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I am person who posted the foreign - French - school calendar, with the shorter summer and longer breaks during the year.

I'm willing to be convinced there is an economic benefit to this new MCPS calendar which would outweigh the proven benefits of a more spread-out school year, but for now I'm not seeing it.

Longer fall, winter and spring breaks could be wonderful economic opportunities for tourism. France has beaches, lakes, cute countryside and mountains that are touristed during those times. I believe Maryland would use its beaches, lakes, countryside and hills to the same effect[b]. The school-year breaks could also be wonderful opportunities for camps.[/b]

To answer the other PP with a question about secular and religious single days off : many of them are bunched up in May, due to French history, and that month is annoying.

The French public school system has longer school days that the American one, and teacher training usually happens outside of the students' presence in school, because duh - teachers have to be with their students on days the students are there. I was surprised to see all these professional days during the school year when we first entered MCPS. The French system has minimal disruptions for students compared to here, with the occasional exception that unions are very strong in France, and some teachers love to protest in the street (with or without their students!) whenever anyone hints at education change.

My point is that it's interesting to see how other countries do things. The fear that we're stuck with no good options is merely a sign that we haven't brainstormed enough. There HAS to be something better out there!

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Curious, who will run these camps offered every 6 weeks year round?  College students tend to run the summer camps here in America.  [/quote]

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