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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]MCPS parents want 
[b]1. Schools to start as late as possible in august [/b]
2. Religious holidays (jewish, diwali, Eid , passover)
3. End school year by mid June.

How on earth are they able to do all that given all these conditions?

Fairfax county starts 2 weeks before labor day. They don’t get religious holidays and have 2 weeks off in winter, they still end mid june.

Why can’t mcps do this? Just start 2 weeks before labor day? [/quote]

I have never heard anyone complain about the prospect of an earlier start. If anything, the reason folks travel/vacation in the week before school is because camp options bottom out and its hard to find coverage.[/quote]

You obviously only know people with younger kids who need camps and coverage. Older kids start sports several weeks before school, teachers have preservice, plenty of people want to vacation in August and definitely don’t want an earlier start. They have repeatedly surveyed people and this is what the majority prefers. [/quote]

Parents of older kids are among the biggest advocates of starting the school year earlier.  Some schools start in late July or early August and their high school students are far more prepared for AP exams with a month of extra instruction than our MCPS kids.

I don’t know any older students who have sports weeks before school start that would take up the full day with practice such that they couldn’t attend HS. [/quote]

Fall sports start in early August and students are forced to practice pretty much from sun up to sun down in order for every team to get field time.  There would be no possible way to handle summer conditioning with everyone having to be in class until 2:30 PM.  And if you think those 2-3 weeks of conditioning aren't important then you have never played sports.  You acclimate in early August to avoid serious issues later on.[/quote]

What percentage of MCPS HS kids are doing MCPS team sports from "sun up to sun down" in August?  I doubt it's higher than 5%, but even if it were higher, school exists to educate kids.

The vast majority of MCPS ES, MS and HS kids don't need to miss out on 180 full days of education per year, because you want your kid to play sports all day.If you want your kid to train all day, there are special schools that accomodate that. 
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You clearly don’t have Mcps hs kids.  Your ignorance shows. [/quote]

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