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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]A good choice consistant with historical would be to move the November  3 2026 SD day to Nov 11 and then make the TW day virtual and put it on Nov 25. Free five-day week. [/quote]
November 3 is Election Day. The first quarter is timed so that Election Day falls within the standard post quarter work days. [/quote]

But it isn’t required to have two days. The SP can still easily be placed on the 11th.[/quote]
School will be closed on the SP day, Nov 3 because it is Election Day and schools are used as a polling place. Moving the Nov 2 TW to Nov 11 or Nov 22 means students would be in school Monday, off Tuesday, then back Wed-Thurs. It’s fine the way it is. [/quote]

It could be fine. Or you could save every household a couple hundred dollars by moving it to November 11. [/quote]

You don't save [b]EVERY[/b] household a couple hundred dollars.

Lets say little Johnny doesn't like riding the bus, so the parents drive them to school. Mom & Dad usually have grandma watch little johnny on TW/SP days, but now little Johnny needs to go to school. This will actually cost the parents money in gas driving them to school.

Yes, that is a wild scenario. Yes, Johnny could take the bus. Yes, Johnny could carpool. But to say that EVERY household would save money is inaccurate. Just because it fits your life, doesn't mean it fits everyone else's. [/quote]

You’re right, it saves most working families a couple hundred dollars. Not every. There is also of course the harm it avoids when little Johnny’s parents have to work, can’t afford care, and he stays home alone.[/quote]

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