But if the extra time is not instructional, I want the option of choosing how it's spent. You could work 9-5, you could work nights, you could have a nanny, you could take off from work early on a Monday to take your child to piano lessons. If they're doing the group sport at 1pm and math at 5:30 I don't have that option.
I don't see why the school day needs to be extended to incorporate lots of outside running around time. That's how my school was as a child and we all learned what we needed to in the instructional time. In a six and a half hour day we had an hour and a half of outside free play, and no homework.
Last edited by Tallulah; 10/27/10 03:01 PM.
