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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You know how this would work in high school? First, you will have a sports/modelUN/robotics/etc commitment on everyone of those Fall, Winter, or Spring breaks that no one else has.

Your child won't be able to have a summer job or internship.  Just misc dats during the year to play video games.

Forget summer school.

Do any of you visit relatives with kids outside of DC during the summer? 
Forget seeing cousins.[/quote]

Love this take. Too many families don’t expect their kids to work anymore. Having a longer break in the summer is so important for kids to find other ways to engage outside of school and for parents to have a consistent and predictable schedule for finding consistent alternative care.[/quote]

Seriously, there is more to a kids life then school esp if that kid is doing fine.

Summer is for travel, seeing families, fun camps, pools days, etc…

Take away summer and you will see so many UMC families leave DCPS……..  It’s bad enough the shirt summer now and short holiday breaks.  The private schools schedules are so much better.[/quote]

You would all have a FIT if there were LESS school days and summer break was 9-10 weeks. [/quote]

Nope.  I wish my kid had 10-12 weeks off like I did as a kid.  I can’t fit everything in that he wants to do in the summer and travel because it’s so short!  [/quote]

Same. This is a country of immigrants and a mobile labor force. That means many people have family in other counties, states or countries. That is the strength of the community. In the last three years, we have taken outher DCPS families who would not normally have this opportunity, to overseas trips, and paid for tickets. We have also benefited hugely from meeting their families closer to the DMV area (rural Maryland, West Virginia, Pennsylvania). The summer is a fantastic time to explore beyond the usual environment, AND DC gets so oppressive July 15-August 15. I would love a longer summer, and I don't see why you can't give the option of a longer summer to families who prefer it (you could even assign work for them to do while away). [/quote]

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