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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]MCPS families want a 10 week summer. If people here were okay with a 9 week summer, we could have full days towards the end of the year.

Keep in mind that high schoolers (especially 10th and 11th graders who are taking lots of AP classes) are doing very little after AP exams are finished.

I have family in Loudoun county, and this is what their school district does.[/quote]

No one has ever asked me how long of a break is desirable.

I know plenty of families that would be fine with a 9-week summer.

It is MCPS, not families, that insists on the longer summer break. [/quote]

They have surveyed families on starting school two weeks before Labor Day, and that option is very unpopular.[/quote]

MCPS loves to hide behind online surveys. They can make the right decision but lack moral courage, and our kids are suffering.[/quote]

I understand this is slightly different but there is no research to support that year round schooling is beneficial. I can’t imagine a few extra days would make any measurable difference.[/quote]

Why not then have just 100 days of school? Taxpayers would save a fortune. Since the amount of instructional time doesn't matter.[/quote]

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