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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Sorry, love the non-5 day weeks. They are great. Summer is such a pain to plan, and we (and most of our friends) much prefer a day here and there, rather than additional weeks in the summer. [/quote]

Now that I have somewhat older children (taking SOL’s and trying to get into Algebra in 7th etc.) I am actually pretty concerned and anxious about the relative lack of instructional time they get compared to other districts that have more full weeks. Aren’t you concerned that your kids are behind and being short-changed?

I fear this will only get worse as my kids get older. I can supplement now with upper elementary kids. I can’t teach a HS junior AP Calc or AP French or high school level cello. The HS block scheduling makes this even worse. Missing “a day” is like missing two days in one class. It all adds up very quickly.[/quote]

No, I'm really not. The kids have a lot of HW in the older grades. They appreciate the downtime, or, for example, my DD had extra time yesterday to do a practice SAT that she would have needed to take on a weekend.

The AP Calc/French teachers adjust. They also know what's on the AP exam and focus attention properly. My kids go to a great school. I just really don't care if they are short a couple days of schools. The positive impact of the breaks far outweighs a missed class that impacts every other person at their school. If your kid is trying to get into algebra in 7th, your kid isn't at-risk either. Relax, it will be ok. [/quote]

How about kindergarten who needs to get into the rhythm of it? First grade, second grade? All those kids need structure, routines, and repetition. They largely don't have homework too. And it's not a couple of days. This year is really something in terms of less than 5 days weeks. [/quote]

And, they wonder why so many need tutoring and extra help.  [/quote]

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