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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think it's hilarious that in MCPS DCUM of ALL places... this thread exists. The loud, obnoxious parents who wont shut up about snow days, loss of educational time, etc....and then come to find an entire thread of parents discussing how much earlier they'll let their kids stop going. No shame.

Stay horrible, MCPS parents. It's the one thing everyone in the state can count on.[/quote]

Didn't you realize?  They only care about their kids' AP tests.  Once those are over, they are willing to take them out of school a week early for vacations and camps.[/quote]

Two things:  
1) I suspect that the parents who wish school was over earlier were not the ones complaining about the snow days.  DCUM is not actually a hive mind with everyone thinking the same thing.  
2) Yes, I really only care about the AP tests for an AP class, because that's what the class is designed to teach, so the teachers have covered all intended material by mid-May, and really don't do much after.  My kids basically only take AP classes, and it's really pointless to have them go every day and do almost nothing.  Two classes have had no assignments since May 12.  One class had a fun field trip with an associated assignment.  Another class has kids cleaning and prepping for next year's experiments.  I'm not sure our kids are really learning good life lessons from "yeah, you go and put your butt in the seat but you don't actually do anything." I don't have a good answer to this, but it's not a great system.  The best answer would be to start school in mid-August and end in mid-May, but I know that Maryland is allergic to that concept because the water on the eastern shore isn't really good to swim until July.  [/quote]

Lol at you thinking your kid is a salaried employee who can just leave work whenever they are done. Your kid does have a job. It's called going to school. They are expected to be there whether there is work to do or not. [/quote]

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