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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]SOLs are complete in May (including retakes).  We are in school till mid June. [/quote]

Sure.  I would be happy with an early August start and a beginning of June stop.
But also, consider some of the seniors who need to pass an SOL to graduate; they graduate at the beginning of June about 2 weeks before the end of school for everyone else. [/quote]

How about we stop taking so many random days off during the school year.  The reason we go so late and because of VA law for having 180 days.  You all need to care that a good 14 of those days don't teach your kids anything.  They're just there to satisfy this law.[/quote]

But I (and many others) do not want a 3 month summer.  Personally, I would prefer a fall break, a Thanksgiving break, a winter break, a spring break, and an 8 week summer.[/quote]

I would prefer year round school with a 2 week break at the end of each quarter. I don't think the fall needs a fall break leading into a Thanksgiving break (I am assuming you mean more then the 2 days off right now) leading into winter break 5 weeks after Thanksgiving.

My ideal would be to build a calendar were you have 2 weeks off after the end of quarters and the second quarter ending at winter break. But most people seem to think that the idea of a shorter summer break in favor of a series of 2 weeks breaks is somehow threatening because they have to have a long summer break. (shrugs)

I think FCPS would be fine with the calendar if they choose either Federal Holidays off or Religious/Diversity days off but not both. [/quote]

Year round school isn’t happening.[/quote]

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