Comments on: Va. Senate panel protects post-Labor Day school law

By: Jack Mcguire

Jack Mcguire — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 21:49:14 +0000

Why don’t the kids just attend the regular year,quit letting them off everytime it sprinkles.When I was a kid we went to school in knee deep snow. Stop the Barney approach with the poor little darlins and send them to school!

By: Other John

Other John — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 19:17:49 +0000

I grew up in a tourist area, Virginia Beach, and I worked in an industry heavily reliant upon tourist dollars for survival. I personally feel the issue should be left to local boards to decide. If they have heavy tourist industry concerns where high school-age labor is needed to make things work economically, then they should be able to set the school calendars accordingly. If tourism isn’t such a concern, then the schools should be able to schedule differently.

By: nate

nate — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 15:27:28 +0000

What losers. I propose that we all boycott Kings Dominion and all of the like until this law is rescinded.

By: SJ

SJ — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 02:03:20 +0000

This is absolutely ridiculous. Here – I understand the tourism industry’s point of view. Okay? King’s Dominion and the Beach area heavily enjoy the money coming in during June-August vacation folks. Got that.
But, see, the thing is, the setting of the school calendar should be set by the local school boards (heck, what are they there for then?)!

The lawmakers who voted against these bills are protecting the greedy tourism industry, folks. They should be ashamed that their vote is a direct support of the industry and a direct vote against the school systems across the Commonwealth.