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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OSSE has extremely lax rules about what counts as a school day. It allows schools to claim they are in session for 180 days when any normal person tallying up the days would not come anywhere close to 180 days. It's really scandalous. [/quote]

Can't even count on DC schools to meet the legal minimum standard. [/quote]

What is the legal minimum standard? So far no one has posted the complete legal requirement. Or the process for a waiver which is also posted. 
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I mean you also have access to the internet so I don't know why you are sitting around waiting for someone else to just provide you with all the relevant information instead of getting it yourself, but I'm used to working with lazy people so here: https://osse.dc.gov/sites/default/files/dc/sites/osse/page_content/attachments/Instructional%20Day%20Guidance_May2022_0.pdf

The waiver process is extremely loose and basically allows OSSE to waive the requirement any time a school says it has "exigent circumstances." You would think exigent circumstances would be defined to described totally unforeseen issues, but it doesn't. So I guess exigent circumstances could include "we built two snow days into the calendar in the case of snow, and then we had snow, but we just don't feel like extending the school year by two days, so we won't." If that meets the test than virtually anything would. "The kids seem restive, we don't want to deal with them anymore." "We are tired." "I don't know, how important is school really? Seems superfluous."[/quote]

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