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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Education isn't about instructional minutes. Its about culture. Using the hundreds of hours we already have well. That's what MoCo needs to fix [/quote]

You're not wrong, but the fewer hours there are, the more significant those changes would need to be. MCPS doesn't have a successful track record with those kinds of changes, either.

Simply holding the nationwide standard of 180 school days is apparently a stretch goal for MCPS. I think we need to start there before attempting more difficult changes.[/quote]

Except it's not a nationwide standard. Each state has its own rules. [/quote]

It's the most common requirement across the country. More than half of states have it. -DP[/quote]
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There is a catch that most people don't realize. Not all states with "180 day" requirements actually have the same level of strictness in it. Maryland is in the group of most strict along with Connecticut, New Jersey, Massachusetts and Washington State with makeup days after bad weather required if pushed below that number. Other states either have an hours option substitute (ex Virginia), allow some PD days to count (ex New York allows up to 4) or forgive emergency closures (ex California).[/quote]

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