{"id":1314,"date":"2011-10-25T22:08:54","date_gmt":"2011-10-26T05:08:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/?p=1314"},"modified":"2011-10-25T22:08:54","modified_gmt":"2011-10-26T05:08:54","slug":"halloween-gives-stapleton-students-much-needed-break","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/?p=1314","title":{"rendered":"Halloween Gives Stapleton Students Much-Needed Break"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\t\"\"<\/a>\nDenver public school students have been working hard all year. They are up early and in the classroom learning by 8:15. They go to school five days a week, except for half of the day on Friday. Then, I guess, they recently had Labor Day off as well as two other days in September.\nTheir next full day off will not be until this Friday and then the following Monday (Halloween). That\u2019s a lot of days to be at school. In fact, according to the public school calendar, kids are in school for 171 days. That\u2019s almost half of a year. Some of those are half days, and of course, there are going to be sick days, and inevitably parents are going to sign their kids out of school for vacation or other events. But in the end, kids are still spending over 40% of their days in school. Is it time we considered a few more breaks for the kids?\nThe Stapletonion<\/em> has looked into some things and has come up with some ideas and is pushing for a movement to get some or all of the following days added to the kids \u201cno-student contact\u201d days.\n\n\n