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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I really don't get it- why can't the half days be combined to fewer whole day off? -which can save the cost on busing, and etc. and what's more, some kids have 45+ minutes door to door commute time, so one and a half hour commute for three hours in school and four times in a month...[/quote]

[i]§7–103.  
(a)   Except as provided in subsections (b), (e), and (f) of this section, each public school under the jurisdiction of a county board:
(1)    (i)   Shall be open for pupil attendance for at least 180 actual school days and a minimum of 1,080 school hours during a 10–month period in each school year; or
(ii)   If normal school attendance is prevented because of conditions described in subsection (b) of this section, shall be open for at least 1,080 hours during a 10–month period;
(2)   Shall be open for pupil attendance a minimum of 3 hours during each school day; and
(3)   May not be open on Saturdays, Sundays, or holidays in order to meet the 180–day or 1,080–hour requirement of this subsection.[/i]

http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmStatutesText.aspx?article=ged&section=7-103&ext=html&session=2018RS&tab=subject5

In other words: a half day counts as a day of school, a day off does not.[/quote]

That's where they are gaming the system and short changing our children. It counts as a full day but it isn't a full day. Classes are like 25 minutes. What exactly are the accomplishing in that time? Usually my kids tell me that they watch a movie or do a silly game or something. [/quote]

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