Calls are mounting to extend public school winter holidays to three weeks.

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Melissa Gillett, President of the WA Secondary School Education Association, informed Perth Today host Simon Beaumont that a three-week winter break has demonstrated a reduction in absences for both students and staff.

“We don’t want to cut down the amount of time that we’re teaching kids, it’s not about that; it’s about making sure that the time that we have with them is the best that we can be and they can be,” she said.

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