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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why can't MCPS do this
http://www.fcps.edu/about/14-15cal.shtml[/quote]

Probably because Fairfax County Public Schools is in Virginia, where the law is different.[/quote]

And what "law" would that be?[/quote]

Virginia and Maryland are different states and have different state laws about education.

Here are Maryland's education statutes:

http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2014RS/Statute_Web/ged/ged.pdf

Here are  Virginia's: https://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?000+cod+TOC2201000[/quote]
Thanks for 1000 page document. Can you point me to a page or clause that would prevent MCPS from identifying contingency days in advance. Thanks. [/quote]

Not the PP, but bottom of page 335-top of 337 talks about public school holidays and that schools "may not be open" on Saturdays, Sundays, or listed public holidays to fill the 180-day requirement. Good Friday, Easter Monday, Presidents' Day, MLK Day, and Memorial Day are identified. Also:

(b) (1) If a county board submits a written application to the State Board that
describes a demonstrated effort by the county board to comply with subsection (a) of this
section, the State Board may permit:
(i) Adjustments in the length of the school year;
(ii) Exceptions from the requirement that the school year be
completed within a 10–month period;
(iii) Adjustments in the length of the school day; and
(iv) Schools to be open on holidays.
(2) These adjustments may be granted only if normal school attendance is
prevented because of:
(i) Natural disaster;
(ii) Civil disaster; or
(iii) Severe weather conditions.
(3) Education funding from State or local sources may not be reduced if
there are less than 180 school days in any year because of an approved application
under this subsection.
(4) In case of emergency, the State Board may open schools on holidays.

To me, this means you can only open on a public holiday by applying for a waiver after the weather event has happened, not as a planned contingency.  But I am no lawyer.[/quote]

Slightly OT, but what's with Easter Monday being a specific school holiday?  I don't know of any religious tradiitons requiring observation of Easter Monday as a holiday.  it doesn't make any sense to me.[/quote]

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