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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think the best solution is to make the days longer to be honest.  At the current school length, a lot of instructional time is "wasted" on much needed relationship building, especially in the secondary level.  If we were to make each class like 20 minutes longer we could allow for teachers to have that vital 10-15 minutes of relationship building each day and still have a solid 45 minutes of instruction.  This would allow for teachers to know their students better and for students to trust their teachers more.  I believe it would improve just about every aspect of the day from classroom management to performance.

You could then go to a 4 or 4.5 day school week and give staff and students a much needed break every week to reset.[/quote]

This would be killer for elementary schoolers. The day is already so long for them. They would do better with shorter days but more of them. They need consistency.[/quote]

I disagree. Our schools days in MCPS feel short to me compared to VA districts where ES is 8:40-3:40 and HS is 7:25-2:25. [/quote]

Maybe then MCPS would finally give elementary kids the required minimum amount of PE!!![/quote]

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