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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Tell that to parents who work in our[b] workaholic culture [/b]where camps start at $600/week per kid.[/quote]

I would guess the true professional "workaholics" can easily afford $600/week camp. It's the people who have to work multiple lower wage jobs to get by who rely on school as free/inexpensive childcare.[/quote]

OP here. Just to be clear I’m not advocating for less than 180 days of school. Just less random days off in the middle of the school year so we can get off earlier. I am a working parent and I don’t make much. I find it harder to find care for those random days off. I also don’t like how little 5 day weeks they have especially in the first semester. Also can someone explain early release Wednesdays as opposed to Fridays? Easier for me to take off work on a Friday afternoon as opposed to the middle of the week. [/quote]

Probably because it's also easier for teachers to take off Friday afternoons instead of Wednesday afternoons. [/quote]

This was discussed during the 23-24 calendar process. I remember streaming the school board meeting. It sounded like the Superintendent and the SB members were open to moving them to Fridays, but haven't seen any other mention of it since then. I added it to my comments when I filled out the calendar policy survey recently. [/quote]

Interesting to see this over time.  We used to have early release Wednesday every Wednesday.  It was gotten rid of and kids had a foreign language as a special instead so teachers got planning time.  Then they got rid of FLES and added 10 minutes to the school day.  I think keeping the early release as Wednesday is just a tradition at this point.

I know this is controversial, but it was great to have early release days every week because allowed me as a teacher to take care of personal things (DR appointments etc) without losing instructional time.  It also allowed me to meet more with colleagues (across the county and within the school) AND as a Kindergarten teacher gave me time to change out materials and centers without stress.  If anything could help stress levels of teachers, early release every week would be amazing.  It was a reason I switched to APS.   I understand this won’t happen because parents need child care or whatever reason they stopped early release anyway, but it was so helpful to have as a teacher. It made the job much more manageable. [/quote]

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