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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Is it a discussion or a vote? My teacher friend made it sound like it was a vote. A lot of pressure to make March 20 a non-instruction day. It just sucks that Juneteenth and Primary election day fall during the makeup window pushing the last day later than ever.[/quote]

Both discussion and vote.[/quote]

Well don’t they need to know if we get a waiver or not? Wouldn’t that render some of this moot?[/quote]

I bet they got denied for the waiver.  Several other counties' waivers are up for a vote of approval at next week's state board of Ed meeting, but none for MCPS.  My guess is that means MSDE staff denied it, and the ones that are on the agenda are the ones MSDE recommends approving.[/quote]

The background memo from Taylor says the waiver was denied. They did not meet the requirements of applying for a waiver, so it did not have to go for a vote. [/quote]

From that memo: "The remaining option is to extend the school year beyond the approved last day of school; in fact Code of Maryland Annotated Regulations (COMAR) requires that school systems extend the school year by three days and modify the calendar within the school year in order to be eligible for a waiver of the instructional minimum requirements. [b]This was the basis on which the Maryland State Department of Education denied our request for a waiver of up to four days due to the extreme weather closures.[/b]"[/quote]

It's a real failure to apply for a waiver without even meeting the requirements of the law. [/quote]

So true. Does anyone in Central have a clue what is going on?[/quote]

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