Petition for a Balanced Calendar in Cobb Schools

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/ #148 Re: Not Early August Start Date

2012-01-16 15:59

#144: Save our Summer - Not Early August Start Date 

 My thoughts exactly. Start school late August to early September and then do the balanced calendar thing. I do prefer a traditional school calendar for sure but my biggest complaint against the balanced calendar is the early start date. However, Cobb County has its mind made up that students cannot remember what they learned over the winter break so they MUST do finals before the break. The best performing schools in the nation(mostly in New England) do not have this policy. They all take finals after the break. This is why they won't go for the late start date. My argument is that if they cannot remember for 2 weeks they never learned it all.