view school as little more than a babysitting service or an annoying obligation. Depressing.[/quote]

Some might say that adding more days at the end of the school year is a babysitting service, too. You are clinging on to the extra days for what? Stop acting like this is unique to DCPS or modern education. Everyone knows the month of June is a joke. You think you were reading an anthology and having socratic seminars in the 3rd grade on June 15th in the 80's? Stop acting like it's some kind of inequity and just say you need babysitting.[/quote]

The law is kids are in school for a minimum 180 days. If you don't like, get the law changed. Oh you can't do that? Then shut the fkc up. [/quote]

You should spend this snow day finding therapy for your internet rage. Are you OK? [/quote]

The PP is right though. The point is that schools are skirting legal requirements. These are publicly funded schools. It is perfectly reasonable to expect them to fulfill their mandate of having kids in school a certain number of days.

Also, this isn't about childcare for me. I don't personally worry about my kids getting enough days in school -- one of my kid has spent the last day and a half doing a workbook for fun because she loves school so much she assigns herself school even on snow days. But I look at all the kids this district is failing, all the kids who aren't learning to read, are chronically truant, don't graduate high school, and that's why I think we should hold the district to the legal standard. The whole point of public school is to create an educated society. When the attitude is "eh, who cares?" you start to understand why we have so many uneducated and poorly educated people in this city.[/quote]

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