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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This sounds awful.   So basically the Maryland legislature ok'ed MCPS kids getting only 175 days of instruction per year?  Such a difference from Massachusetts which requires its school districts to schedule 185 days of school, to ensure that they get 180 with snow days.

But MCPS staff get more paid holidays, so I guess they're happy.[/quote]

Exactly what do you think those children are learning in those last five hours of the last day before summer?

Zilch. [/quote]

They aren't learning much because those days were not originally in the calendar and lots of teachers and students won't show up.

MCPS should have planned better. This proposed bill, even with the sunset.provision, sets a terrible precedent. It says to MCPS that they do not need to program the appropriate number of days into the school calendar because the General Assembly can sweep in and exempt them from the rules that every other district in the state is subject to. Sends a horrible message as literacy and math proficiency rates are in freefall.[/quote] The rules should be the same for the ENTIRE State! Why exempt some? Cop out! 175 days is a fair number due to more holidays in the calendar but the law should be changed for ALL of Maryland, not just MCPS![/quote]

I agree. [/quote]

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