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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Say it with me: no waiver!

And yes, I've been inconvenienced - and so have thousands of other working parents. If you are thrilled at yet another snow day, good for you - but you are hardly the norm from my interactions with parents in this area.

But inconvenience isn't the point here - the point is that if the state imposes a requirement for days of classes, it should not be routinely disregarded. If MCPS publishes an academic calendar, with policies for extensions based on a large volume of closures, it should adhere to the calendar and those policies, and the state shouldn't be facilitating efforts to knock off a week of classes. I'm not an MCPS basher by any stretch, but there's something screwed up about an educational system trying to duck its own (self-created) standards.

I have taught as an adjunct professor at 2 area universities - when there are snow cancellations, you better believe that there are required makeups. Why should elementary and secondary school be any different?[/quote]

I agree completely. I have one in private and she gets 2-3hrs of homework emailed to her iPad every snow day. They also have half the closures and delays as my public kids. She also goes 1.5hrs more of school each day. It makes me angry to see so many complacent moms that just want to throw all these requires school days away from public. I feel like my kids have barely been taught since Christmas break. They need more. [/quote]

This.  And hitting a minimum number of instruction days (and covering all of the material in the lesson plans) is much more important than lost money for camp or a cancelled vacation.  If you don't agree, you need to reevaluate your priorities.  [/quote]

agree completely. I paid for my son's camp, but I do wish all the snow cancellation days can be made up. If the camp can refund my money, it's great. If not, I can live with it. 
Now-a-day kids have too much. They need more study. [/quote]

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