When did DCPS change 4/10 to 1/2 day?

[Anonymous]

I just got an email about this from our school.
I double checked the DCPS calendar and it says "No School for Students"
https://dcps.dc.gov/publication/school-year-2022-2023-calendar

I try and keep up on these things - but clearly I failed. Can someone clarify when this was announced.

[Anonymous]

I didn’t get an email from our school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I didn’t get an email from our school.

Maybe it is coming out later today? I got it this morning

[Anonymous]

Me neither.

[Anonymous]

DCPS did announce the changes to first day of school and some other adjustments for SY23-24 and beyond in an email last week.

[Anonymous]

Wait, what did your email say? That it was a 1/2 day for students? DCPS does not do half days.

Are you sure you aren't misunderstanding? It has always been no school for students as it's end of term and professional development day. I don't know how they would switch it to a half day because teachers have to do end of term records plus have PD scheduled -- there's no time to teach.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DCPS did announce the changes to first day of school and some other adjustments for SY23-24 and beyond in an email last week.

Ok but that's not about 4/10 of this year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wait, what did your email say? That it was a 1/2 day for students? DCPS does not do half days.

Are you sure you aren't misunderstanding? It has always been no school for students as it's end of term and professional development day. I don't know how they would switch it to a half day because teachers have to do end of term records plus have PD scheduled -- there's no time to teach.

Maybe I misunderstood. I bolded the part I thought relevant of the email I just received:
DCPS Half-day School-based PD/Half-day Records Keeping (4/10). SWW will email a class schedule and dismissal time to parents and students this week.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DCPS did announce the changes to first day of school and some other adjustments for SY23-24 and beyond in an email last week.

I find it interesting that they changed the 1st day of school - added a PD day - and kept the last day of school a MONDAY!
Congratulations DCPS in moving the deck chairs and not making changes that you really should be.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wait, what did your email say? That it was a 1/2 day for students? DCPS does not do half days.

Are you sure you aren't misunderstanding? It has always been no school for students as it's end of term and professional development day. I don't know how they would switch it to a half day because teachers have to do end of term records plus have PD scheduled -- there's no time to teach.

Maybe I misunderstood. I bolded the part I thought relevant of the email I just received:
DCPS Half-day School-based PD/Half-day Records Keeping (4/10). SWW will email a class schedule and dismissal time to parents and students this week.

1/2 day PD + 1/2 day record-keeping = whole day

The part about class schedules doesn't make sense

[Anonymous]

It could be AP test prep? My kid has test prep for his AP class on Monday.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DCPS did announce the changes to first day of school and some other adjustments for SY23-24 and beyond in an email last week.

I find it interesting that they changed the 1st day of school - added a PD day - and kept the last day of school a MONDAY!
Congratulations DCPS in moving the deck chairs and not making changes that you really should be.

It makes zero sense. It’s like they have never met children before. Who ends school on a Monday?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wait, what did your email say? That it was a 1/2 day for students? DCPS does not do half days.

Are you sure you aren't misunderstanding? It has always been no school for students as it's end of term and professional development day. I don't know how they would switch it to a half day because teachers have to do end of term records plus have PD scheduled -- there's no time to teach.

Maybe I misunderstood. I bolded the part I thought relevant of the email I just received:
DCPS Half-day School-based PD/Half-day Records Keeping (4/10). SWW will email a class schedule and dismissal time to parents and students this week.

1/2 day PD + 1/2 day record-keeping = whole day

The part about class schedules doesn't make sense

It's this. It's a full day off but DCPS divides it between records and professional development because it's a full work day for teachers.

I actually was thrown by this in the exact same way when we were in PK because of the way DCPS lists it on the calendar. Fortunately our PK teacher set me straight.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DCPS did announce the changes to first day of school and some other adjustments for SY23-24 and beyond in an email last week.

I find it interesting that they changed the 1st day of school - added a PD day - and kept the last day of school a MONDAY!
Congratulations DCPS in moving the deck chairs and not making changes that you really should be.

It makes zero sense. It’s like they have never met children before. Who ends school on a Monday?

It just ensures a bunch of kids will be absent. It will wind up being a movie/reward day for kids. But it would be so much easier of the school year just ended on a Thursday or Friday, in terms of lining up summer camp and other childcare, or scheduling vacations. My work is not based in DC and they are always so confused by my time off requests around the end of the year because DCPS goes so late, ends school on weird days, and then there's always this difficulty with camp. Sigh.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wait, what did your email say? That it was a 1/2 day for students? DCPS does not do half days.

Are you sure you aren't misunderstanding? It has always been no school for students as it's end of term and professional development day. I don't know how they would switch it to a half day because teachers have to do end of term records plus have PD scheduled -- there's no time to teach.

Maybe I misunderstood. I bolded the part I thought relevant of the email I just received:
DCPS Half-day School-based PD/Half-day Records Keeping (4/10). SWW will email a class schedule and dismissal time to parents and students this week.

1/2 day PD + 1/2 day record-keeping = whole day

The part about class schedules doesn't make sense

It's this. It's a full day off but DCPS divides it between records and professional development because it's a full work day for teachers.

I actually was thrown by this in the exact same way when we were in PK because of the way DCPS lists it on the calendar. Fortunately our PK teacher set me straight.

half-day school based PD: teachers need to be in school for professional development
half-day records keeping: teachers have time for records keeping and they can go elsewhere to do that.

Kids are home.