My high school had a fire last month and I have a feeling the workaround is making certain students go to school more than a legal limit.

A little background first. I am a high school junior that attends an afternoon CTE class that gives me both high school and college credit. Ever since the fire, I have to go to school every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday at a different school within the same system until one week past when school is supposed to let out (this includes spring break). Our days are also extended by an extra hour.

That wouldn’t sound too bad considering we only have to go to school three days a week. The problem is though, that my CTE class is every weekday. This means I only have a one day weekend on Sunday with no spring break whatsoever (even though my family has already payed for plane tickets). I don’t even have it as bad as some other kids. Some have to go to Governors School which lasts even longer than CTE classes.

My concern is that we are being overworked. Is there a legal limit to the amount of school hours a student is allowed to have in the state of Virginia? If so, what steps could a high schooler such as myself take to stand up against this?

Submitted February 25, 2020 at 07:12PM by avery-secret-account https://ift.tt/2wNAwA4