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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]SOLs are complete in May (including retakes).  We are in school till mid June. [/quote]

Sure.  I would be happy with an early August start and a beginning of June stop.
But also, consider some of the seniors who need to pass an SOL to graduate; they graduate at the beginning of June about 2 weeks before the end of school for everyone else. [/quote]

How about we stop taking so many random days off during the school year.  The reason we go so late and because of VA law for having 180 days.  You all need to care that a good 14 of those days don't teach your kids anything.  They're just there to satisfy this law.[/quote]

But I (and many others) do not want a 3 month summer.  Personally, I would prefer a fall break, a Thanksgiving break, a winter break, a spring break, and an 8 week summer.[/quote]

3 month summer is basically 12 wks. We currently have a 10 week summer .   Main thing is to have majority of school be actual school. Not 2 weeks in June when no school happens. just babysittting.[/quote]

The last week of school is not going to be academic heavy for kids because it is the last week of school. The kids are anticipating summer and the material for the year has been taught. The second to last week is mainly wrap up. I know my kid is ES is bringing home completed projects that week and taking his last tests for math and the like.[/quote]

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