Schools Should Be Shorter School Hours

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Who wants longer school days hours ? Why should we if it is already long enough. They Should reduce the hours back. We should reduce the hours to six. School is prison

School is long. School is 7 hours a day. If they extend to 9 hours than we would be missing out on a lot of important things such as family meeting , funerals, and family success. School is already five daysa week so why would they extend the hours longer.

School gives to much work already. If they extend the school hours we will get more work on a daily bases. If they co

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