Link: http://blogs.newsobserver.com/wakeed/wake-pta-praising-the-weekly-early-dismissals

Both the Wake County school board and new Wake County PTA Council praise the new early release policy that will be implemented as of today. Children will be released 1 hour early on Wednesday afternoons with a 2 1/2 hour early release every sixth Wednesday. In an attempt at maintaining the required number of instructional hours and days during the year, ten minutes will be added to each school day during the rest of the week.

This new policy will add more stress in the lives of families which have both parents working outside the home. Childcare during the middle of the day for an added hour once a week will be a nightmare to find. In reality, it promotes more latch-key kids.

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