Calendar survey

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Where is the calendar survey?

Sent by FCPS via email to parents w/ kids in the system. (I think this is good actually not to have a public link)

I never got the link. And I have kids in the system.

They must not value your opinion. Sorry sweetheart.

They probably already have 4-5 calendars drafted. They do not care about the parents’ opinion.

[Anonymous]

I get that teachers need more time, but why does that mean a school holiday for kids. If you are salary that often means you will work extended hours on occasion as required. If I am in meetings for 8 hours (happens often) and I have to meet a deadline, that means I am working late that day. An occasional TWD quarterly is fine but we shouldn't get jerking around with lesson plans requiring a day off.

If teachers need training, that should happen during the summer.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Abolish the random days off
Shorten winter break dramatically
Don’t make school after the SOLs count because we all know nothing happens then but glorified babysitting.
Get to teaching!!! We have a lot of ground to catch up on. Stop whining about how your kids need breaks.

So you prefer a 11-12 week summer vacation? Keep in mind that many people do not. Actually, quite a few of us would prefer to move toward year-round -- 9 weeks on, 3 weeks off for each quarter and a 5 week summer.

People want a longer summer break/getting out earlier in June because they really don’t learn a lot or do a lot after Memorial Day anyway so all that time just feels wasted.

This is a big part of it for sure. And why my child is "sick" a lot in that period of time. DC can be home doing other things or sitting around in school. The "last day of school" counting toward those hours they have to be in school, is 2 hours of kids sitting around in he Aux Gym. Even the teachers were encouraging the kids to stay home. It's a joke.

Total joke. That’s why people want longer summers because anything scheduled after exams is no school at all but yet they count it towards the legal requirement. People need to wake up and vote the SB out.

So are you advocating for 165 days of school or for an early August start date? Personally, I would not mind starting on 31 July or 7 August and getting out just before or after Memorial Day weekend.

+1... shift the year earlier, and don't make summer break longer than 8 weeks. Fill in time off throughout the year to make it work. On the last point, completely indifferent if that takes the form of a fall break, or 2 week spring break, or various 3-4 day weekends, etc... as long as we have 12+ months notice of the calendar so we can plan accordingly.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I get that teachers need more time, but why does that mean a school holiday for kids. If you are salary that often means you will work extended hours on occasion as required. If I am in meetings for 8 hours (happens often) and I have to meet a deadline, that means I am working late that day. An occasional TWD quarterly is fine but we shouldn't get jerking around with lesson plans requiring a day off.

If teachers need training, that should happen during the summer.

I would love for FCPS to pay us for summer training. The 8 hours for training we got in August was easily 12 hours in reality. Then they added another 6 hours after that - no day was given for that - all completed in our “off time”.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I get that teachers need more time, but why does that mean a school holiday for kids. If you are salary that often means you will work extended hours on occasion as required. If I am in meetings for 8 hours (happens often) and I have to meet a deadline, that means I am working late that day. An occasional TWD quarterly is fine but we shouldn't get jerking around with lesson plans requiring a day off.

If teachers need training, that should happen during the summer.

“Extended hours on occasion” is everyday from Aug to June for teachers

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I get that teachers need more time, but why does that mean a school holiday for kids. If you are salary that often means you will work extended hours on occasion as required. If I am in meetings for 8 hours (happens often) and I have to meet a deadline, that means I am working late that day. An occasional TWD quarterly is fine but we shouldn't get jerking around with lesson plans requiring a day off.

If teachers need training, that should happen during the summer.

“Extended hours on occasion” is everyday from Aug to June for teachers

And mine is Jan through December. What's your point?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I get that teachers need more time, but why does that mean a school holiday for kids. If you are salary that often means you will work extended hours on occasion as required. If I am in meetings for 8 hours (happens often) and I have to meet a deadline, that means I am working late that day. An occasional TWD quarterly is fine but we shouldn't get jerking around with lesson plans requiring a day off.

If teachers need training, that should happen during the summer.

I would love for FCPS to pay us for summer training. The 8 hours for training we got in August was easily 12 hours in reality. Then they added another 6 hours after that - no day was given for that - all completed in our “off time”.

Yes you should absolutely get paid to do the training.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I get that teachers need more time, but why does that mean a school holiday for kids. If you are salary that often means you will work extended hours on occasion as required. If I am in meetings for 8 hours (happens often) and I have to meet a deadline, that means I am working late that day. An occasional TWD quarterly is fine but we shouldn't get jerking around with lesson plans requiring a day off.

If teachers need training, that should happen during the summer.

I would love for FCPS to pay us for summer training. The 8 hours for training we got in August was easily 12 hours in reality. Then they added another 6 hours after that - no day was given for that - all completed in our “off time”.

Yes you should absolutely get paid to do the training.

But at the same time, lots of occupations do training on their own time. I am trying to understand the complaint here.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I get that teachers need more time, but why does that mean a school holiday for kids. If you are salary that often means you will work extended hours on occasion as required. If I am in meetings for 8 hours (happens often) and I have to meet a deadline, that means I am working late that day. An occasional TWD quarterly is fine but we shouldn't get jerking around with lesson plans requiring a day off.

If teachers need training, that should happen during the summer.

“Extended hours on occasion” is everyday from Aug to June for teachers

This. I find parents so far removed on how many extra hours teachers work daily/weekly. Now if the county took things off teacher’s plates, that would help immensely. But we do more than just plan, teach and grade.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I get that teachers need more time, but why does that mean a school holiday for kids. If you are salary that often means you will work extended hours on occasion as required. If I am in meetings for 8 hours (happens often) and I have to meet a deadline, that means I am working late that day. An occasional TWD quarterly is fine but we shouldn't get jerking around with lesson plans requiring a day off.

If teachers need training, that should happen during the summer.

I would love for FCPS to pay us for summer training. The 8 hours for training we got in August was easily 12 hours in reality. Then they added another 6 hours after that - no day was given for that - all completed in our “off time”.

Yes you should absolutely get paid to do the training.

But at the same time, lots of occupations do training on their own time. I am trying to understand the complaint here.

Why do you want to perpetuate that culture? I'm all for people having work/life balance. (Not a teacher, btw)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I get that teachers need more time, but why does that mean a school holiday for kids. If you are salary that often means you will work extended hours on occasion as required. If I am in meetings for 8 hours (happens often) and I have to meet a deadline, that means I am working late that day. An occasional TWD quarterly is fine but we shouldn't get jerking around with lesson plans requiring a day off.

If teachers need training, that should happen during the summer.

I would love for FCPS to pay us for summer training. The 8 hours for training we got in August was easily 12 hours in reality. Then they added another 6 hours after that - no day was given for that - all completed in our “off time”.

Yes you should absolutely get paid to do the training.

But at the same time, lots of occupations do training on their own time. I am trying to understand the complaint here.

Why do you want to perpetuate that culture? I'm all for people having work/life balance. (Not a teacher, btw)

This doesn't even make sense.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I get that teachers need more time, but why does that mean a school holiday for kids. If you are salary that often means you will work extended hours on occasion as required. If I am in meetings for 8 hours (happens often) and I have to meet a deadline, that means I am working late that day. An occasional TWD quarterly is fine but we shouldn't get jerking around with lesson plans requiring a day off.

If teachers need training, that should happen during the summer.

I would love for FCPS to pay us for summer training. The 8 hours for training we got in August was easily 12 hours in reality. Then they added another 6 hours after that - no day was given for that - all completed in our “off time”.

Yes you should absolutely get paid to do the training.

But at the same time, lots of occupations do training on their own time. I am trying to understand the complaint here.

I recently ran a report in the PD system for my recertification. I had close to 550 hours in 5 years. That’s 2 weeks a year of training. Are you doing that much in your free time?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I get that teachers need more time, but why does that mean a school holiday for kids. If you are salary that often means you will work extended hours on occasion as required. If I am in meetings for 8 hours (happens often) and I have to meet a deadline, that means I am working late that day. An occasional TWD quarterly is fine but we shouldn't get jerking around with lesson plans requiring a day off.

If teachers need training, that should happen during the summer.

I would love for FCPS to pay us for summer training. The 8 hours for training we got in August was easily 12 hours in reality. Then they added another 6 hours after that - no day was given for that - all completed in our “off time”.

Yes you should absolutely get paid to do the training.

But at the same time, lots of occupations do training on their own time. I am trying to understand the complaint here.

Why do you want to perpetuate that culture? I'm all for people having work/life balance. (Not a teacher, btw)

This doesn't even make sense.

Not the PP, but what part don’t you understand?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I let them have it in the comment section of the survey. The calendar this year has been awful. I can’t believe this SB created such a mess and now we have to fix it. Kids need to be in school. Enough of the random days off. No one cares! We want kids in school.

+1. I told them to at least consolidate the TWD so families can use the time for a long weekend or a week-long vacation.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I get that teachers need more time, but why does that mean a school holiday for kids. If you are salary that often means you will work extended hours on occasion as required. If I am in meetings for 8 hours (happens often) and I have to meet a deadline, that means I am working late that day. An occasional TWD quarterly is fine but we shouldn't get jerking around with lesson plans requiring a day off.

If teachers need training, that should happen during the summer.

“Extended hours on occasion” is everyday from Aug to June for teachers

This. I find parents so far removed on how many extra hours teachers work daily/weekly. Now if the county took things off teacher’s plates, that would help immensely. But we do more than just plan, teach and grade.

Then use the union to get those things off a teachers plate.