March 5 student holiday for presidential primary voting

[Anonymous]

This just came in my kid’s school email newsletter. I didn’t have this marked as a day off on my calendar.

Important Calendar Update for March 5 Presidential Primary

The Fairfax Board of Elections has requested that schools be closed on Tuesday, March 5, to accommodate the administration of the 2024 presidential primary election.

March 5 will be a school holiday for students and a virtual School Planning Day. Central offices and school offices will remain open. SACC will remain open, as it does on other professional work days.

[Anonymous]

They just made the decision last week.

[Anonymous]

It was just added. The county asked FCPS to close schools because so many are polling sites and they need the parking lots cleared.

[Anonymous]

Well at least they didn’t wait until mid-February this time like they did in 2016

[Anonymous]

thanks for the heads up

[Anonymous]

Ugh.

Is there really a need to call off school?

The Ds already have their candidate, which means most of the voters in Ffx won't be voting. It ses like there is no need to call off school.

[Anonymous]

Could we please just move voting day to Saturday or Sunday like most other countries?!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ugh.

Is there really a need to call off school?

The Ds already have their candidate, which means most of the voters in Ffx won't be voting. It ses like there is no need to call off school.

Republicans are still having a primary.

And Dems might. Depends on if Marianna qualified in Virginia.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ugh.

Is there really a need to call off school?

The Ds already have their candidate, which means most of the voters in Ffx won't be voting. It ses like there is no need to call off school.

Republicans are still having a primary.

And Dems might. Depends on if Marianna qualified in Virginia.

And Dems can vote in the Republican primary, correct since we don’t register by party in VA?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ugh.

Is there really a need to call off school?

The Ds already have their candidate, which means most of the voters in Ffx won't be voting. It ses like there is no need to call off school.

Republicans are still having a primary.

And Dems might. Depends on if Marianna qualified in Virginia.

And Dems can vote in the Republican primary, correct since we don’t register by party in VA?

Correct. I’m voting but submitting a blank ballot.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Could we please just move voting day to Saturday or Sunday like most other countries?!

This would be something you should raise to your elected officials, not a public schools forum.

[Anonymous]

How about we stop using schools as polling places? What's wrong with libraries, community centers, and churches? There are plenty of those to go around.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How about we stop using schools as polling places? What's wrong with libraries, community centers, and churches? There are plenty of those to go around.

Schools are fine. They have large parking lots and large interior spaces. Just move voting to Saturdays and Sundays when school is not in session. Many people don’t work those days, so there’s no missed work time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How about we stop using schools as polling places? What's wrong with libraries, community centers, and churches? There are plenty of those to go around.

Unrealistic.

There aren’t enough publicly owned buildings (schools and libraries.) other states that rent out churches have to pay excessive amounts of money to do so.

This really isn’t a problem. It’s once every four years in March. They moved primaries to the third week in June two years ago so I doesn’t conflict with school and that’s been great. The November election falls on the end of the quarter.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Could we please just move voting day to Saturday or Sunday like most other countries?!

We have 45 days of early voting in Virginia.