APS cutting instructional days from calendar

[Anonymous]

I heard from another parent that APS is going to be cutting the number of school days from a pre-pandemic levels. WHY!? And what can we do to stop it? This is getting absurd.

[Anonymous]

I am an administrator in APS and haven't heard anything about this, so I would ask your friend her source.

[Anonymous]

APS had something like 8 days over the state minimum, which is why the kids were able to miss two weeks of school from snow and not have any snow days

[Anonymous]

Has a calendar been recommended yet? It was supposed to have happened in November.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Has a calendar been recommended yet? It was supposed to have happened in November.

Yes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Has a calendar been recommended yet? It was supposed to have happened in November.

Yes.

https://go.boarddocs.com/vsba/arlington/Board.nsf/files/C99PRJ65E025/$file/H-1%202022-23%20School%20Year%20Calendar.pdf
If link doesn's twork. Go to apsva.us and find it under the Board docs for Dec 2nd school board meeting. Click view agenda, scroll down to the calendar on the agenda and click there.

[Anonymous]

This is a nice write up: https://mailchi.mp/528be250380d/arlingtonparentsforeducation?e=ad61583d3e

Looks like proposed calendar is being presented at the board meeting tomorrow. Duran recommends approval. shocker.

[Anonymous]

This is a non-issue. APE is trying to make something out of nothing. Instructional hours are what count, not number of school days.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is a non-issue. APE is trying to make something out of nothing. Instructional hours are what count, not number of school days.

Eh, tell that to all the people who work jobs and have to find care on random Wednesdays.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:APS had something like 8 days over the state minimum, which is why the kids were able to miss two weeks of school from snow and not have any snow days

It’s 39.2 hours over the minimum.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is a non-issue. APE is trying to make something out of nothing. Instructional hours are what count, not number of school days.

Eh, tell that to all the people who work jobs and have to find care on random Wednesdays.

Most working people who need care use extended day. I’m not sure if they still offer extended day only for early release but it was an option recently.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:APS had something like 8 days over the state minimum, which is why the kids were able to miss two weeks of school from snow and not have any snow days

It’s 39.2 hours over the minimum.

Yeah, except once the state tests are done, public schools tend to coast for the last few weeks of school, so one extra week over the state minimum isn't that impressive. Kids lost so much learning all over this country, they should use the extra time to make sure everyone has learned what they needed to these last 1.5 years.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is a non-issue. APE is trying to make something out of nothing. Instructional hours are what count, not number of school days.

Eh, tell that to all the people who work jobs and have to find care on random Wednesdays.

Teachers aren't being paid to be babysitters.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is a non-issue. APE is trying to make something out of nothing. Instructional hours are what count, not number of school days.

Eh, tell that to all the people who work jobs and have to find care on random Wednesdays.

Teachers aren't being paid to be babysitters.

Don't start this silliness again. Of COURSE school is childcare. It's not pejorative. It's factual.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:APS had something like 8 days over the state minimum, which is why the kids were able to miss two weeks of school from snow and not have any snow days

It’s 39.2 hours over the minimum.

Yeah, except once the state tests are done, public schools tend to coast for the last few weeks of school, so one extra week over the state minimum isn't that impressive. Kids lost so much learning all over this country, they should use the extra time to make sure everyone has learned what they needed to these last 1.5 years.

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