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As a teacher, I continue to be shocked that parents are (seemingly?) not protesting summer break, especially given the amount of structured, in-person schooling lost due to Covid. I am personally in favor of an alternative calendar model and adding days to our school year.

My son is a toddler and will stay in childcare over the summer full time, and I am working my district's summer school program during the month of July.

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This makes me think of another theory I toss around: the new latchkey kids. I grew up in the 80s, the peak of the latchkey kids. My own elementary daughters are, in many ways, a new generation of latchkeys. Parents are home, but they're on virtual meetings, so kids are left to fend for themselves during the afternoon. In some ways I find it sad, but I suppose better than the 80s iteration. And anyway, even though my mom was home, I certainly don't remember spending much with her after school. Maybe it does give kids more freedom, or as much as we can stomach in 2022.

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