Childcare missed in calendar talk

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Dear editor,

Regarding your article on Noblesville schools exploring a balanced calendar, I am disappointed that in the midst of evaluating all the factors that a balanced calendar would impact that there has been no mention of childcare.

In general discussions on the subject, as well as your article and social media posts, much of the focus seems to be on vacations.

As a working Noblesville parent, I am far less concerned with my vacation plans than with my day-to-day juggling of before school, after school, school break and summer childcare.

The complexity of shuffling my children from schedule to schedule and setting to setting throughout the year is already challenging, and frankly a balanced calendar – with more variation for longer periods – would increase that challenge. Not to mention that childcare options that are available to cover mid-year school breaks are less enriching compared to programs offered over the summer.

I realize the balanced calendar measure is popular and likely to be implemented, but I think it’s a shame that the issue of childcare does not appear to have been raised in the discussions.

Marnie Cooke

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