Will voting out the school board make the school calendar sane again?

[Anonymous]

And when will the opportunity arise?

[Anonymous]

No

[Anonymous]

What's so insane about the school year calendar? I think it's great that we're observing religious holidays beyond the Christian ones.

[Anonymous]

As a former teacher, kids need consistency and five day weeks. Period.

[Anonymous]

I think the O days were a great compromise without having so few full weeks. Students need full 5 day weeks for routine and consistency. If more holidays need to be observed - put the teacher work days around them as well. As a teacher - I would rather have one long weekend that includes a work day and a religious holiday than 2 weeks of 4 day weeks. The one week difference is not a huge change in what is in my grade book and I can easily make changes after the bulk of the work is done for grading.

[Anonymous]

If by some miracle, blue no matter who fairfax county manages to vote in something that resembles a bipartisan school board, we might be able to get a slightly saner calendar with more consistency.

So the short answer is no


A moderate will never get elected in Fairfax county again, once Pat Herrity retires or loses, so the trajectory of this school board will continue.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What's so insane about the school year calendar? I think it's great that we're observing religious holidays beyond the Christian ones.

We don't observe the Christian holidays.

Easter is on a sunday. So it is never observed by FCPS.

Christmas is a federal holdiay, on a week that every industry in our area including most of the federal government shuts down.

Christmas would be off no matter what, for secular reasons.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think the O days were a great compromise without having so few full weeks. Students need full 5 day weeks for routine and consistency. If more holidays need to be observed - put the teacher work days around them as well. As a teacher - I would rather have one long weekend that includes a work day and a religious holiday than 2 weeks of 4 day weeks. The one week difference is not a huge change in what is in my grade book and I can easily make changes after the bulk of the work is done for grading.

O days were a complete waste of everyone’s time. I love the current schedule. People have lots of time (we are talking years!) to plan for these days off.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What's so insane about the school year calendar? I think it's great that we're observing religious holidays beyond the Christian ones.

Well, Christian holidays weren't recognized (until they added the Orthodox ones with all the others), so you're just wrong.

If you want religious holidays, go private.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:And when will the opportunity arise?

Unfortunately not this year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What's so insane about the school year calendar? I think it's great that we're observing religious holidays beyond the Christian ones.

Well, Christian holidays weren't recognized (until they added the Orthodox ones with all the others), so you're just wrong.

If you want religious holidays, go private.

Yes. Pekarsky did that--she's Orthodox.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What's so insane about the school year calendar? I think it's great that we're observing religious holidays beyond the Christian ones.

Do you have a job? If I have to explain this to you, you clearly do not have younger children and work full time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What's so insane about the school year calendar? I think it's great that we're observing religious holidays beyond the Christian ones.

Do you have a job? If I have to explain this to you, you clearly do not have younger children and work full time.

This! Definition of Limousine Liberal.

[Anonymous]

No but that doesn't mean we shouldn't vote them out anyway. There are PLENTY of reasons to do so.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:As a former teacher, kids need consistency and five day weeks. Period.

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