Place your bets… March 20
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Anonymous
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According to the school calendar, March 20 (which is a professional development day for teachers) is marked as a contingency day for snow. Place your bets on whether MCPS uses that as a learning day….
I really wish they would. But bet the chances are slim to none…. |
Anonymous
| They should. |
Anonymous
| Definitely should but questionable if they will because of Eid. |
Anonymous
| I'm a staff member (and a parent of MCPS students) and I welcome using the days listed as contingency days to make up snow days. I do think it is complicated when some of them are aligned with religious holidays though - but it's not all of them, so I'm happy to work the days they may decide to use. |
Anonymous
Same! Teacher and parent. Let’s have March 20 as a school day if need be! The PDs are never mind blowing, I would rather be teaching. |
Anonymous
| MCEA would never let him do that. |
Anonymous
| I will just use one of my 6 special ed administrative days off anyway |
Anonymous
| How many students or staff are affected by that holiday? Why take off for every holiday. So ridoc. |
Anonymous
Why bother having contingency days if there's always some reason not to use them when we need them? |
Anonymous
| April 15 is the next one after March 20. What will be their excuse for that one? |
Anonymous
They preclude MCPS from ever requesting waivers from the state to shorten the school year. Think that is why? |
Anonymous
| I really don't care. |
Anonymous
Then why respond? I really don’t want them to extend the school year… but seems inevitable at this point |
Anonymous
Some staff member prefer having fewer days teaching. Easier that way. The kids get shortchanged |
Anonymous
MCEA doesn’t have the power you think it does. |