Parents, teachers, and students alike were irritated by the scheduling of the first week of school. Wednesday, students reported for their first day of school, immediately followed by a four day weekend. Nothing like getting children back into the swing of things by giving them a vacation right after a summer vacation.

Complaints were heard by the creators of New York Magazine’s Approval Matrix. Understandably located much closer to the “despicable” line than the “brilliant” line, “City schools open with one day of class in the middle of the week. Not much hope for raising test scores if we can’t figure this kind of thing out.” Nicely put!

Check out the Approval Matrix.