Recently, there has been a debate about the San Mateo Union High School District and the Millbrae School District's school calendar. In Millbrae, Taylor Middle School and other elementary schools in Millbrae are part of the Millbrae School District. However, Mills high School is part of the San Mateo Union High School District. The two school districts should communicate and have the same amount of days and vacation days. As a result, this would be more manageable for the families. Mills high school and Taylor middle school both have the same thanksgiving break and spring break. However, the winter break is not the same. On the other hand, Mills high school starts school in early August due to mid- terms and finals. Mills high school starts on August 14th, but Taylor and other elementary schools in Millbrae starts on August 27th. The San Mateo Union High School District wants all the high schools for students to be able to finish their mid-term before winter break, instead of doing it after their winter break.
Mills high school has a total of 183 school days. Rather, Taylor middle school has a total of 180 school days. There is 175 school days that overlap which is good, but there still is 5 days that don't overlap. Therefore, both districts should communicate and try to have the exact calendar dates.
For example, a parent might have child that is a 7th grader and attends Taylor Middle School while she has another child that attends Mills high School. They both have different vacation days because the calendar in both districts are not the same. Then, the parent may be wanting to go on a vacation during winter break, but there are only 12 days that overlap. Mills high school has their winter break on December 21st through January 8th while Taylor middle school has their winter break on December 24th through January 4th. This will cause a harder times on the families. 
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