Why the heck is there no school on June 4?

[Anonymous]

Going through the calendar and convinced whoever made it has no kids. and no critical thinking skills.

[Anonymous]

election day

[Anonymous]

Primaries for the 2024 election

[Anonymous]

That one is a mystery, yes.

Especially since it results in the last day of school being a Monday. Wtf. So we have a random day off in the middle of the week in the last month of school, but then school ends on a Monday.

I do not usually complain about DCPS schedules but this one is really stupid.

[Anonymous]

Someone’s religious holiday? The Muslims (Eid), Hindus (divali) or Jews (Yom Kippur) perhaps?

[Anonymous]

June?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Someone’s religious holiday? The Muslims (Eid), Hindus (divali) or Jews (Yom Kippur) perhaps?

It's Election Day, as others have noted, but I think it's weird you don't realize that Eid generally coincides with Easter/Passover, Yom Kippur is always in the fall, and Diwali is generally in November/December. Also DCPS doesn't declare district-wide holidays for religious celebrations except to schedule winter break to coincide with Christmas (and sometimes Hanukkah) and there is always a long weekend that coincides with Easter (and sort of Passover).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Someone’s religious holiday? The Muslims (Eid), Hindus (divali) or Jews (Yom Kippur) perhaps?

This is comical. Are you a DCPS grad?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:That one is a mystery, yes.

Especially since it results in the last day of school being a Monday. Wtf. So we have a random day off in the middle of the week in the last month of school, but then school ends on a Monday.

I do not usually complain about DCPS schedules but this one is really stupid.

Ending on a Monday kills me. Like seriously who thought that was a good idea?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:That one is a mystery, yes.

Especially since it results in the last day of school being a Monday. Wtf. So we have a random day off in the middle of the week in the last month of school, but then school ends on a Monday.

I do not usually complain about DCPS schedules but this one is really stupid.

Ending on a Monday kills me. Like seriously who thought that was a good idea?

The school year is mandated to be 180 days and there are too many holidays, professional days, and assorted reasons why the calendar is set the way it is. But the school has to be 180 days, so they make it that way.

If the last day of school is a problem, don't send your kid to school. The last day is social, not educational. So, if it works, then send your kid to school. If it doesn't, keep them home and they can say their goodbyes to friends and such on the Friday before. My kids frequently say goodbyes with classmates a day or two early when the other kid says they won't be there on the last day. In fact, my kids say usually 1/4-1/2 of the kids are not there on the last day of school, regardless of what day of the week that will fall on. Many people make their arrangements for their own conveniences and if the kids miss the last day or two of school, it's NBD.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:That one is a mystery, yes.

Especially since it results in the last day of school being a Monday. Wtf. So we have a random day off in the middle of the week in the last month of school, but then school ends on a Monday.

I do not usually complain about DCPS schedules but this one is really stupid.

Ending on a Monday kills me. Like seriously who thought that was a good idea?

The school year is mandated to be 180 days and there are too many holidays, professional days, and assorted reasons why the calendar is set the way it is. But the school has to be 180 days, so they make it that way.

If the last day of school is a problem, don't send your kid to school. The last day is social, not educational. So, if it works, then send your kid to school. If it doesn't, keep them home and they can say their goodbyes to friends and such on the Friday before. My kids frequently say goodbyes with classmates a day or two early when the other kid says they won't be there on the last day. In fact, my kids say usually 1/4-1/2 of the kids are not there on the last day of school, regardless of what day of the week that will fall on. Many people make their arrangements for their own conveniences and if the kids miss the last day or two of school, it's NBD.

It’s still objectively silly (and peak DCPS) to end on a Monday.

[Anonymous]

It's election day as pointed out. You have a little over 9 months to plan for it.

[Anonymous]

I think many schools are used as election sites. Years ago my son's elementary school was an election site, and they also had school that day. I imagine it became too much to monitor with all the outside people entering the building and the loss of use of the cafeteria for the day (the largest room located nearest an exit). The cafeteria was used for classes as well as lunch so not necessarily an easy fix especially when the school was at capacity.

However I do agree that the last day of school being on Monday is ridiculous. When I start making summer plans I'm not going to take that Monday into consideration...if he's here great if he misses it NBD.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:That one is a mystery, yes.

Especially since it results in the last day of school being a Monday. Wtf. So we have a random day off in the middle of the week in the last month of school, but then school ends on a Monday.

I do not usually complain about DCPS schedules but this one is really stupid.

Ending on a Monday kills me. Like seriously who thought that was a good idea?

The school year is mandated to be 180 days and there are too many holidays, professional days, and assorted reasons why the calendar is set the way it is. But the school has to be 180 days, so they make it that way.

If the last day of school is a problem, don't send your kid to school. The last day is social, not educational. So, if it works, then send your kid to school. If it doesn't, keep them home and they can say their goodbyes to friends and such on the Friday before. My kids frequently say goodbyes with classmates a day or two early when the other kid says they won't be there on the last day. In fact, my kids say usually 1/4-1/2 of the kids are not there on the last day of school, regardless of what day of the week that will fall on. Many people make their arrangements for their own conveniences and if the kids miss the last day or two of school, it's NBD.

DP and listen, we'll deal with it. But it's not really just about individual kids. It's about the fact that having school end on a Monday or Tuesday also impacts when summer camps begin, and inevitably results in a weird week where there's no school but no camp availability. It's just another situation where working parents are left to piece together solutions to strange scheduling that the school district could have avoided with a little effort. But they don't prioritize working parents and generally just assume all families have a SAHP or nearby family who can help deal with stuff like this.

[Anonymous]

Schools are used as election day sites. For example, Hardy MS is a massive polling site.

I don't agree with that, but this is what the District does. Frankly, I think the city has enough large facilities to not need to disrupt the school year. Use houses of worship, rec centers, etc. It's silly to commandeer the schools.