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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]School calendar is fine, now we have three year's calendar and it really helps families plan ahead. Remember those days that we didn't have any calendar a few months before the new school year??

Off days are great for some students and frustrating for others, we’ve discussed this so many times, and no one is going to convince anyone otherwise. Maybe it’s time to move on.[/quote]

Maybe you're ok with a bad calendar, but many parents actually care about their kids education. [/quote]

What's bad for some kids isn't bad for others.  As another PP noted, for MS and HS kids, shorter weeks give them some downtime and help reduce burnout. Seniors have time to work on college applications.  And with block scheduling, planned days off don't get "missed", the even/odd schedule just goes to the next day.

The calendar is a primarily a problem for elementary school students and parents. But even in that group, there are parents who wouldn't want a longer summer because then you are stuck paying for more weeks of camp and after college kids go back to school, there are fewer camps and they are really expensive.

I care about my child's education, and once they were out of elementary school and could be home by themselves, I didn't care at all whether they had a particular day off or not.[/quote]

Most teachers would tell you that five day weeks are better.  [/quote]

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