Petition for a Balanced Calendar in Cobb Schools


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/ #57 Re: Re: Re: Look at Tax Revenue in Sept and Feb

2012-01-12 21:07

#55: Frustrated - Re: Re: Look at Tax Revenue in Sept and Feb

The teachers are a small, but important part of this equation. The reason why you see the petition being signed overwhelmingly by the parents is because the parents are looking at what's best for their kids, period. The parents believes in the frequent break periods in between. There are obvious advantages to having the breaks, and it is very similar to those school systems worldwide.

As far as the "Real World", I have between 10-15 PTO days in a calendar year. That means 3-weeks of vacation. I have no large, 2-month summer break. Globally, many countries competing against the US doesn't have such a large, summer break. And in the workplace, you can't take the summer off. A balanced calendar is more realistic to the real world than the traditional calendar.