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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]At Lake Braddock, and I assume most HS.  The last day is a 2 hour day where anyone who comes is just put in the cafeteria?  I'm sure this counts as instructional time.

We were promised that starting school before Labor Day was to get all the instruction in before SOL and AP tests.  That was a lie and it was also a lie that we would get out earlier.

Yes, some of my kids teachers are giving finals in the "final" block.  But half aren't.  I don't envy the teachers.  They have to have the grades submitted at 8a after the final.  Seniors who left after for the internship are done in May, others who didn't were done last week.  How do you manage 3 different class end dates.

END SCHOOL AT THE END OF May!!![/quote]

FCPS hasn’t ended school in May in over 40 years and won’t start now. Go move to the South or the Midwest if you’re looking for that. [/quote]

Not my point.  For example, in 12-13 we started school on September 4th, and got out only one day later than this year, June 18th.

So we were starting this year on August 18th, and getting out June 17th.  The kids were in school over 17 days earlier, but get out only one day earlier?  That wasn't what we were told would happen with a pre-labor day start.  By this we should be getting out June 1.

All the garbage extra days were added in.  No one would have agreed to this back then. There would have been an uproar.  We were misled.  I had younger kids then, and all the HS parents were saying how great it would be so their kids would be better prepared for AP exams.

Either start after Labor Day or end earlier.  Everyone agrees the calendar is awful.  [/quote]

It'd be easier and save time if you just wrote what you meant instead of first writing nonsense.[/quote]

:roll: [/quote]

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