WHY aren't our children being educated on Mondays?

[Anonymous]

When FCPS used to have half day Mondays, the whole half day was used up in meetings. The WHOLE thing. Useless meetings. Teachers hated it. I suspect this is the same. Blame admin, not teachers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:When FCPS used to have half day Mondays, the whole half day was used up in meetings. The WHOLE thing. Useless meetings. Teachers hated it. I suspect this is the same. Blame admin, not teachers.

Plus, I was a parent in those half day Mondays. And before, teachers say it— yes it was a childcare nightmare. As my kids got older, I used Mason students as after school nannies, so my kids could do sports and activities. And trying to find people available after school but a half day on Monday was a mess. A shorter school day all week— fine. But the one dofferent day was tough on working parents.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:No education at our FCPS school on Mondays. Whatever the teachers do all day doesn’t involve any of my 3 dc. Two of them never even meet in small groups any day of the week. Why? Who knows.

Meetings don't usually involve students.

When do these meetings happen with normal 5 days/week in person?

When kids were in specials, or a sub would come in. Remember the posts complaining about how often there was a sub, assuming the teacher was at the spa or something? Some of that was for meetings.

But school ends at noon every day for elementary kids now....

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No education at our FCPS school on Mondays. Whatever the teachers do all day doesn’t involve any of my 3 dc. Two of them never even meet in small groups any day of the week. Why? Who knows.

Meetings don't usually involve students.

When do these meetings happen with normal 5 days/week in person?

When kids were in specials, or a sub would come in. Remember the posts complaining about how often there was a sub, assuming the teacher was at the spa or something? Some of that was for meetings.

But school ends at noon every day for elementary kids now....

My 4th grader is done by 10:30.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:When FCPS used to have half day Mondays, the whole half day was used up in meetings. The WHOLE thing. Useless meetings. Teachers hated it. I suspect this is the same. Blame admin, not teachers.

Plus, I was a parent in those half day Mondays. And before, teachers say it— yes it was a childcare nightmare. As my kids got older, I used Mason students as after school nannies, so my kids could do sports and activities. And trying to find people available after school but a half day on Monday was a mess. A shorter school day all week— fine. But the one dofferent day was tough on working parents.

So a childcare issue, not a lack of teaching issue. Interesting.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:When FCPS used to have half day Mondays, the whole half day was used up in meetings. The WHOLE thing. Useless meetings. Teachers hated it. I suspect this is the same. Blame admin, not teachers.

Plus, I was a parent in those half day Mondays. And before, teachers say it— yes it was a childcare nightmare. As my kids got older, I used Mason students as after school nannies, so my kids could do sports and activities. And trying to find people available after school but a half day on Monday was a mess. A shorter school day all week— fine. But the one dofferent day was tough on working parents.

So a childcare issue, not a lack of teaching issue. Interesting.

We’ve been saying that for a minute. Parents get mad when their b!tchslapped with the truth thO

[Anonymous]

Are there any teacher on here that agree that they are shortchanging kids by asynchronous Monday’s? My kid is a high achiever in a competitve middle school. HE lays around on Monday’s. Mine can’t be the only one. He is also getting all A’s so I can’t expect more. He deserves a 5 day a week education. This is sort of nuts that FCPS has gotten away with stealing from him and his peers for a whole year now.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:When FCPS used to have half day Mondays, the whole half day was used up in meetings. The WHOLE thing. Useless meetings. Teachers hated it. I suspect this is the same. Blame admin, not teachers.

Plus, I was a parent in those half day Mondays. And before, teachers say it— yes it was a childcare nightmare. As my kids got older, I used Mason students as after school nannies, so my kids could do sports and activities. And trying to find people available after school but a half day on Monday was a mess. A shorter school day all week— fine. But the one dofferent day was tough on working parents.

So a childcare issue, not a lack of teaching issue. Interesting.

We’ve been saying that for a minute. Parents get mad when their b!tchslapped with the truth thO

Honey, school IS daycare. Teachers are daycare workers. No real learning occurs during the school day. Parents need schools open so they can work, and then they can teach (or pay a tutor to teach) in the evenings, on weekends, and during summers.

Your education degree (degree in coloring) is a joke. That’s why you make pennies. Open the schools and babysit our kids so we can get some work done!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:When FCPS used to have half day Mondays, the whole half day was used up in meetings. The WHOLE thing. Useless meetings. Teachers hated it. I suspect this is the same. Blame admin, not teachers.

Plus, I was a parent in those half day Mondays. And before, teachers say it— yes it was a childcare nightmare. As my kids got older, I used Mason students as after school nannies, so my kids could do sports and activities. And trying to find people available after school but a half day on Monday was a mess. A shorter school day all week— fine. But the one dofferent day was tough on working parents.

So a childcare issue, not a lack of teaching issue. Interesting.

We’ve been saying that for a minute. Parents get mad when their b!tchslapped with the truth thO

Are you twelve?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:When FCPS used to have half day Mondays, the whole half day was used up in meetings. The WHOLE thing. Useless meetings. Teachers hated it. I suspect this is the same. Blame admin, not teachers.

Plus, I was a parent in those half day Mondays. And before, teachers say it— yes it was a childcare nightmare. As my kids got older, I used Mason students as after school nannies, so my kids could do sports and activities. And trying to find people available after school but a half day on Monday was a mess. A shorter school day all week— fine. But the one dofferent day was tough on working parents.

If I’ve learned anything this year, it’s that teachers really give a F about the woes of working parents. They are NOT babysitters, remember? I hope every teacher cringes whenever they are called a “hero.” They abandoned our children. I will never forget.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:When FCPS used to have half day Mondays, the whole half day was used up in meetings. The WHOLE thing. Useless meetings. Teachers hated it. I suspect this is the same. Blame admin, not teachers.

Plus, I was a parent in those half day Mondays. And before, teachers say it— yes it was a childcare nightmare. As my kids got older, I used Mason students as after school nannies, so my kids could do sports and activities. And trying to find people available after school but a half day on Monday was a mess. A shorter school day all week— fine. But the one dofferent day was tough on working parents.

If I’ve learned anything this year, it’s that teachers really give a F about the woes of working parents. They are NOT babysitters, remember? I hope every teacher cringes whenever they are called a “hero.” They abandoned our children. I will never forget.

We are never called heroes lololol!! EVERYONE calls us lazy babysitters.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:When FCPS used to have half day Mondays, the whole half day was used up in meetings. The WHOLE thing. Useless meetings. Teachers hated it. I suspect this is the same. Blame admin, not teachers.

Plus, I was a parent in those half day Mondays. And before, teachers say it— yes it was a childcare nightmare. As my kids got older, I used Mason students as after school nannies, so my kids could do sports and activities. And trying to find people available after school but a half day on Monday was a mess. A shorter school day all week— fine. But the one dofferent day was tough on working parents.

So a childcare issue, not a lack of teaching issue. Interesting.

We’ve been saying that for a minute. Parents get mad when their b!tchslapped with the truth thO

Honey, school IS daycare. Teachers are daycare workers. No real learning occurs during the school day. Parents need schools open so they can work, and then they can teach (or pay a tutor to teach) in the evenings, on weekends, and during summers.

Your education degree (degree in coloring) is a joke. That’s why you make pennies. Open the schools and babysit our kids so we can get some work done!

No. Parent the kids you chose to have.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:When FCPS used to have half day Mondays, the whole half day was used up in meetings. The WHOLE thing. Useless meetings. Teachers hated it. I suspect this is the same. Blame admin, not teachers.

Plus, I was a parent in those half day Mondays. And before, teachers say it— yes it was a childcare nightmare. As my kids got older, I used Mason students as after school nannies, so my kids could do sports and activities. And trying to find people available after school but a half day on Monday was a mess. A shorter school day all week— fine. But the one dofferent day was tough on working parents.

So a childcare issue, not a lack of teaching issue. Interesting.

We’ve been saying that for a minute. Parents get mad when their b!tchslapped with the truth thO

My middle schoolers and high schooler don't need babysitters

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Are there any teacher on here that agree that they are shortchanging kids by asynchronous Monday’s? My kid is a high achiever in a competitve middle school. HE lays around on Monday’s. Mine can’t be the only one. He is also getting all A’s so I can’t expect more. He deserves a 5 day a week education. This is sort of nuts that FCPS has gotten away with stealing from him and his peers for a whole year now.

Wow. You are like a caricature.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Are there any teacher on here that agree that they are shortchanging kids by asynchronous Monday’s? My kid is a high achiever in a competitve middle school. HE lays around on Monday’s. Mine can’t be the only one. He is also getting all A’s so I can’t expect more. He deserves a 5 day a week education. This is sort of nuts that FCPS has gotten away with stealing from him and his peers for a whole year now.

Wow. You are like a caricature.

I teach an ES grade and we do small groups after Morning Meeting on Mondays. If I had the PP as a student I would make note of the writing and probably plan to meet in a small group or writing conference to go over the difference between plurals and apostrophe s possessives.