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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I always wonder why there is not a week off for mid-winter break.  Is that just for states near skiing areas?[/quote]

They would not be able to do that in MCPS without starting a week earlier. There are just too many single days off during the year.[/quote]

It would be great if McPS started earlier in August…but we have what we have.  [/quote]

We’d still have to take off 17 different days to honor Jewish holidays. [/quote]
Fairfax county opens a week early but doesn’t take “17 days off” for Jewish holidays.[b] But they’re smarter than MCPS because there are more than 1 snow day built into their calendar[/b].  [/quote] Smarter because they are located in a state that only requires 990 hours OR 180 days. Maryland requires 1080 (ES/MS)/1170 (HS) hours AND 180 days. I'm not fussing at half an hour or a full hour more per day because education is important, but that AND 180 days is the hard part![/quote]

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