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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Two things can be true:

1. You enjoy spending time with your children.

2. You want your children to be in school receiving a good education.

Wanting what is best for your children just might involve having them in school consistently.

Smothering just may not be the best mothering.[/quote]

Can I add number three? I would rather spend an extra day with my child relaxed on a summer beach or even in our neighborhood pool then sitting home on a random Tuesday when we can’t travel because there is school on Wednesday, none of our nearby family has the day off, so we can’t spend time together, and options for enrichment are so intensely limited. Yes I want to spend time with my kid— and I want it to be the right time.[/quote]

+100

These people saying “oh you just don’t want to be around your kids” are so dumb. I want a longer summer with them! How is that not wanting my kids around? There is a lot more to do in June or August than in February, and yes much easier to coordinate with family who live elsewhere. I don’t understand what has changed since my oldest started K that has caused the need for this ridiculous calendar. [b]It was fine before!  How did this area lose all common sense so quickly[/b]?[/quote]

It was fine FOR YOU. Now other people’s holidays are being included and you stomp your foot and say “not fine!” Oh well.[/quote]

Who exactly were we excluding before we started letting children out on all of these Wednesdays? What cultural holiday requires a five day memorial day weekend[/quote]

Gee. where I grew up we had a two month plus Memorial Day weekend.  Maybe, because we did not have all these extra days off throughout the year.
Two days at Thanksgiving.
Two weeks in December.
Three days in March
And, a planning day at the end of the semester
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