All these days off...

[Anonymous]

People vote for these crazies on the school board and then they complain about the stuff that they implement, such as all the holidays.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:High school kids love it.

I actually made it my warm up discussion question in my 10th grade classes the other day (would you rather school was 4 day weeks/short summer or 5 day weeks/long summer?), and in every class the overwhelming majority chose 4 day weeks. The biggest reason was to sleep.

HS students aren't known to be long sighted so I doubt you presented this "warm up" question fairly.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This calendar is an embarrassment!! The School Board needs to be fired. We are looking at weeks on end of 4 day school.

How have we come to accept this for our children? For our community?

You sound stupid

You sound unhinged!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:it sucks for ES but is great for HSers.

Not really.

High schoolers would much rather get out of school the end of May with fewer days off on the front end.

My high schoolers love it. Much needed breaks. Who cares if some want to get out in May? This works great for us and the other families I’ve talked to.

Not to mention we have a diverse set of neighbors and friends. We are all happy for each other that their holidays are acknowledged. And can’t do anything about special elections and Election Day!

Yippee yay for you! You aren't representing most of us. So there's that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This calendar is an embarrassment!! The School Board needs to be fired. We are looking at weeks on end of 4 day school.

How have we come to accept this for our children? For our community?

If it is good for Gatehouse, then they do it. Students and learning are not the FCPS priorities.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Of course high school kids love it. Every kid loves having a day off lol.

High school kids can be left at home alone.

This calendar doesn’t work for working parents with minor children.

Minor children? Aren't about 95% (or more) of FCPS students minor children?

Figure out childcare if your children can't be home alone. Childcare isn't the responsibility of the school system. When you're a parent, you have a responsibility to care for your children or find a proxy such as a neighbor, babysitter, family member, daycare center, etc. It is not a privilege to state this fact. Parenthood = sacrifice and responsibility.

+1 this. I’m so tired of hearing parents say - but I’m working! You have kids. It’s your responsibility to figure out childcare, not the school’s. You get the calendar early enough and will have to figure it out. Life is about choices. You chose to work, now either take the day off or send them to a one day camp. Or become a stay at home parent. But either way, they are your kids and it’s your responsibility to figure out what to do with them when the day is off.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Of course high school kids love it. Every kid loves having a day off lol.

High school kids can be left at home alone.

This calendar doesn’t work for working parents with minor children.

Minor children? Aren't about 95% (or more) of FCPS students minor children?

Figure out childcare if your children can't be home alone. Childcare isn't the responsibility of the school system. When you're a parent, you have a responsibility to care for your children or find a proxy such as a neighbor, babysitter, family member, daycare center, etc. It is not a privilege to state this fact. Parenthood = sacrifice and responsibility.

+1 this. I’m so tired of hearing parents say - but I’m working! You have kids. It’s your responsibility to figure out childcare, not the school’s. You get the calendar early enough and will have to figure it out. Life is about choices. You chose to work, now either take the day off or send them to a one day camp. Or become a stay at home parent. But either way, they are your kids and it’s your responsibility to figure out what to do with them when the day is off.

PP does not understand that the purpose of schoos is to teach..kids need to be in school.

Get rid of early release days. Make religious holidays teacher work days.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:People vote for these crazies on the school board and then they complain about the stuff that they implement, such as all the holidays.

This is the answer. This crazy schedule has been in effect for years. This board was elected (many of them again) in 2023. If people really had a problem with the calendar, they would have voted differently. Saying “fire the school board” makes no sense. The only people who can fire them are the voters. And they didn’t do that.

[Anonymous]

As a teacher a day off is nice but I get Sunday anxiety going back. No fun to have it in the middle of the week.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:People vote for these crazies on the school board and then they complain about the stuff that they implement, such as all the holidays.

This is the answer. This crazy schedule has been in effect for years. This board was elected (many of them again) in 2023. If people really had a problem with the calendar, they would have voted differently. Saying “fire the school board” makes no sense. The only people who can fire them are the voters. And they didn’t do that.

Do you think the majority of the people voting on election day in an odd year are parents? Because that's certainly not the case at my polling place. At all. The people electing our school board are politically very active, which means they skew to the edges of each party's ideology.

[Anonymous]

Just made it feel like two Mondays this week. I don't like the middle-of-the-week single days off for my high school kids, because they sleep in and then can't fall asleep, and then have to get up early for school the next day.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:People vote for these crazies on the school board and then they complain about the stuff that they implement, such as all the holidays.

This is the answer. This crazy schedule has been in effect for years. This board was elected (many of them again) in 2023. If people really had a problem with the calendar, they would have voted differently. Saying “fire the school board” makes no sense. The only people who can fire them are the voters. And they didn’t do that.

Do you think the majority of the people voting on election day in an odd year are parents? Because that's certainly not the case at my polling place. At all. The people electing our school board are politically very active, which means they skew to the edges of each party's ideology.

Sadly, it is likely true.

Think about this: why are the party reps outside with sample ballots? The answer: people vote on party lines. They have done no research.

That explains our School Board. No better example than Abrar Omeish scheming the Fairfax Dem Committee endorsement vote. People had no idea who they were voting for.

And, the GOP has pretty much given up.

Say what you want about Elizabeth Schultz, she at least gave another viewpoint. Had she not been so vocal, would she have been more effective? Not likely. By the time she was elected, we had the extreme left on the Board. Not all were extreme left, but enough. Now, most seem to be extreme. Think about it--what did we get after Schultz? Laura Jane Cohen. And, now we have Sandy Anderson.
I know this and I am not even in Springfield.
Several are just left learning. Several are way left.
And, a couple are just interested in preserving their positions and being reelected our elected for a different office.

Moon used to use common sense. But, since he returned, he is far more political. I guess because he read the tea leaves after Omeish ousted him.

I just want some common sense.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you look at the calendar for next year, you will see a lot fewer days off- most of the holidays happen to fall on a weekend next year unlike this year. Hence, the extra days. Enjoy them.

And yet somehow despite that we are still getting out super late in June.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you look at the calendar for next year, you will see a lot fewer days off- most of the holidays happen to fall on a weekend next year unlike this year. Hence, the extra days. Enjoy them.

And yet somehow despite that we are still getting out super late in June.

It's because Labor Day is September 7th and we start two weeks before like we have recently. The last day for students is mid June.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you look at the calendar for next year, you will see a lot fewer days off- most of the holidays happen to fall on a weekend next year unlike this year. Hence, the extra days. Enjoy them.

And yet somehow despite that we are still getting out super late in June.

It's because Labor Day is September 7th and we start two weeks before like we have recently. The last day for students is mid June.

Yeah, that's dumb and unnecessary.