Part 3:
Examining more data from the State Dept of Education website and saw some remarkable new information. All data is taken via downloads from www.mdreportcard.org
Again MCPS ranked poorly compared to other Maryland school systems.
MCPS has an approximately 3/4 of an hour per day shorter school day then the four districts with the longest school day.
That is the equivalent of aproximately 20 additonal school days over the course of the 175 day school year.
Bob Astrove
| County Name | Hours Per Day Average |
| Kent | 7.1 |
| Baltimore City | 7.0 |
| Somerset | 7.0 |
| Queen Anne's | 7.0 |
| Saint Mary's | 6.9 |
| Worcester | 6.9 |
| Wicomico | 6.8 |
| Caroline | 6.8 |
| Washington | 6.7 |
| Carroll | 6.7 |
| Calvert | 6.7 |
| Howard | 6.7 |
| Cecil | 6.7 |
| Garrett | 6.6 |
| Dorchester | 6.6 |
| Anne Arundel | 6.6 |
| Harford | 6.6 |
| Baltimore County | 6.5 |
| Charles | 6.5 |
| Allegany | 6.5 |
| Frederick | 6.4 |
| Montgomery | 6.3 |
| Talbot | 6.2 |
| Prince George's | 6.1 |
| All Public Schools | 6.6 |
One of the biggest cultural socks that immigrant parents who come from South Korea and Taiwan is how short our school day is. I remember once a parent made a formal complaint because in her country the school day lasted until 5pm.
ReplyDeleteA quick look at HCPS website shows that Howard Co. middle schools are in session for the same amount of hours as MCPS. Not sure how they can have .4 more hours.
ReplyDeleteI think MCPS has a 184 scheduled school days... or something like that. It's 180 required by law.
ReplyDeleteThat must be the "shorter time" argument...they are spreading the time over 4 extra days. I know that HoCo doesn't have as many built in days as MCPS. Talk about misleading data.
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