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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Teacher here- I’d rather the school year start after Labor Day but run later into June.

Also, get rid of transition day and non-grading day PD days. Do we also need a full week before students start? Give 2.5 days to prep classrooms and a 1/2 day for compliance training. During an election year, Election Day can be the grading day. IMO, we shouldn’t be using a snow day for the Wednesday before Thanksgiving. Save it for an actual inclement weather day. It’s always challenging to squeeze PT conferences into the handful of hours allotted during the existing 2 early release days. Make all three days prior to Thanksgiving early release days. [/quote]

As parents, we agree with this. Too many breaks in the school year does not help kids nor parents. It feels like there is no structire, no set routine at school. Many 1/2 days also. Breaks after breaks. ((( Plus its a huge problem for working parents of ES level students. 
Does majority of people go to work on 02/17 even if they follow this holiday?  Did they work on Christmas? Did they work on some others holidays, when schools are closed? Aren't there enough federal holidays in the year? Add snow days to all these breaks....[/quote]

“As parents, we agree with this.”   :roll: 
 If you know anything about MCPS, you would know better than to make statements where you try to speak for all parents as if we have only one opinion.

I for one would be happier if MCPS started earlier like many other schools in the country and built in an appropriate number of snow days into the calendar instead of just one so we wouldn’t have all this uncertainty and drama about the calendar every time it snows[/quote]

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