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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Arlington, Loudoun and Prince William Counties have all seen the light and shortened their winter breaks this year. They have 12 days (including weekends) and FCPS has 17 days (including weekends.)

That is ludicrous.

[b]Until we have a school board that stays in their own lane and puts educating our kids at the forefront of their mission,[/b] this is going to perpetuate. More staff development days, more religious holidays, longer winter and spring breaks…. Why do they have off Veteran’s Day?! They used to be in school and honor the Veterans with special programs. [/quote]

Comical complaint in a thread about the summer being too short.[/quote]

Seems fitting as the response was tied to the 17-day never ending winter break.

The calendar is so front-heavy with teacher workdays, staff development, federal holidays, religious holidays, etc… That is also when a lot of the assessments happen in ES.

But hey—there’s May with just ONE day off for Memorial Day. The month/holiday/time of year when kids would welcome extra time around that long weekend with nicer weather and pools being open.[/quote]

Most pools don't open until Memorial Day weekend and the water is cold.[/quote]

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