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You honestly don't understand how students are in school buildings. No, they don't need 184 days. The last two weeks are useless as it is and it has nothing to do with teachers and everything to do with students being mentally checked out. Just stop talking about things you clearly don't understand. You want free babysitting, we all know that, but please stop pretending you have any idea about academics. [/quote]

That's exactly why we need to build in 184 days from the start-- so we don't end up having to tack on extra days before summer break.

If we could actually make use of make up days spread throughout winter/spring, then we could avoid that. But we're hearing increasingly ridiculous reasons why we can't use make-up days.[/quote]

184 built in days are fine, but it's ALSO fine to not use them at the end of the year like other counties do if they aren't used as make-up days. You were insisting 184 should be used no matter what. Not rocket science.[/quote]

Yes, they should. Why wouldn't we use them all? It's better for the kids, who would get more days of instruction. It's better for parents, who wouldn't be stuck figuring out logistics. And it's better for the district, who wouldn't have to worry about how many parents would try to play the odds and schedule summer vacations early. [/quote]

It actually costs the district a lot of money to go for extra days over the state requirement. MCPS should be able to provide an exact dollar amount. It is not worth the many millions, IMO, as students are done. [/quote]

Without a number, that's not much of an argument, particularly when *not* having school also costs residents a lot of money.

It's strange you think that student are "done" based on the cumulative number of days they've had, rather than the proximity to the last day.  [/quote]

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