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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Kids love these days off..they break up the monotony of a long school year. Teachers generally don't mind them because days off here and there really aren't that disruptive to learning. The only ones who really care are...parents.

Not sure why we want kids to experience the same 9-5, 5 day a week grind of so many of their parents.[/quote]

Because many of us parents have to work and we need our kids in school while we work![/quote]

No matter how much you want it to be true, school is not daycare.  Teachers are not daycare providers.  You chose to have kids.  You choose to work.  It is 100% on you to figure this out.[/quote]

Aaaaaand that’s why I send my kids to private school. Teachers like this. [/quote]

I’m not a teacher.  I’m a parent who accepts responsibility for my kids.  I’ve never considered the school a daycare center.  [/quote]

Fine, if you say so. I used to teach in a public school. Watching teachers spin this kind of garbage is why my kids will never see the inside of a public school. [/quote]

I’m sure the schools are happy that you and your kids are gone. You sound like an entitled jerk.[/quote]

I do feel entitled to a functional school schedule, yes. And of COURSE it's child care. The people who deny it are making asses of themselves. [/quote]

You’re getting the state required instructional days/hours. That is all you are entitled to.[/quote]

Actually, we're not getting the required hours of INSTRUCTION b/c FCPS is fudging the numbers by counting 100 mins of "walk to the bus" and "walk to the classroom from the bus"-time as "instructional time"  --- when we all know that it is NOT instructional time.  You might think that is no big deal, but that 100 min of lost instructional time per week adds up to another week and a half of school lost b/c FCPS is being dishonest.  Lunch and recess don't count as "instructional" time.  Walking to the classroom from the bus or walking to the bus from the classroom are not legitimate instructional time.

Your math makes no sense at all. If my daughter is in school from 9:20 to 4:20, that is 7 hours. If I remove an hour for lunch and recess that is 6 hours. 6 hours x 180 days is 1080 hours, more than the requirement. No one is counting “walking to the bus” time. That happens prior to 9:20 and after 4:20. Please stop buying into every rumor you hear.

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^^ Sorry, just double checked the times. They go until 4:05pm. So 5 hours and 45 minutes x 180 = 1035. Still more than 990.[/quote]

Minor point:  you didn't count the 5 early release days as "half days" (which gets you to the 990).

More important point:  FCPS gives us "just enough" scheduled time to meet the requirements.... but have you ever considered what happens when there are snow days (i.e. no school), early release for weather, or 2 hr delays for weather --- WHEN THERE ARE NO MAKE UP DAYS?

If you only have 990 hours scheduled, and you tell people that they never have to make up snow days because the snow days are "built in" -- something is fishy!  If there are NO snow days/late arrivals/early releases (for weather), THEN your kid gets the required minimum.  If there are ANY snow days, delays, early releases throughout the year, your kid is simply getting gipped out of their required educational time.  Welcome to FCPS.[/quote]

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