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Uh...I actually live in MD.  For those who think that the extra week of summer is harder on families, expecially poor families, that's wrong.  [b]Unlike you rich folks in Montgomery County, I live in one of the poorer counties, PG County[/b].  Here, it is actually easier to have fewer teacher in service days making for more 4 day weeks, and have a longer summer.  In the summer, most people can make their plans, usually having a family member come and stay to watch the kids or sharing sitting between 2-3 families or using one of the summer programs with low income subsidy.  This is a lot better than having 2-3 random Mondays or Fridays off in the fall and 2-3 random Mondays/Fridays in the spring when you have to find someone to watch the kids because you don't have the time off.   Most of the lower income families I know prefer this schedule.  It's the rich Montgomery County folk who pay for summer camps and like having extra 3 day weekends because they get paid time off from work (even if they have to use vacation days to do it) who like the old schedule.  Lower income folks are more "don't work, don't get paid" and can handle the longer summer better without losing pay than 5-6 random days throughout the year.[/quote]

Mentioned in your post: child care (an important issue). Not mentioned in your post: learning (also an important issue).

There are about 55,000 poor students in rich Montgomery County.

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