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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]For K, 6 and 9, there has always be a pre-school orientation so its a waste of a day.[/quote]

K teacher back and I’m sorry, but that is incorrect. I have taught k in mcps since 2002 (when it was still half day). 
Prior to this year there was Kindergarten Orientation which took place in the spring. This was a day (or 2 depending on the size of enrollment) for parents to register for Kindergarten. Parents would complete their paperwork and get basic information. Meanwhile children would go with the kindergarten teaching team to complete some activities while teachers tried to make basic notes with which to organize classes. This was taken away this year because it was deemed too disruptive for current kindergartners to miss 1 or 2 days of school in the spring. 
There still is and always has been an Open House the week before school starts. This is an hour long event where parents bring their child to meet the teacher and see the classroom. It is not a half day. It is not instructional. It is a brief, often chaotic, meet and greet. It is not a transition day.
I envision this transition day to be the first day of school, minus everyone who is returning to the same school they were in the previous year. Maybe I’m too optimistic but I’m fully in support of this. I do think it should count as an instructional day though. [/quote]

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