No, it isn't. Staff will get paid if they have to work those days. This notion that "they owe us days because they got paid before" isn't anything other than footstomping by some Mad Mommy of MoCo. |
It is quite a level of hubris to say you can predict the decisions of MCPS when they are the most inconsistent decision makers around and no two years have been the same. |
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Well they did the same thing last year. So it doesn’t take a great mind to predict that the school year would extend further into June. Sorry your HS kid is so put out by shifting schedules that impact a summer camp job. Other kids are happy to have a place to go to get an education and meals. |
Please report back what your kid learns on that last week. How old are they? |
I don't need to justify the importance of a school day to a helicopter parent who only cares that their privileged HS kid may not be able to have her part-time job at a summer camp go as smoothly as plan. I sent both my kids last year (ES/MS) and they both said they learned and enjoyed spending time with their teacher and friends. Sorry you don't value education or think your child's school is capable of adding value in June. |
I'm not the poster you're replying to, but why are saying a high schooler with a summer job is necessarily privileged? Lots of kids have summer jobs; probably more common with working class than rich kids. |
Possibly. But generally more likely that summer camps hire prior campers they're familiar with, or who have done CIT. These aren't the richest kids, but if you're been a regular summer camper throughout your life, you're certainly not poor. |
For sleepaway camp, yes, that's generally affluent families that do that. But a lot of kids want or need retail/pool/day camp/etc summer jobs and they can't be in school until July and still be able to do them. |
If you really need the money, you'd have a job during the school year, not just for summer camp... |
Seems wrong to me. MCPS contract has specifies a certain number of "duty days" that teachers are paid for. I think this is something like 195 days.The days you had off for snow were not duty days. Now you get added duty days back. You don't get paid more. |
+1 This happened last year. MCPS never learns from its mistakes. |
| Family in other states get out in early June and goes back by mid August. Both coasts. Maryland seems misaligned to go through almost Fourth of July! We are usually jammed up in late June and early July trying to see family. August is long and boring. |
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For anyone who wants to email state reps, here is the info:
Official Bill Number: HB1084 (2026) Title: Montgomery County – County Board of Education – School Operation Requirements Summary: Authorizes Montgomery County to meet either the minimum school day count or the minimum instructional hours requirement. katiefry.hester@senate.maryland.gov>, <craig.zucker@senate.maryland.gov>, <sara.love@senate.maryland.gov>, <cheryl.kagan@senate.maryland.gov>, <jeff.waldstreicher@senate.maryland.gov>, <ben.kramer@senate.maryland.gov>, <will.smith@senate.state.md.us>, <nancy.king@senate.state.md.us>, <chao.wu@house.maryland.gov>, <natalie.ziegler@house.maryland.gov>, <anne.kaiser@house.maryland.gov>, <marc.korman@house.maryland.gov>, <sarah.wolek@house.maryland.gov>, <teresa.woorman@house.maryland.gov>, <julie.palakovichcarr@house.maryland.gov>, <ryan.spiegel@house.maryland.gov>, <joe.vogel@house.maryland.gov>, <aaron.kaufman@house.maryland.gov>, <emily.shetty@house.maryland.gov>, <jared.solomon@house.maryland.gov>, <charlotte.crutchfield@house.maryland.gov>, <bonnie.cullison@house.maryland.gov>, <vaughn.stewart@house.maryland.gov>, <lorig.charkoudian@house.state.md.us>, <david.moon@house.state.md.us>, <jheanelle.wilkins@house.state.md.us>, <gabriel.acevero@house.state.md.us>, <lesley.lopez@house.state.md.us>, <greg.wims@house.state.md.us> |
Email them what? That MCPS should have had more than 1 snow in the calendar? That MCPS should have prepared and submitted the virtual learning for weather emergencies plan it promised to do in 2024? That MCPS should use the 3 makeup days it used as makeup days? At this point it's just chaos. |