[grellis]

I don't buy that for a second, not in our school district, which has a quicksand tax base. Field day I have no problem with, as long as it takes place during regularly sceduled PE combined with recess time, not the whole day. In-school teaching ends on the last day of the school year when the bell rings, period. Thank God my kids have teachers who think like that, and are actually interested in educating their students. Our district can't afford to waste teaching hours on this kind of BS. Our budget is so atrocious every second counts.

[pillut48]

If you think teaching happens right up to the last minute of the last day of school, it’s apparent you’ve never actually spent time at your child’s school on the last day of school!
Maybe private schools, but it doesn’t happen in public schools, at least not in the several school systems I’ve taught in over the years. :-)

[luckystarmom]

My 7th grade son has done nothing in school this whole week: Tuesday & Wednesday were half days, and today they are having a carnival.

When I was in middle school, the last couple of days of the semester were for final exams. My son has never taken a final exam in his life.