Transition day August 25th

[Anonymous]

So this was included in part of the new calendar for 2025-26

"A new Student Transition Day will be introduced for the 2025-2026 School Year Calendar. This Student Transition Day, on Monday, Aug. 25, 2025, will be a re-imagined student orientation day to welcome students in kindergarten, third grade, sixth grade and ninth grade; students in any grade who are new to MCPS or new to a school; those who enroll through International Admissions; and students who receive special education services, language development supports or who are Emergent Multilingual Learners."

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That means most students first day of school would be Tuesday the 26th

I'm really hoping that KidsCo/KAH or other groups are allowed to operate that day because camps are closed. It will probably get messy though because usually when the school-aged child care places are open on non-instructional days they are using the gym or cafeteria or another big room in the building.

[Anonymous]

Day care will absolutely not be running in the buildings. Make other plans.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Day care will absolutely not be running in the buildings. Make other plans.

I wonder if KAH would make it a field trip day.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So this was included in part of the new calendar for 2025-26

"A new Student Transition Day will be introduced for the 2025-2026 School Year Calendar. This Student Transition Day, on Monday, Aug. 25, 2025, will be a re-imagined student orientation day to welcome students in kindergarten, third grade, sixth grade and ninth grade; students in any grade who are new to MCPS or new to a school; those who enroll through International Admissions; and students who receive special education services, language development supports or who are Emergent Multilingual Learners."

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That means most students first day of school would be Tuesday the 26th

I'm really hoping that KidsCo/KAH or other groups are allowed to operate that day because camps are closed. It will probably get messy though because usually when the school-aged child care places are open on non-instructional days they are using the gym or cafeteria or another big room in the building.

You have 259 days to figure out your childcare for August 25.

259.

[Anonymous]

Yeah I'm just posting about it now because I bet there are going to be people panicking about it in 250 days. 😁

[Anonymous]

The SMOB proposed that schools should invite parents to send their kids from any grade that day. They could still participate in the activities even though they wouldn't be new to the school. Staff said they are going to have a committee formed to iron out these kind of specifics of how transition day will work by March.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The SMOB proposed that schools should invite parents to send their kids from any grade that day. They could still participate in the activities even though they wouldn't be new to the school. Staff said they are going to have a committee formed to iron out these kind of specifics of how transition day will work by March.

Can we convert all the AMOB to SMOB? That would solve so many problems.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Day care will absolutely not be running in the buildings. Make other plans.

I wonder if KAH would make it a field trip day.

As a long-time KAH family, if they can make it a field trip day, they probably will. They're the best.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The SMOB proposed that schools should invite parents to send their kids from any grade that day. They could still participate in the activities even though they wouldn't be new to the school. Staff said they are going to have a committee formed to iron out these kind of specifics of how transition day will work by March.

Except that would defeat the purpose of it being a transition day. At which point it should go back to just being a transition/orientation half day for secondary schools. Many of which were already doing this the Thursday before school opened.

[Anonymous]

Again, I still do not understand: If this "transition day" is for K, 6 and 9, new transfer students or special education students, what is the guidance for all of the teachers and students for whom that DOES NOT apply to? Stay home?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The SMOB proposed that schools should invite parents to send their kids from any grade that day. They could still participate in the activities even though they wouldn't be new to the school. Staff said they are going to have a committee formed to iron out these kind of specifics of how transition day will work by March.

That makes no sense. What would be the point of that then?
DC's high school has always has a "transition day" that 9th graders, new students in any grade, and kids in other special populations are invited to attend. If the school was overrun with everyone who wanted to come it would not give the new students any opportunity to acclimate to the building and meet the teachers in a quiet and orderly way.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Again, I still do not understand: If this "transition day" is for K, 6 and 9, new transfer students or special education students, what is the guidance for all of the teachers and students for whom that DOES NOT apply to? Stay home?

It's just not a school day for them. I don't know why you don't understand. The elementary schools in our area always have a day the week before school when K students and parents can come visit. Assuming it's the same for MS and HS. Don't yours?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The SMOB proposed that schools should invite parents to send their kids from any grade that day. They could still participate in the activities even though they wouldn't be new to the school. Staff said they are going to have a committee formed to iron out these kind of specifics of how transition day will work by March.

Except that would defeat the purpose of it being a transition day. At which point it should go back to just being a transition/orientation half day for secondary schools. Many of which were already doing this the Thursday before school opened.

+1 Exactly. I like the idea of a required transition day. All of DD's schools did that and it was really helpful.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Again, I still do not understand: If this "transition day" is for K, 6 and 9, new transfer students or special education students, what is the guidance for all of the teachers and students for whom that DOES NOT apply to? Stay home?

It's just not a school day for them. I don't know why you don't understand. The elementary schools in our area always have a day the week before school when K students and parents can come visit. Assuming it's the same for MS and HS. Don't yours?

Correct. That's what I have experienced.

So if this new transition day is just the same thing we've always been doing, what was the point of making it an official part of the MCPS calendar and making it a non-instructional day?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Again, I still do not understand: If this "transition day" is for K, 6 and 9, new transfer students or special education students, what is the guidance for all of the teachers and students for whom that DOES NOT apply to? Stay home?

It's just not a school day for them. I don't know why you don't understand. The elementary schools in our area always have a day the week before school when K students and parents can come visit. Assuming it's the same for MS and HS. Don't yours?

Correct. That's what I have experienced.

So if this new transition day is just the same thing we've always been doing, what was the point of making it an official part of the MCPS calendar and making it a non-instructional day?

Because Taylor's previous school systems have done it that way and he liked it.