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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]6th grader is still being exposed to new things.  School continues.[/quote]

Same here. My 6th grader is still learning. Civil War in SS, U8 in Benchmark, health lessons, etc. the only thing they are done with is science cause they finished the unit for the quarter and grade level standards in math since they took the SOL and finished the content.  Teacher is keeping them busy learning. I know by the last five days it will be mostly cleaning up, EOY events, etc. [/quote]There is no Science SOL in 6th grade.  They take a science test in 8th grade with that content. [/quote]

Reread the post. I believe PP was talking about the math SOL. They said they finished the science unit for the quarter and grade level standards in math since they took the SOL…[/quote]

But the thread is about high school, likely about upper class students since the Oap is talking about the waste of time after AP exams.

Not elementary school which is a completely different ballgame
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The question then becomes, why are high school teachers allowed to show movies and let their students just hang out after AP tests? Seems like an opportunity for extensions/enrichment. Work with kids on college essays if they are juniors. Do some career exploration with sophs/juniors.  It seems there are different standards held for secondary teachers vs elementary school. That is the larger problem. I do think next year moving SOL testing and requiring kids to take the exam will help with this stupidity.

My high school is NY did testing the last two weeks of school. We didn’t have wasted instructional time in May. Even with IB courses, you gad to take the regents test. [/quote]

It's pretty obvious that high school and elementary/middle school are very different, developmentally, expectations, maturity, capabilities, freedom...

But of course, you know this.

The only question is why did FCPS create such a wasteful schedule that keeps students in school through late June,, and why did they make this week at the end of the year a 2 day week when they should have just offered excused absences for those who observed this holiday, kept everyone else in school and ended school 2 days earlier.[/quote]

What does maturity have to do with teachers who stop teaching after a test? FCPS teachers should all be held to the same standard. No kid should be watching movies for 2-3 weeks cause the teacher can’t come up with a lesson plan due to testing being over. Even if the school year ended June 12th, which IMO should have been the last day, kids still should be learning. [/quote]

All the class material is complete once the AP exams happen.

Most school districts in the country realize this and end school by Memorial Day weekend.

FCPS pointlessly extended the year over religious holidays and cultural holidays observed by fewer than 5% of ffx county.

They could have finished by the end of May like the majority of the country if they didn't throw in all these extra holidays.[/quote]

The majority of the country does not end in May. Most school districts end in June either the first or second week. Some end the third week. [/quote]

The majority of states end school  in May, or the first week of June at the latest.

Very few states go to school into mid to late June.[/quote]

Everywhere we've ever lived has gone through mid June. This is the 4th district, all over the country. It's not that unusual.[/quote]

Exactly, even within a state there is variety but the majority end school 1st or second week of June. [/quote]

That simply isn’t true and seems like a majority based upon your experience.  Based upon my experience, it would seem like the majority of schools get out before Memorial Day.  It’s regional and where you have relatives or have lived. [/quote]

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