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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Shorten winter break!!![/quote]

No, please do not shorten winter break.

[quote]Remove religious holidays that aren't federal holidays.[/quote]

Maybe. YK should still be a holiday.

[quote][b]Cut some federal holidays[/b].
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Which ones?[/quote]

Columbus and Veterans for a start. That already appears to be on the table.

Presidents’ Day could be a teacher workday. As well, the Wednesday before Thanksgiving.[/quote]

And Thanksgiving.  It is a grown ups holiday.  The kids should be there for Christmas for the photos. It looks good to have them there and I have the day off already, but get them back to school new years say- who wants the kids around for that? I need to recover from the party!  [/quote]

I’m sorry this bothers you but we don’t need 40 days off. Doubling a couple teacher workdays to Federal holidays/vacation add-ons doesn’t keep kids in class on Thanksgiving, it keeps them in class on random Tuesdays in February.[/quote]

Oh, now I get it, you still want your kids home, you just think TEACHERS should be working those days.  Yeah, those women should be stuck in the classroom for those long holiday weekends.  They should have to travel on thanksgiving while the rest of their families travel the day before.  Stick to those ladies!  YEAH!  [/quote]

We don’t need 40 days off. Another way to look at it is I want TEACHERS to have a longer summer break to spend with their families.[/quote]

Okay, I don’t.  Research is mixed on this and it just doesn’t really matter that much to student learning.  Here is quote from Paul Hipple who did a study on it.

“Well, it is basically the same 175, 180 days spread out differently across the year. And since total instruction doesn't increase, total learning doesn't increase either.“

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/the-pros-and-cons-of-schools-ditching-a-long-summer-break

At the end of the day, it seems, the kids make around the same amount of progress regardless of when they have school and it is the adults who are stressing about it. [/quote]

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