Days/ half days off for teacher development/ meetings

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My school does a lot of these and I am a little resentful. I understand that they feel these things are needed, however they always seem to do it as a half day on a weds or something like that which is impossible to plan for as a working parent. I don't get why they don't tack these onto existing holidays when it's easier to get a sustained plan in place. Do others have this same experience with their schools?

Why are you ... <checks notes> ... "resentful?" That defies logic and is such a bizarre outlook.

I’m a DP but I resent half days. They count as a full day for the days in school requirement but provide nothing but headaches for the parents. Take half as many days off— and all full days. Ideally the Friday’s before long weekends for teacher work days so parents can go on vacation and miss the traffic.

Come to Loudoun. We don't do half days ever.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:We have a full time nanny so things like this aren't a problem for us.

what a helpful comment. i hope you enjoy your day of being wholly non additive to the internet.

It IS a helpful comment. It shows how one family deals with the difficulties of half days at school with two working parents. It's a solution to a problem.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We have a full time nanny so things like this aren't a problem for us.

what a helpful comment. i hope you enjoy your day of being wholly non additive to the internet.

It IS a helpful comment. It shows how one family deals with the difficulties of half days at school with two working parents. It's a solution to a problem.

Sock puppet.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Parents really need more input into the school calendar. I like random days off as much as the next person but they could be much better planned (half days are pointless) and executed so families could use them for vacation and enrichment.

THIS
have them on mondays or fridays, for one. have them spaced out from other holidays. or right adjacent but not like - the week after.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We have a full time nanny so things like this aren't a problem for us.

what a helpful comment. i hope you enjoy your day of being wholly non additive to the internet.

Have you confused school with being child care?

this argument was fully debunked during covid.
school IS childcare because it negates the need for childcare when it is in session, and because it is impossible to hire childcare for 'one off' events. this has been clearly established at the time that 'school is not childcare' argument was revealed to be RIDICULOUSLY privileged POV. Assume you were at pilates when the many, many think pieces came out.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:All of the aftercare places offer day off camps.

not for random days off that aren't part of the county or state cal

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:All of the aftercare places offer day off camps.

not for random days off that aren't part of the county or state cal

What randomd days off arent, our aftercare offers care for any days half and full that the school facility is open. They take drop in students too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We have a full time nanny so things like this aren't a problem for us.

what a helpful comment. i hope you enjoy your day of being wholly non additive to the internet.

It IS a helpful comment. It shows how one family deals with the difficulties of half days at school with two working parents. It's a solution to a problem.

It's utterly unhelpful.
employing a full time nanny for kids who are in school is a. not achievable for the vast majority and b. not a novel idea to any human over the age of 10.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:All of the aftercare places offer day off camps.

not for random days off that aren't part of the county or state cal

What randomd days off arent, our aftercare offers care for any days half and full that the school facility is open. They take drop in students too.

our aftercare absolutley does not do this. there are camps for days the public schools are all off. that's it. and that was the case when we lived in florida also.

[Anonymous]

I am a teacher. I am your child's educator. I am not the babysitter. Take care of your own child.

[Anonymous]

Howard county has so many half days it’s ridiculous.

[Anonymous]

If you don't have time or resources to take care of your Kids, maybe don't have kids.

I would love fewer students in my classroom.

[Anonymous]

My kids go to private school. No teacher planning days at all but we do have a half day every Friday.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am a teacher. I am your child's educator. I am not the babysitter. Take care of your own child.

I do take care of my own child. I would like to take care of her over a four day weekend where we take a trip vs. a random Wednesday half day where we can’t do anything. This isn’t an irrational ask.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you don't have time or resources to take care of your Kids, maybe don't have kids.

I would love fewer students in my classroom.

If you don’t want to hear the views of parents maybe don’t go in to teaching.