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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I feel like the FCPS calendar has become worse (especially for working parents) over the past 9 years.

When my DD started K, elementary schools had half day Mondays, and we started AFTER Labor Day and I believe we were out the Friday after Memorial Day. Then we had the winter of hell her First Grade year (I think they went to school 1 day the whole month?), which led FCPS to switch to days vs. hours (or maybe the reverse? hours vs days?) for the following year.

Ever since, we have the Quarter End early release, then the two following days, the religious days, the days where no new content can be introduced/no tests given and just random days here and there. It just seems like we rarely get a full week without a full day off (yes, I realize that half day on Mondays wouldn't count as a "full week."). Call me crazy, but it seems like Working Parents now have to take more days off than with a calendar like that.

Call me crazy but it just seemed easier to know that every Monday (in elementary) was a half day - you could schedule Doctors/Dentists/take a long weekend, etc and it seemed like we actually went to school more, and with more consistency. And the teachers knew that every Monday could be used for planning and meetings. Seems like a good deal for everyone?

I also think it's silly that due to SOLs there is no new content taught after April 30 (or so) and the remainder of the year is SOL Review, SOLs and then.....sitting around? It seems crazy that the second half of May and all of June is spent - doing nothing.

My DD's K teacher told me students are actively checked out after Memorial Day. And she was right. Once the pools open, noone wants to be in school. So why are we?

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Because schools matter and our kids need to learn. Maybe? The majority of developed world already has more instruction days at school than we do. The entire continent of Europe has school from 9/1 to 6/30. In many Asian countries, students attend school 6 days a week. How do we expect our kids not to fall behind everyone else? How do we stay globally competitive? Should we all just give up on our kids and send them out - in summer to the pools and in winter to a ski slope? I think we have done enough disservice to our kids by taking the textbooks away. [/quote]

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