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[quote=Anonymous]I am in favor of starting school after Labor Day and Ending by Memorial Day.  Seniors end before Memorial Day anyway and AP exams are completed in May.  We could preserve some instructional time by eliminating some holidays during the school year.  As a teacher, I would start by eliminating the teacher grading days at the end of each quarter.  We could make them half days, still providing teachers with some time to input grades while also using them as instructional days.  I know I'll cause an uproar by saying so, but with gradebooks online, teachers who keep up with grading throughout the quarter do not need a full day at the end of each quarter to submit grades.  So many of us simply 'work from home' on those days, meaning we take the day off.  That would restore almost a week of instructional time during the year.  I'm sure there are other vacation days we could eliminate to provide more continuity during the school year while still starting later and finishing earlier.  Although I am religious, I am in favor of eliminating Jewish holidays as well as Good Friday or Easter Monday if either takes Spring Break into that next week (still providing 5 days off for Spring Break).  If I need to take off for religious reasons, I will use my leave to do so, and students who need to take off will simply do so.  It's also ridiculous that we must close schools for Election Days.  There are plenty of other states which allow voting in the schools while schools are in session.

And while we're adjusting the calendar, we should make a new snow contingency calendar to ensure make-up days prior to the end of the school year.[/quote]

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