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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Here is a straightforward calendar from a state/metropolitan area with a diverse population https://resources.finalsite.net/images/v1756930407/mplsk12mnus/ge5clwh0shgydwvthwbs/SYCalendar-English-2026-27.pdf

Put it out there and if people don’t like it there is always private school, home school, or excused absences.

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Read the fine print. That calendar is 168 instructional days. FCPS schedules 179-180. FCPS could get away with scheduling fewer days, as they only need 165-ish to meet the 990 requirement, but then we’d be tacking days at the end of the year to makeup snow days. [/quote]

We schedule a lot of snow days due to one really harsh winter back in I think 2009-2010. We usually don’t need that many. Even this year, a bad winter, they used 4 snow days + I think 6-7 2 hour delays, so roughly 6 days total. Many districts in the north budget 5 snow days before needing to extend the calendar or cut into spring break. With the fact that we usually start earlier than Minneapolis (before Labor Day) it wouldn’t be too much of a stretch to extend the school year by a day or two at the end if needed. [/quote]

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