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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]By adding 3 half days at the end of the year when seniors are done, AP tests are long over, and camps will have begun, it's basically a big F** to the State (for not waiving) 2 days![/quote]

It’s a big FU at the parents.  They could have cancelled one of the professional development days after the snow days…[/quote]

No it’s not. If anything, the only people who really need to go Monday and Tuesday are teachers and they already sorta knew that when the year was previously extended to the Monday. If you need childcare coverage those half days, send your kid. If you don’t or it’s easier for you to arrange full day coverage elsewhere, don’t send them. If you want to travel that week, they’ve all but given their blessing to proceed with previously made plans. There will not be teaching and learning those days whether you send your kids or not. If you’re looking for childcare ideas there will be lots of 14/15 year olds who are kind of too old for camp but too young for jobs who would probably happily babysit your kids in the afternoon for some Apple cash. [/quote]

This isn't about childcare coverage you dismissive fool, it's about wanting kids to learn.  180 days a year is already less than what other countries provide their elementary/secondary students, and we lose so much of it with this half day garbage, testing for MAP, MCAP, in-school days when teachers are grading and turn on videos etc...[/quote]

Let the schools worry about learning outcomes and you work on your anger management and mental flexibility. [/quote]

Yes, we can all be mentally flexible about our kids not learning, while MCPS staff try to "stick it" to the Gov for not giving them an extra 2 days of vacation.  Anyone who is so lazy that working an extra day is a hardship, should quit.[/quote]
I don’t think you understand how this works. A day in mid June is not a replacement for a day in February. Certain benchmarks have to be met each quarter. We had 3 fewer days than planned to meet those benchmarks in the second quarter. We had one day less than planned to meet the benchmarks in the third quarter. Giving us two extra days in the fourth quarter, after all the testing is over, when students are unlikely to show up because of previously made plans, does not make up for the missed instructional time. Maybe it would if we also changed the end dates for the quarters, but that would require further tinkering with the calendar because otherwise, the non instructional days teachers use to enter grades when a quarter ends would have to be changed as well.[/quote]

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