Denver Public Schools Late-Start Schedule Days
We, the undersigned family members of Denver Public Schools students, find the district's decision to add six half-days of school to the current year's calendar to be grossly insensitive to the needs... continue reading »
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"It is impossible to arrange childcare for late-start days"
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"It has been hard for working parents including DPS teachers!"
"Three full days off (not six late-start days) is a win-win-win for students, pareants, and teachers. It would be nice to have Kaleidoscope Corner offered during the times off. Thank you."
"The half start days make it difficult for working parents"
"As a parent who does not work outside the home I can say that my home is filled with children who's parents are unable to find childcare and I am the only option other than having a parent miss work. I usually have children from at least 4-5 families drop"
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"This added randomity to what purpose?"
"This is a huge challenge for working moms and dads. In these times of economic uncertainty when jobs situations are precarious, it is extremely uncomfortable to have to request six half-days off to cover for kids for whom KC is not available. Please recon"
"Full days off works much better for everyone"
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"This change would simply the parents' lives and perhaps save them money regarding child care pick-ups/drop offs."
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"There are alreadey way to many days off!"
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"I wholeheartedly endorse the sentiments in this petition, parents have little enough time off without using 6 days where 3 would suffice either all at once or one per semester. On a related but seperate issue - why should the childrens education be dimini"
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"I think that this is ridiculous. I think that they currently have enough days out of school as it is. For single parents this is causing a hardship because everyone can't afford to take time off for these things. Some people may even lose there jobs becau"
