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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Didn’t 8th graders have their promotion ceremony already? Why would they go to school?[/quote]

Ideally because they're 8th graders and not HS graduates who are done with MCPS.

And they're ideally supposed to be getting 180 days of instruction, or however many they're getting this year with the snow day waivers.

And maybe not at Westland but maybe some of them count on the school for meals or have nothing to do at home during the day.  True they're 8th graders and older now.  But families probably didn't plan for it.[/quote]

Unfortunately, many 8th graders will come just to run around and act out. Not all, but there is a "We graduated and can't get into trouble" attitude. No matter how many times you explain it is not a graduation and they can still get into trouble, they just don't care anymore. Some kids are great, but the school year does have to come to end.[/quote]

That’s ridiculous.  Kids who don’t have disciplinary issues aren’t going to magically misbehave because they have been passed onto 9th grade.  This is just an excuse for the teachers who choose to be lazy not to teach.  [/quote]

Parents are begging the school to take their 8th grader (who already graduated) for two more days, and *teachers* are the lazy ones in this situation?[/quote]

Schools are open and this is an official McPs school day.  I’m sorry you think it’s extraordinary that you be asked to teach 180 days in a year (especially after being gifted extra snow day holidays this year), but plenty of school districts and teachers do teach til the end of the school year because they care about students learning.

These are 8th graders we are talking about so your “parents are lazy and just want to use school as daycare” garbage doesn’t work here. 
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Oh, it absolutely does “work here,” because contrary to the lies routinely told on DCUM (everyone’s an “ICU nurse” or an “ER doctor” when they mistakenly think that claim bolsters their argument), a significant portion of DCUM Land work at HOME and having those annoying kids around is totally cramping their style. And those who don’t have permissively raised kids who don’t listen to them, so if they’re not there, they “can’t” keep their kids off YouTube or video games all day.[/quote]

You have no evidence for any of this.  Looks like you didn't get enough instructional time in school to help you write coherently.[/quote]

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