So where is the current calendar?

[Anonymous]

The one on the website only runs through 6/17. I keep hearing different things….are we still off (no school) 3/20 and 4/15? I’m trying to book tickets for college visits.

[Anonymous]

Still off 3/20 and 4/15, but I believe if the legislation passes MCPS has to use two makeup days before getting the rest excused. One will be 6/18 but the other could be 3/20 or (more likely) 4/15.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Still off 3/20 and 4/15, but I believe if the legislation passes MCPS has to use two makeup days before getting the rest excused. One will be 6/18 but the other could be 3/20 or (more likely) 4/15.

MCPS already had 1 snow day built in (not enough, but they had 1). So they'll take June 18 and that's all they'll need assuming the new legislation passes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Still off 3/20 and 4/15, but I believe if the legislation passes MCPS has to use two makeup days before getting the rest excused. One will be 6/18 but the other could be 3/20 or (more likely) 4/15.

MCPS already had 1 snow day built in (not enough, but they had 1). So they'll take June 18 and that's all they'll need assuming the new legislation passes.

Agree, but that’s also assuming no more snow— right?

[Anonymous]

Book your darned tickets!

1. College visits are always excused absences.

2. As has been repeated ad nauseum, the extra days will have no significant instruction. You have high schoolers and MCPS has extended the calendar many times before. Surely you know this???

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Book your darned tickets!

1. College visits are always excused absences.

2. As has been repeated ad nauseum, the extra days will have no significant instruction. You have high schoolers and MCPS has extended the calendar many times before. Surely you know this???

Keep in mind, that if we have more snow next week and the legislation passes, they will have to make up at least a couple of days because high schools will not meet its hourly state requirement. With the current number of show days, we could meet it by adding June 18 only, although the new language of the legislation might require them to go back and use one of their other make-up days. Not sure.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Still off 3/20 and 4/15, but I believe if the legislation passes MCPS has to use two makeup days before getting the rest excused. One will be 6/18 but the other could be 3/20 or (more likely) 4/15.

MCPS already had 1 snow day built in (not enough, but they had 1). So they'll take June 18 and that's all they'll need assuming the new legislation passes.

Hmm, the wording is a little ambiguous ("THE LOCAL SCHOOL SYSTEM HAS USED AT LEAST 2
SCHOOL DAYS INCORPORATED INTO ITS CALENDAR FOR SCHOOL CLOSURES DUE
TO SEVERE WEATHER") but you could be right!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Book your darned tickets!

1. College visits are always excused absences.

2. As has been repeated ad nauseum, the extra days will have no significant instruction. You have high schoolers and MCPS has extended the calendar many times before. Surely you know this???

You're saying that you think the March or April makeup dates would have no instruction? I highly doubt that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Book your darned tickets!

1. College visits are always excused absences.

2. As has been repeated ad nauseum, the extra days will have no significant instruction. You have high schoolers and MCPS has extended the calendar many times before. Surely you know this???

You're saying that you think the March or April makeup dates would have no instruction? I highly doubt that.

If we have school on March 20 and/or April 15, instruction will happen as normal. Teachers, especially at the high school level, really need that time with students, especially leading up to AP exams. We've lost so much valuable instructional time this winter - I wish Taylor would prioritize making some of that up before spring testing season.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Still off 3/20 and 4/15, but I believe if the legislation passes MCPS has to use two makeup days before getting the rest excused. One will be 6/18 but the other could be 3/20 or (more likely) 4/15.

MCPS already had 1 snow day built in (not enough, but they had 1). So they'll take June 18 and that's all they'll need assuming the new legislation passes.

Hmm, the wording is a little ambiguous ("THE LOCAL SCHOOL SYSTEM HAS USED AT LEAST 2
SCHOOL DAYS INCORPORATED INTO ITS CALENDAR FOR SCHOOL CLOSURES DUE
TO SEVERE WEATHER") but you could be right!

That wording sounds like they have to use June 18 and another day. That other day could be June 22, but do people really want to go back a Monday after a long weekend rather than 3/20 or 4/15?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Still off 3/20 and 4/15, but I believe if the legislation passes MCPS has to use two makeup days before getting the rest excused. One will be 6/18 but the other could be 3/20 or (more likely) 4/15.

MCPS already had 1 snow day built in (not enough, but they had 1). So they'll take June 18 and that's all they'll need assuming the new legislation passes.

Hmm, the wording is a little ambiguous ("THE LOCAL SCHOOL SYSTEM HAS USED AT LEAST 2
SCHOOL DAYS INCORPORATED INTO ITS CALENDAR FOR SCHOOL CLOSURES DUE
TO SEVERE WEATHER") but you could be right!

That wording sounds like they have to use June 18 and another day. That other day could be June 22, but do people really want to go back a Monday after a long weekend rather than 3/20 or 4/15?

Yeah, it depends on if you consider all days above 180 in the original calendar as being days "incorporated into it's calendar for school closures due to severe weather," or if you think that only means make-up days.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Book your darned tickets!

1. College visits are always excused absences.

2. As has been repeated ad nauseum, the extra days will have no significant instruction. You have high schoolers and MCPS has extended the calendar many times before. Surely you know this???

You're saying that you think the March or April makeup dates would have no instruction? I highly doubt that.

If we have school on March 20 and/or April 15, instruction will happen as normal. Teachers, especially at the high school level, really need that time with students, especially leading up to AP exams. We've lost so much valuable instructional time this winter - I wish Taylor would prioritize making some of that up before spring testing season.

If April 15 does get used as a makeup day, it will almost certainly become an early release day, as it'll be the last day of MP3.