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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The Exec Order says school has to end by June 15.  Last spring, the legislature passed a law that allows the school year to extend beyond that if additional days are needed because of inclement weather (so, snow make-up days can go beyond June 15, but the regular calendar can't).

[b]MCPS did not adjust the previously approved 2018-19 calendar (this year's) after the legislation passed, [/b]which is why we aren't currently adding on days after June 15.  Perhaps this is because they didn't want to change it after the lengthy approval process. Other counties did adjust their calendars after the legislation passed, which is why some of them are going beyond June 15 this year.

Next year's MCPS calendar (2019-20) actually does have makeup days listed after June 15, going out to June 22, but the planned last day of school is scheduled for June 15: https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/uploadedFiles/calendar/0218.19ct_2019-20_SchoolYearCalendar_ADOPTED.pdf[/quote]

If they had, DCUM would have complained: we've made plans, they need to stick with the calendar they already approved!

But since they didn't, DCUM is complaining: why didn't they adjust the calendar?![/quote]

They had time to adjust it before this school year began, just chose not to, although the calendar was published it was still early enough that  most hadn't made plans or could still change plans.  Personally I feel it was politically motivated and they wanted to have the least favorable calendar possible and place blame on Hogan, hoping it would influence people's votes in November.  [/quote]

I agree. The legislation passed last Spring allowing them to extend without a waiver. Frederick and Howard took advantage of that.[b] MoCo could have too.. but didn't[/b].[/quote]

Does anyone know why they didn't?  [/quote]

[b]One theory is it was to make Hogan look bad, since MCPS was pretty vocal about being against his order.[/b]

Another is MCPS is so slow-moving and rigid that making such a change later (even though the school year hadn't started) was too complicated.

I woudln't discount the second theory. Take today for example -- it's a long-planned early-release day, and as of last night, there was a change of late start due to snow. Now it would be pretty useless to have kids go to school 2 hours late, then get released 2.5 hours early.. might as well cancel school in that scenario.

What Frederick, which also had an early release day planned, announced last night that they'd do a 2- hour delayed start, but cancel the early release day and make it regular release time. MCPS said that was too "complicated" to do last minute due to contracts for use of the shcool facilities and so on.

So... MCPS can't manage to adapt while Frederick can...[/quote]

That's what I think is going on.  I don't think they all say it aloud, but it's the underlying issue.  [/quote]

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