Am I the only one who sees how ridiculous it is that each school is allowed to set their own calendar?  This is problematic for so many reasons. It adds to inequity/imbalance.  It makes it challenging for teachers or staff who work at more than one school. And it makes it hard for parents with kids at different schools. As an example, I currently have kids at two different high schools. One had no school last Friday. The other had a half day.  Try keeping up with multiple school calendars all year!

And now we hear that this ridiculous latitude given to schools has led to a huge disparity in the number of instructional hours per school. 4J, please take control of your district and set a uniform calendar for all schools.