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Wednesday, September 28, 2005
The 180-Day Myth
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
For all these years, I’ve been under the impression that Georgia schoolchildren had to go to school for 180 days a year. I thought it was an ironclad policy, not up for debate. There are seven days in a week, and Georgia school kids are in class 180 days a year.
Well, a Fayette County history teacher points out in his op-ed piece today, that’s not the case.
Georgia code allows local boards to cancel up to four make-up days if the schoolyear ends on a Friday. Fayette County has never made up a show day, the teacher says.
Sheesh, I never knew. What’s next? Finding out that bananas aren’t really a good source of potassium?
The author of the op-ed piece laments that two days of teaching were stolen from him this week. Are two days of instruction significant? Should the school districts have to make up the days so the kids are in school 180 days?
