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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How does kids going a few extra days every once in awhile (there is rarely a year with no snow days) balance out 10 missed days and 5 possibly 6 delays. That is 70+ hours of missed school in the last 2.5 months. Close to 12 days. It doesn't even count the already planned holidays/professional days/early dismissal days. There hasn't been a full 5 day week since winter break. Has there?   There needs to be more school and a strict plan without all this waiver BS. You leave it up in the air and someone is gonna be pissed and complaining. Just stick to your guns MCPS.

And if they can't do the contingency plan because of fiscal issues why have it? Seriously how stupid do they look?  MCPS and Marland seems to just get worse and worse. [/quote]

There are four "extra" days built into each year.  Again, while it's not ideal, the students missed an additional 6 days this year.  My point earlier was that we often only use 1-3 of those "extra" days each year.  So...yes....it DOES balance out.  Similarly, as for the missed hours, there are additional hours built into the MCPS schedule.

If MCPS goes an extra week, that's fine.  However, unless they bump everything back a week, it's really not all the effective.  This uproar over this extra week is just over the top.

With that being said, I am the parent of a young elementary school student so I can certainly see that my take on things may be different than that of a parent of an older student.  On our days off, we actually do read and spend time doing "fun" activities that address objectives they are currently working on in school so I don't feel like it's a total loss.  [/quote]

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