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Anonymous wrote: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.

See, I don't get this. Kids love not going to school and playing video games all day, but that doesn't mean it will help their academic progress. I have always found the days off to be incredibly disruptive to my kids, especially my one child with ADHD who absolutely needs a struct routine.

My kids hate them. No kid loves them unless they have a SAHM parent who can take them to play. Most of us are just piecing together a plan to keep them sane and not fighting with one another or entertained. Everyone prefers routine.

Anonymous wrote:I just up the student holidays. Ridiculous! Sorry, but we don’t need off for every religious holiday. Give them a fall break, winter break, February break and spring break, like other secular countries. And, let them out two weeks earlier in June. It has to be impossible to teach with all the sporadic days off.

Nope! I use every single one of those “days off” to grade and catch up. It’s hard to get planning and grading done in the 45 minutes a day I get to prep. Those “days off” make me a better teacher.

It's not even about childcare. It's about routine and continuity and the upcoming school year is FULL of disruptive days off. It's ridiculous and someone should call attention to it. I recently wrote them all down in our calendar and the amount of 3 day weekends and random days off are just awful. I think October and April barely have any full weeks. January we all know is a disaster year after year. December is nothing. November has tons of days off. It really leaves so few full weeks.

Anonymous wrote: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.

See, I don't get this. Kids love not going to school and playing video games all day, but that doesn't mean it will help their academic progress. I have always found the days off to be incredibly disruptive to my kids, especially my one child with ADHD who absolutely needs a struct routine.

Anonymous wrote: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.

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

All the random “holidays” make the school year feel so long. They go back 8/22 but don’t get out until mid-June, that’s crazy. They could easily cut out a week’s worth of these one off days off for this or that and get out a week earlier in June.

https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/1062930.page
https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/1020144.page#2145801
https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/1051813.page

This has already been discussed ad nauseum. You’re late to the game, OP.

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.

Anonymous wrote:I just up the student holidays. Ridiculous! Sorry, but we don’t need off for every religious holiday. Give them a fall break, winter break, February break and spring break, like other secular countries. And, let them out two weeks earlier in June. It has to be impossible to teach with all the sporadic days off.

Agree. Totally BS.

Anonymous wrote:Who believes their goal is to teach children?

People like you should be permanently banned from posting on dcum.

Who believes their goal is to teach children?

This again?

That all go 180 days. They says just vary. You will be fine.

I just up the student holidays. Ridiculous! Sorry, but we don’t need off for every religious holiday. Give them a fall break, winter break, February break and spring break, like other secular countries. And, let them out two weeks earlier in June. It has to be impossible to teach with all the sporadic days off.