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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Most teens don't take AP exams. Your post reeks of privilege.

Most low income people prefer school to go as long as possible into June for childcare issues.[/quote]

The entire Summer should be 10 weeks because we love the pool and travel to Europe and it is so great to hang out at the beach with the kids crowd. End school after AP exams and don’t restart until September because sports/activities/travel/family traditions/2 months of sleep away camp crowd don’t seem to understand that they are the minority in the County.

Most kids will not take an AP exam. Their academic lives in High School are not driven by AP exams. 
Most families don’t belong to a neighborhood pool. Those are expensive and there are limited slots. 
Most people are not taking extended vacations to the beach or any where else. Working parents, expenses, and the like. 
Most kids are not in a sport or activity that starts back before school starts.

Not changing the schedule to something that could benefit the majority of the County because the privileged few want to pay less for their beach vacation or more time at their community pool is ridiculous.

For the record, my family belongs to the community pool (it is dead in August) and fully expect my kid to take AP classes (both of us did, he is capable of it). But I get that my kids privilege does not drive the entire counties schedule. Plenty of families would be better off if summer vacation was shorter and the kids would end up with the same number of vacations, they would be placed at points in time that would be better for the kids and Teachers. [/quote]

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