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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This entire thread boils down to:

1) Jews and Muslims shouldn't get holidays.

and

2) I don't want my kids at home with me during federal holidays.

That's pretty much it.[/quote]

Actually, speaking only for myself, it’s the excessive Thanksgiving and Memorial Day that need to go first. [/quote]

So for this instance, it’s #2.

Never understood people having kids and not wanting to spend the most time possible with them. [/quote]

This whole calendar debate boils down to:

1) I choose to have kids and then figure out if it works to be employed - either way it's fine
2) I have to work so my decision to have kids depends a lot on childcare options

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It’s neither of those things. Well, maybe for some it is. But a lot of us are concerned about the actual education our kids are getting when we have so many days off and shortened days, on top of the usual winter weather issues, on top of both student and teacher illnesses and absences. It’s a lot. Yes, next year and the year after won’t be as bad in terms of the planned days off. I just think we need some kind of a future plan to make sure this type of heavily disjointed schedule doesn’t happen again in the future. I think it’s bad for education and I worry that they aren’t able to cover everything that they need to. [/quote]
What’s unfortunate is that I don’t think the school board votes on the 3 hour early release schedule. I don’t know how the calendar can be “fixed” if the placement of those dates are unknown and there’s no input on when they should be held. This year, the worst weeks were the ones where our kids were out Tuesday and then had an early release that Wednesday. Those weeks were incredibly disjointed and it happened three times. Looking at next year’s calendar, there aren’t enough Wednesdays in November to avoid the scenario. [/quote]

They didn’t vote. They were imposed by Reid, ostensibly to address statewide requirements in ‘24.

Parents, because surrounding counties did not seem to have the same need for constant early release to meet the same requirement, but we’re assure that this was a one time, Richmond driven, problem. Without any consultation with parents, Reid extended it into 25.

The board put into this by simply saying that it was not permitted. [/quote]

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