Anonymous wrote:Is anyone else bothered by the absurd # of planned days off in the school year?

Not to name names, but our school's spring break this year is 8 school days. And it seems like they never have a full week of school without some kind of late start, early dismissal, or day off.

I know the school would not want to hear this type of complaint, but I wonder if they ever feel sheepish putting out the school calendar?

I don't know how the school feels, but I feel sheepish when I put in time off requests at my job. I'm glad they build in professional days, but it does feel like a schedule built by a community with a lot of SAHMs.

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Anonymous wrote:You would hate UK private schools. Three terms in a school year. Each term has a one week half-term break, then about 3 weeks in between terms.

I would love for our school systems to adopt this. I think kids would actually be more motivated.

Omg, my british husband would watch so many movies at home on his breaks... it was not like young kids were going in 4-5 three week vacations a year or doing mini internships. He would just work out and watch movies.

School system very different there w A levels and only four subjects the last two years of HS.
Also the application process to colleges- test scores, transcript, interview is another academic test, plus HoS politics telling you where to or not apply.
The in university it is teach-yourself and discuss with your small team.
And they finally got some career services going the last few years as well as endowments since it is no longer 100% taxpayer funded— that only lasted 15-20 years before the budget blew out.

Anonymous wrote:You would hate UK private schools. Three terms in a school year. Each term has a one week half-term break, then about 3 weeks in between terms.

I would love for our school systems to adopt this. I think kids would actually be more motivated.

My guess is that (if your school is like ours), the extra days tacked on aren't days off for staff; they're professional development days. So the school staff are still working, but they're doing things that they can't do with the kids there. Public schools have them too (even more of them, in fact, where we live--plus the kids get out early one day every week for the whole year!) I actually appreciate that our school coordinates them with breaks vs. the random days off that friends have in public.

Anonymous wrote:I guess none of you have high school kids. Half of spring break is taken away for sports training. Without two weeks off, high school kids would get no time off. It drives the schedule for the rest of the school. Once your kids are in high school though, you will really appreciate those two weeks. Or at least your kids will.

Sports drives the school schedule, good grief

Anonymous wrote:Fir private schools: # of school days is inverse proportion to the amount you pay.

The more you pay, the more you play.

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Anonymous wrote:Is anyone else bothered by the absurd # of planned days off in the school year?

Not to name names, but our school's spring break this year is 8 school days. And it seems like they never have a full week of school without some kind of late start, early dismissal, or day off.

I know the school would not want to hear this type of complaint, but I wonder if they ever feel sheepish putting out the school calendar?

You would be really unhappy then at our school. 10 full days off for spring break.

OP here. I think I find all the days off bothersome because DH and I are both working full time to pay tuition for our two kids. If I were a SAHM or had an awesome trip to Europe planned to spring break, I am sure I would love all the days off.

Wow. You didn't know this when you contemplated children? You should've planned accordingly as 8+ days for spring break is not out of the ordinary. And I'm sure the school sent out a calendar. You sound disorganized. You must have a personal secretary who handles your schedule at work.

I'm not the op, but come on, no, before having kids I never got out the school calendar and looked the days off. Nor did anyone else.

Were you homeschooled? How could you not know this?????

Because I actually attended.school. We didn't have spring break nor did teachers get a "work day" at the end of each grading period.