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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have received no less than 3 emails asking me to sign petitions/letters to encourage the state legislature to pass this bill. I will not be signing and I hope this doesnt pass.

The bill carves out an exception for MCPS from every other school district in MD to not have a minimum number of days but only a minimum number of hours, in perpetuity. This is not just about this year, this is about how MCPS cares about our kids’ education into the future.

I’m frustrated as everyone else that MCPS is extending the school year until almost July, but simply exempting themselves out of requirements is not the solution. We need a better calendar. We need to recognize that not every group can get their holidays off (and I’m fully in favor of no group getting them off, including Christian holidays… and I’m not Christian, I’m Jewish for the record). We do not need to be reducing the amount of education available to our kids.

Do not sign the petitions and let your state reps know not to pass this bill. [/quote]

You’re honestly an idiot. Most states have either a minimum number of days or a minimum number of hours, not both. This isn’t about anytime trying to get out of anything. [/quote]

Then why wouldn’t they change this for the state writ large and not just a special carve out for MCPS? [/quote]

Talbot County has a similar bill pending. They really ought to change it for the whole state.

I think this bill is perfectly fine. Everyone complaining about why MCPS doesn't manage their snow days like Fairfax and Loudoun with a bunch of extra built in, this is how those districts manage it, because VA only requires 990 hours. You can't have it both ways. Loudoun has like 15+ snow days because their school day is longer. Maryland requires 1080 hours AND 180 days, which is stupid. The tack-on days are a pointless waste of resources, and so are the virtual days that other counties have started so they can claim on paper that they had a day of "school."[/quote]

Virginia also has the same requirements for private schools as for public. Maryland only requires that private schools be on campus 168 days. So their 4 days of “student led conferences”, orientation and graduation all count as school days.[/quote]

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