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Anonymous wrote:I guess I am in minority bc I am all for more school days and shorter summer breaks. Provided of course they are actually teaching and not just playing for three weeks following SOLs.

I also don't really care about shorter summers. Less summer camp I have to pay for.

Wait til you kids are older and want to do other things — the summer program one wants to do starts week of June 16. The sports camp on a college campus the other wants to do starts the same.

I would just pull them early.

Again, wait until your kids are older. In HS, the last days are not field days and class parties and movies. The last days are finals. They have AM and PM finals and the kids have to be there. When your kids are older, summer is part of building their college app.

So, either the last weeks in June are nothing after AP/SOL or they are finals? I thought this whole post was full of people saying nothing happened after June?

Elementary vs High School. Two different scenarios.

Yep! June in high school and June in elementary school cannot be any more different!

I have a high school junior and very often they are done with finals way before the end of school. It's pretty bad luck if you end up with a final in that last week.

Based on our experience (our kid and their friends), it's the lucky FEW who aren't going in that week.

The kids who will be impacted the most (as a group) are the juniors next year. For those with younger kids, the last week of school is for final exams. Each class period is assigned a time and students have to come in for that part of the day. I believe there was even a note sent out last year that the schedule would not be altered. The juniors/rising seniors are also the ones most likely to be enrolling in summer programs to help prepare them for college application season. Those programs often start early b/c most of the country is out of school by mid-June.

The 2024/25 seniors will have an extra short summer b/c they start college in early/mid August, so I hope many of them can do a senior experience to give them more space.

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Anonymous wrote:I guess I am in minority bc I am all for more school days and shorter summer breaks. Provided of course they are actually teaching and not just playing for three weeks following SOLs.

I also don't really care about shorter summers. Less summer camp I have to pay for.

Wait til you kids are older and want to do other things — the summer program one wants to do starts week of June 16. The sports camp on a college campus the other wants to do starts the same.

I would just pull them early.

Again, wait until your kids are older. In HS, the last days are not field days and class parties and movies. The last days are finals. They have AM and PM finals and the kids have to be there. When your kids are older, summer is part of building their college app.

So, either the last weeks in June are nothing after AP/SOL or they are finals? I thought this whole post was full of people saying nothing happened after June?

Elementary vs High School. Two different scenarios.

Yep! June in high school and June in elementary school cannot be any more different!

I have a high school junior and very often they are done with finals way before the end of school. It's pretty bad luck if you end up with a final in that last week.

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Anonymous wrote:I guess I am in minority bc I am all for more school days and shorter summer breaks. Provided of course they are actually teaching and not just playing for three weeks following SOLs.

I also don't really care about shorter summers. Less summer camp I have to pay for.

Wait til you kids are older and want to do other things — the summer program one wants to do starts week of June 16. The sports camp on a college campus the other wants to do starts the same.

I would just pull them early.

Again, wait until your kids are older. In HS, the last days are not field days and class parties and movies. The last days are finals. They have AM and PM finals and the kids have to be there. When your kids are older, summer is part of building their college app.

So, either the last weeks in June are nothing after AP/SOL or they are finals? I thought this whole post was full of people saying nothing happened after June?

Elementary vs High School. Two different scenarios.

Yep! June in high school and June in elementary school cannot be any more different!

AH, okay it wasn't clear to me that there was a difference since I have no idea I hope your kids are able to find other programs they love. I know that NYC public schools do not get out until the end of June and I imagine there are some similar districts across the nation, so hopefully there are other programs available.

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Anonymous wrote:I guess I am in minority bc I am all for more school days and shorter summer breaks. Provided of course they are actually teaching and not just playing for three weeks following SOLs.

I also don't really care about shorter summers. Less summer camp I have to pay for.

Wait til you kids are older and want to do other things — the summer program one wants to do starts week of June 16. The sports camp on a college campus the other wants to do starts the same.

I would just pull them early.

Again, wait until your kids are older. In HS, the last days are not field days and class parties and movies. The last days are finals. They have AM and PM finals and the kids have to be there. When your kids are older, summer is part of building their college app.

So, either the last weeks in June are nothing after AP/SOL or they are finals? I thought this whole post was full of people saying nothing happened after June?

Elementary vs High School. Two different scenarios.

Yep! June in high school and June in elementary school cannot be any more different!

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Anonymous wrote:I guess I am in minority bc I am all for more school days and shorter summer breaks. Provided of course they are actually teaching and not just playing for three weeks following SOLs.

I also don't really care about shorter summers. Less summer camp I have to pay for.

But now you have to pay for more random days off throughout the year.

I wish they'd add to the calendar rules that there cannot not be two non-consecutive days off/early releases in a single week.

In 2024 they have an early release on Wednesday (10/30), then a full day on Thursday (10/31), and no school on Friday (11/1, Diwali). It basically kills the whole end of the week. Move the early release to 10/31 and have a full day on 10/30. Don't have non-consecutive closures.

Great - We'll go on vacation starting that Wednesday. And they wonder why absences are so much higher. Add in a bunch of days off and people will turn it into a long weekend away.

My kids don't want to be away and miss Halloween. APS needs to move the early release to 10/31.

All early releases should be on Fridays (or a day immediately before a holiday, such as the 10/31 example).

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Anonymous wrote:I guess I am in minority bc I am all for more school days and shorter summer breaks. Provided of course they are actually teaching and not just playing for three weeks following SOLs.

I also don't really care about shorter summers. Less summer camp I have to pay for.

Wait til you kids are older and want to do other things — the summer program one wants to do starts week of June 16. The sports camp on a college campus the other wants to do starts the same.

I would just pull them early.

Again, wait until your kids are older. In HS, the last days are not field days and class parties and movies. The last days are finals. They have AM and PM finals and the kids have to be there. When your kids are older, summer is part of building their college app.

So, either the last weeks in June are nothing after AP/SOL or they are finals? I thought this whole post was full of people saying nothing happened after June?

Elementary vs High School. Two different scenarios.

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Anonymous wrote:I guess I am in minority bc I am all for more school days and shorter summer breaks. Provided of course they are actually teaching and not just playing for three weeks following SOLs.

I also don't really care about shorter summers. Less summer camp I have to pay for.

Wait til you kids are older and want to do other things — the summer program one wants to do starts week of June 16. The sports camp on a college campus the other wants to do starts the same.

I would just pull them early.

Again, wait until your kids are older. In HS, the last days are not field days and class parties and movies. The last days are finals. They have AM and PM finals and the kids have to be there. When your kids are older, summer is part of building their college app.

So, either the last weeks in June are nothing after AP/SOL or they are finals? I thought this whole post was full of people saying nothing happened after June?

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Anonymous wrote:I guess I am in minority bc I am all for more school days and shorter summer breaks. Provided of course they are actually teaching and not just playing for three weeks following SOLs.

I also don't really care about shorter summers. Less summer camp I have to pay for.

But now you have to pay for more random days off throughout the year.

I wish they'd add to the calendar rules that there cannot not be two non-consecutive days off/early releases in a single week.

In 2024 they have an early release on Wednesday (10/30), then a full day on Thursday (10/31), and no school on Friday (11/1, Diwali). It basically kills the whole end of the week. Move the early release to 10/31 and have a full day on 10/30. Don't have non-consecutive closures.

Great - We'll go on vacation starting that Wednesday. And they wonder why absences are so much higher. Add in a bunch of days off and people will turn it into a long weekend away.

My kids don't want to be away and miss Halloween. APS needs to move the early release to 10/31.

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Anonymous wrote:I guess I am in minority bc I am all for more school days and shorter summer breaks. Provided of course they are actually teaching and not just playing for three weeks following SOLs.

I also don't really care about shorter summers. Less summer camp I have to pay for.

Wait til you kids are older and want to do other things — the summer program one wants to do starts week of June 16. The sports camp on a college campus the other wants to do starts the same.

I would just pull them early.

Again, wait until your kids are older. In HS, the last days are not field days and class parties and movies. The last days are finals. They have AM and PM finals and the kids have to be there. When your kids are older, summer is part of building their college app.

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Anonymous wrote:I guess I am in minority bc I am all for more school days and shorter summer breaks. Provided of course they are actually teaching and not just playing for three weeks following SOLs.

I also don't really care about shorter summers. Less summer camp I have to pay for.

But now you have to pay for more random days off throughout the year.

I wish they'd add to the calendar rules that there cannot not be two non-consecutive days off/early releases in a single week.

PP here. I actually don't use paid care on those days. I work from home and the kids can entertain themselves for one day, but an entire summer is too much. But I get how that can be hard for other folks (although our school offers day off camps for a pretty low cost, lower than summer camp anyway)

Are you at an APS school? Or another district?

APS. The PTA sets up the camps.

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Anonymous wrote:I guess I am in minority bc I am all for more school days and shorter summer breaks. Provided of course they are actually teaching and not just playing for three weeks following SOLs.

I also don't really care about shorter summers. Less summer camp I have to pay for.

Wait til you kids are older and want to do other things — the summer program one wants to do starts week of June 16. The sports camp on a college campus the other wants to do starts the same.

I would just pull them early.

Anonymous wrote:June 18th was the end of school back when we started in September. This is ridiculous. I'm glad my kid will be a senior next year, but sad that the summer is going to be even shorter.

And so with the additional holidays (4 days), that's what happens. We used to start the day after Labor Day and now we start a week earlier. It all adds up.

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Anonymous wrote:I guess I am in minority bc I am all for more school days and shorter summer breaks. Provided of course they are actually teaching and not just playing for three weeks following SOLs.

I also don't really care about shorter summers. Less summer camp I have to pay for.

Wait til you kids are older and want to do other things — the summer program one wants to do starts week of June 16. The sports camp on a college campus the other wants to do starts the same.

So pull them from school early. Absolutely zero happens in those final days of school for any of the kids, younger or older.

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Anonymous wrote:I guess I am in minority bc I am all for more school days and shorter summer breaks. Provided of course they are actually teaching and not just playing for three weeks following SOLs.

I also don't really care about shorter summers. Less summer camp I have to pay for.

Wait til you kids are older and want to do other things — the summer program one wants to do starts week of June 16. The sports camp on a college campus the other wants to do starts the same.