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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP there are worse case scenarios.  Because of some cuts my friend's kid was only going to school 4.5 days a week.  Mondays the kids got out at 12:15.  This wasn't some rural school in the middle of nowhere.  It's a local elementary school in NOVA.

When I was in school we had 7-8 hour days.  I lived in 4 different states during my elementary years so that's why the length is different.  Most of those extra hours was filled with recess and music/art/PE.  Those are the areas of the most frequent budget cuts.  I would like the day to be longer so the kids would get longer breaks in.  Kids weren't made to sit at a desk all day.

When I went to school in TX we did morning calisthenics every day before classes started.[/quote]

OP here, thanks for the comments but the point of my thread is not to say there are not worse scenarios...  I'll be okay..  The point is that it is mind boggling to me as to why school starts precisely after most jobs begin.  This obligates before care regardless if you need to do after care or not.  To me this seems a simple fix realizing that perhaps I don't have all the info.

In the midst of all this discussion in real life I've been working on my on personal situation I may be able to squeak through without doing the before or after care after all with the help of some friends but it still will not stop me questioning a policy that makes no sense and hurts many parents.[/quote]

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