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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]1)  I'm so mad that public schools aren't teaching my kids anything!
2)  I'm so mad that sending my kid to public school makes vacationing so hard!
3)  ????
4)  Profit!!![/quote]

I went to private school, but (sadly) my kids are in mcps.

At the risk of stating the obvious, it actually is possible for schools to provide rigorous academic instruction AND provide winter and spring breaks. After all, that's how private schools function.

The mcps calendar is ridiculous.

My two cents: people will miss M-T for spring break trips. Any family who typically flies somewhere for a week or more over spring break will stick with their plan. Some families who typically drive or take short flights might scale back. Regardless, if you have kids in elementary or middle school, it's not a big deal to miss those two days. It's obviously more challenging in HS...[b]where so many disgruntled teachers tend to take out their unhappiness on students.[/b] [/quote]

Are you for real?

Have another glass, busy housewife.[/quote]

Any teacher who schedules a test or quiz on the Monday or Tuesday leading into spring break is a jerk. It's completely unnecessary. But those who are miserable will do it.

If you haven't encountered this, then you are lucky. 
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We have had more than one HS teacher that specifically has pop quizzes on days that many kids miss-before Thanksgiving, day of gun control March, etc. It's fine, my kids are at school but it does make me wonder why they are so punitive. [/quote]

No way learning should continue for those students who are present! Why did their parents bother to send them? The teacher should at least let them play on their phones the entire class.[/quote] I didn't say learning should not occur and have to be made up by kids that don't attend. But I still believe it is punitive to give a quiz which ends up being a zero. [/quote]

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