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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Some of you are crazy.
Summer break is almost a week shorter this year, Summer should be a minimum of 10 weeks for students (9 weeks for teachers), holiday break should be at least December 23-January 1, possibly two full weeks if the majority votes that way. President's Day weekend should be longer than 3 days although it could be used for makeup days. The grading day after Q1 should be a half day to build in some room since it is too early to use as a makeup day.

Change Maryland law to require 175 days and not require the closure of schools on Election Day or Good Friday. Schools shall be allowed to go virtual on election days. If a single emergency closes schools for 3 or more days schools shall be able to go virtual for the 3rd day though the end of the closure. State of emergency days that occur in school days shall be waived from the requirement.[/quote]

Reducing the required minimum of days to 175 only benefits lazy McPS staffers who don’t want to work 180 days. They would still work over 180 days. Pre-service week + 4 or 5 in year PD or grading days results in 184 or 185 days.
 In contrast, look at higher performing Massachusetts where 185 days are scheduled with the expectation of losing several to blizzards but with no fewer than 180 days.  [/quote]

Quality does NOT equal quality
Massachusetts schools could end a week earlier and have the same high quality. Schools are ending June 26 for the sake of holding 180 days but that last week will be HOT AND USELESS! If they had the same schedule but ended June 18 it would be just as high quality.[/quote]

Why stop there? If instructional time doesn't matter, why not end in May? Or April?[/quote]

Colorado has 160 days. Many school districts only have 4 day weeks. There’s no magic number that’s going to satisfy anyone. [/quote]

That's the problem. If MCPS gets it down to 175 days, next they'll go for 170. Then 160.[/quote]

It’s not a problem. Who is to say 180 is better than 160? School (esp hs) is over in early may. So the extra days are a joke. There’s no magical number of days that ensure kids learn. [/quote]

You can ensure kids don't learn when you don't have school.[/quote]

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