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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This sounds awful.   So basically the Maryland legislature ok'ed MCPS kids getting only 175 days of instruction per year?  Such a difference from Massachusetts which requires its school districts to schedule 185 days of school, to ensure that they get 180 with snow days.

But MCPS staff get more paid holidays, so I guess they're happy.[/quote] A 175 day school year is just right. Not too short but it doesn't go on forever based on out of control situations like holidays and snow days. There a more religious holidays then 6+ years ago and some years have 5+ snow days. That said MC should replace the 1Q and 3Q grading days with multiple 1-1.5 hour early dismissals so not half days more like 3/4 days. If schools are closed 3 or more consecutive days because of a single emergency, the 3rd day onward should be virtual. If schools are closed (non-virtual) for 5 or more days, either Good Friday or Easter Monday (but not both) shall be allowed to be reclaimed. Schools should also be allowed to go virtual on election day since that is nobody's holiday.[/quote]

[b]Sure and let’s reduce McPS salaries accordingly to account for the fact that our kids don’t get 180 days of instructional time per year because you’ve decided it’s “just right” when the rest of America has 180 days.  [/b]Because it is impossible that McPS could have included more than 1 snow day in the calendar (when neighboring Maryland school districts included 3), included makeup days in the calendar that it actually intended to use instead of these performative ones, and developed the virtual learning plan it promised to the BoE in 2024.  [/quote]

“Let’s?” Who are you again? Oh, right, nobody.

P.S. “The rest of America” doesn’t have 180 days. It varies by individual school district. Many are below 180. Oops![/quote]

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