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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My kids have been in MCPS collectively since 2004. Unfortunately, they have consistently told me that half days are a complete waste of time  and that most of the teachers do nothing on those days other than show movies/videos. This isn't that big a deal in elementary, but once they get into middle and high school it becomes a complete waste of instructional time. Part of the problem is that the class periods  in middle school and high school are very short on half days and the other problem is that many kids (and their parents) have given up on them being productive school days so just allow their kids to stay home. My kids have actually sent me pictures of half empty classrooms. We have another one coming up this Friday (people will just make it a long weekend) and I know that my DD is going to beg me to let her skip it and sleep in. Mostly I just say no, but I don't blame them for wanting to catch some extra shut eye instead of being bored in school for four hours. [/quote]

This is school dependent.  DH teaches middle school, and up until this year was at a school that just abbreviated every period.  There was little he could get done in the short time so he usually made it a study hall/catch up session.  At his new school this year, they trade off so that only half the periods have class, but they are full-length (I guess the lunch period always meets).  It means he doesn't get to see certain classes at all that day, but the ones he does have get a regular instruction period from him, and he sees the others on the next half day.  I don't know how schools determine which model to use. [/quote]

That's a great idea. Wish all of the schools were required to do that.[/quote]

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