Melanie Meren's FB post about the calendar

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Anonymous wrote:Sorry, love the non-5 day weeks. They are great. Summer is such a pain to plan, and we (and most of our friends) much prefer a day here and there, rather than additional weeks in the summer.

I agree! We love the 4 day weeks! It really helps with the sleep for middle and high schoolers.

Time to be a parent. The entire school system doesn't operate around the needs of your special child.

And it doesn’t operate around your need for a 5 day week. As long as the kids get in the required hours of instructional time I do not care. I prefer the 4 day weeks and so do a lot of parents and teachers. Your whining isn’t going to change that. Time to be a parent and deal with it.

Good to know you don't care about learning.

And no teacher likes the calendar.

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Anonymous wrote:Sorry, love the non-5 day weeks. They are great. Summer is such a pain to plan, and we (and most of our friends) much prefer a day here and there, rather than additional weeks in the summer.

I agree! We love the 4 day weeks! It really helps with the sleep for middle and high schoolers.

Time to be a parent. The entire school system doesn't operate around the needs of your special child.

And it doesn’t operate around your need for a 5 day week. As long as the kids get in the required hours of instructional time I do not care. I prefer the 4 day weeks and so do a lot of parents and teachers. Your whining isn’t going to change that. Time to be a parent and deal with it.

You are absolutely ridiculous and rude. Go away. Be a parent. 4 day school weeks are a terrible idea for many reasons. No one cares that your kids need sleep.

Look at next year’s calendar because that is the one that’s at stake. It is a decent distribution of 4 and 5 day weeks with very few 2 or 3 day weeks. By pushing the argument of 5 days or bust, we would be shifting a few 4 day weeks into 3 and 5 day weeks. Canceling holidays is a pipe dream. Meren’s statement is only to prioritize 5 day weeks. So it’ll be a balance of creating worse incomplete weeks to squeeze out a 5 day week.

Personally, I’d prefer 4 day weekends to be spread across Fri-Mon as those days are easier to schedule around than a Tues or Thurs. Having 4 consecutive days of school is also better than having a week with 3 days for my child’s routine.

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Anonymous wrote:Sorry, love the non-5 day weeks. They are great. Summer is such a pain to plan, and we (and most of our friends) much prefer a day here and there, rather than additional weeks in the summer.

I agree! We love the 4 day weeks! It really helps with the sleep for middle and high schoolers.

Time to be a parent. The entire school system doesn't operate around the needs of your special child.

And it doesn’t operate around your need for a 5 day week. As long as the kids get in the required hours of instructional time I do not care. I prefer the 4 day weeks and so do a lot of parents and teachers. Your whining isn’t going to change that. Time to be a parent and deal with it.

The vast majority of kids need a 5 day school week. I don't know of any parent that prefers a 4 day week, seriously, no one I know wants a 4 day school week. It is awful for working parents and most families in the US have working parents.

The 5 day week provides stability and consistency that is needed by all kids, even HS students. If your kid is so overwhelmed with the homework in their schedule, look at altering their schedule so it is less intense. Be a parent. Stop whining about your kid needing to study for classes that you allowed them to take or even encouraged them to take.

There's a massive assumption being made that total hours alone matter, and that there are no educational losses happening in a cheese wedge schedule like this.

Consistency matters too, and a lot of us doubt this "trust me bro" attitude about total hours.

I said nothing about hours, only days.

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Anonymous wrote:Sorry, love the non-5 day weeks. They are great. Summer is such a pain to plan, and we (and most of our friends) much prefer a day here and there, rather than additional weeks in the summer.

I agree! We love the 4 day weeks! It really helps with the sleep for middle and high schoolers.

Time to be a parent. The entire school system doesn't operate around the needs of your special child.

And it doesn’t operate around your need for a 5 day week. As long as the kids get in the required hours of instructional time I do not care. I prefer the 4 day weeks and so do a lot of parents and teachers. Your whining isn’t going to change that. Time to be a parent and deal with it.

You are absolutely ridiculous and rude. Go away. Be a parent. 4 day school weeks are a terrible idea for many reasons. No one cares that your kids need sleep.

Look at next year’s calendar because that is the one that’s at stake. It is a decent distribution of 4 and 5 day weeks with very few 2 or 3 day weeks. By pushing the argument of 5 days or bust, we would be shifting a few 4 day weeks into 3 and 5 day weeks. Canceling holidays is a pipe dream. Meren’s statement is only to prioritize 5 day weeks. So it’ll be a balance of creating worse incomplete weeks to squeeze out a 5 day week.

Personally,

I’d prefer 4 day weekends to be spread across Fri-Mon as those days are easier to schedule around than a Tues or Thurs.

Having 4 consecutive days of school is also better than having a week with 3 days for my child’s routine.

This could be part of policy changes. Require TW,SD and early release (those remaining after ending the monthly ones) to be Monday or Friday. More people can telework or get family care on those days.

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Anonymous wrote:Sorry, love the non-5 day weeks. They are great. Summer is such a pain to plan, and we (and most of our friends) much prefer a day here and there, rather than additional weeks in the summer.

I agree! We love the 4 day weeks! It really helps with the sleep for middle and high schoolers.

Time to be a parent. The entire school system doesn't operate around the needs of your special child.

And it doesn’t operate around your need for a 5 day week. As long as the kids get in the required hours of instructional time I do not care. I prefer the 4 day weeks and so do a lot of parents and teachers. Your whining isn’t going to change that. Time to be a parent and deal with it.

The vast majority of kids need a 5 day school week. I don't know of any parent that prefers a 4 day week, seriously, no one I know wants a 4 day school week. It is awful for working parents and most families in the US have working parents.

The 5 day week provides stability and consistency that is needed by all kids, even HS students. If your kid is so overwhelmed with the homework in their schedule, look at altering their schedule so it is less intense. Be a parent. Stop whining about your kid needing to study for classes that you allowed them to take or even encouraged them to take.

But the current, approved, calendar works great for me. Sorry, I’m not the one whining, you are. I’m good with things as is.

Yeah for you, if you look at Meren's facebook post you will see that most people are complaining. If you look at the number of threads on the ridiculous schedule, you will see most people are complaining. The people who seem ok with this are HS parents who think their kids need more time for homework and to de-stress because of their schedules. The answer is not to screw up the calendar for all the ES and MS kids and the HS kids who have sensible schedules, but for parents to help their kids learn how to balance heir work load. Kids don't need 14 AP classes to go to college, even the top colleges. If you want your kid to participate in the AP arms war, that is on you. You can handle your kids struggle with the work without everyone else having a ridiculous schedule that hurts their learning.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:Sorry, love the non-5 day weeks. They are great. Summer is such a pain to plan, and we (and most of our friends) much prefer a day here and there, rather than additional weeks in the summer.

I agree! We love the 4 day weeks! It really helps with the sleep for middle and high schoolers.

Time to be a parent. The entire school system doesn't operate around the needs of your special child.

And it doesn’t operate around your need for a 5 day week. As long as the kids get in the required hours of instructional time I do not care. I prefer the 4 day weeks and so do a lot of parents and teachers. Your whining isn’t going to change that. Time to be a parent and deal with it.

DP. Maybe YOU should be a parent and help your kid manage their sleep better, instead of expecting the school district to have a bunch of random days off so your kid can catch up. And don't act like there is no choice but to be overscheduled and keep up with the rat race to nowhere. There is always a choice. Parents like you are the reason college students and young adults are constantly complaining about burnout and needing mental health breaks. You are telling them they need that while also putting the pressure on them.

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Anonymous wrote:Sorry, love the non-5 day weeks. They are great. Summer is such a pain to plan, and we (and most of our friends) much prefer a day here and there, rather than additional weeks in the summer.

I agree! We love the 4 day weeks! It really helps with the sleep for middle and high schoolers.

Time to be a parent. The entire school system doesn't operate around the needs of your special child.

And it doesn’t operate around your need for a 5 day week. As long as the kids get in the required hours of instructional time I do not care. I prefer the 4 day weeks and so do a lot of parents and teachers. Your whining isn’t going to change that. Time to be a parent and deal with it.

The vast majority of kids need a 5 day school week. I don't know of any parent that prefers a 4 day week, seriously, no one I know wants a 4 day school week. It is awful for working parents and most families in the US have working parents.

The 5 day week provides stability and consistency that is needed by all kids, even HS students. If your kid is so overwhelmed with the homework in their schedule, look at altering their schedule so it is less intense. Be a parent. Stop whining about your kid needing to study for classes that you allowed them to take or even encouraged them to take.

But the current, approved, calendar works great for me. Sorry, I’m not the one whining, you are. I’m good with things as is.

+1 same

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sorry, love the non-5 day weeks. They are great. Summer is such a pain to plan, and we (and most of our friends) much prefer a day here and there, rather than additional weeks in the summer.

I agree! We love the 4 day weeks! It really helps with the sleep for middle and high schoolers.

Time to be a parent. The entire school system doesn't operate around the needs of your special child.

And it doesn’t operate around your need for a 5 day week. As long as the kids get in the required hours of instructional time I do not care. I prefer the 4 day weeks and so do a lot of parents and teachers. Your whining isn’t going to change that. Time to be a parent and deal with it.

The vast majority of kids need a 5 day school week. I don't know of any parent that prefers a 4 day week, seriously, no one I know wants a 4 day school week. It is awful for working parents and most families in the US have working parents.

The 5 day week provides stability and consistency that is needed by all kids, even HS students. If your kid is so overwhelmed with the homework in their schedule, look at altering their schedule so it is less intense. Be a parent. Stop whining about your kid needing to study for classes that you allowed them to take or even encouraged them to take.

But the current, approved, calendar works great for me. Sorry, I’m not the one whining, you are. I’m good with things as is.

+1 same

Pretty sure you two are way outnumbered by the parents who have been contacting the school board saying it's a ridiculous calendar. Imagine trying to gaslight people into thinking that 5 day school weeks are some crazy thing to want and expect. Sorry your fragile kids can't handle it, but most of them can.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sorry, love the non-5 day weeks. They are great. Summer is such a pain to plan, and we (and most of our friends) much prefer a day here and there, rather than additional weeks in the summer.

I agree! We love the 4 day weeks! It really helps with the sleep for middle and high schoolers.

Time to be a parent. The entire school system doesn't operate around the needs of your special child.

And it doesn’t operate around your need for a 5 day week. As long as the kids get in the required hours of instructional time I do not care. I prefer the 4 day weeks and so do a lot of parents and teachers. Your whining isn’t going to change that. Time to be a parent and deal with it.

DP. Maybe YOU should be a parent and help your kid manage their sleep better, instead of expecting the school district to have a bunch of random days off so your kid can catch up. And don't act like there is no choice but to be overscheduled and keep up with the rat race to nowhere. There is always a choice. Parents like you are the reason college students and young adults are constantly complaining about burnout and needing mental health breaks. You are telling them they need that while also putting the pressure on them.

I don’t know who you think you’re talking to. You don’t know me or my kid. My kid isn’t over scheduled either. My kid’s sleep is fine whether we have 4 or 5 day weeks. I prefer 4 day weeks. We have no issue whatsoever with the calendar. Sorry that you do but that’s a you problem.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sorry, love the non-5 day weeks. They are great. Summer is such a pain to plan, and we (and most of our friends) much prefer a day here and there, rather than additional weeks in the summer.

I agree! We love the 4 day weeks! It really helps with the sleep for middle and high schoolers.

Time to be a parent. The entire school system doesn't operate around the needs of your special child.

And it doesn’t operate around your need for a 5 day week. As long as the kids get in the required hours of instructional time I do not care. I prefer the 4 day weeks and so do a lot of parents and teachers. Your whining isn’t going to change that. Time to be a parent and deal with it.

The vast majority of kids need a 5 day school week. I don't know of any parent that prefers a 4 day week, seriously, no one I know wants a 4 day school week. It is awful for working parents and most families in the US have working parents.

The 5 day week provides stability and consistency that is needed by all kids, even HS students. If your kid is so overwhelmed with the homework in their schedule, look at altering their schedule so it is less intense. Be a parent. Stop whining about your kid needing to study for classes that you allowed them to take or even encouraged them to take.

But the current, approved, calendar works great for me. Sorry, I’m not the one whining, you are. I’m good with things as is.

Yeah for you, if you look at Meren's facebook post you will see that most people are complaining. If you look at the number of threads on the ridiculous schedule, you will see most people are complaining. The people who seem ok with this are HS parents who think their kids need more time for homework and to de-stress because of their schedules. The answer is not to screw up the calendar for all the ES and MS kids and the HS kids who have sensible schedules, but for parents to help their kids learn how to balance heir work load. Kids don't need 14 AP classes to go to college, even the top colleges. If you want your kid to participate in the AP arms war, that is on you. You can handle your kids struggle with the work without everyone else having a ridiculous schedule that hurts their learning.

People are mad about THIS school year. THIS school year has a bad and disruptive calendar. Meren is proposing to change NEXT year’s calendar. NEXT year’s calendar does not have the same problems as THIS year’s calendar.

The result will be to spend resources to figure out how to fix a calendar that wasn’t broken. School will start on the same day. School will end on the same day. The end date for the second quarter will move to January 27 and it will become a 2.5 day week. The tally for 5-Day instructional weeks will go from 25 to 26. The school board will celebrate their achievements.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sorry, love the non-5 day weeks. They are great. Summer is such a pain to plan, and we (and most of our friends) much prefer a day here and there, rather than additional weeks in the summer.

I agree! We love the 4 day weeks! It really helps with the sleep for middle and high schoolers.

Time to be a parent. The entire school system doesn't operate around the needs of your special child.

And it doesn’t operate around your need for a 5 day week. As long as the kids get in the required hours of instructional time I do not care. I prefer the 4 day weeks and so do a lot of parents and teachers. Your whining isn’t going to change that. Time to be a parent and deal with it.

The vast majority of kids need a 5 day school week. I don't know of any parent that prefers a 4 day week, seriously, no one I know wants a 4 day school week. It is awful for working parents and most families in the US have working parents.

The 5 day week provides stability and consistency that is needed by all kids, even HS students. If your kid is so overwhelmed with the homework in their schedule, look at altering their schedule so it is less intense. Be a parent. Stop whining about your kid needing to study for classes that you allowed them to take or even encouraged them to take.

But the current, approved, calendar works great for me. Sorry, I’m not the one whining, you are. I’m good with things as is.

+1 same

Pretty sure you two are way outnumbered by the parents who have been contacting the school board saying it's a ridiculous calendar. Imagine trying to gaslight people into thinking that 5 day school weeks are some crazy thing to want and expect. Sorry your fragile kids can't handle it, but most of them can.

Everyone I know likes the 4 day weeks. We all have high school kids. We are all actually now emailing our support of the current calendar.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sorry, love the non-5 day weeks. They are great. Summer is such a pain to plan, and we (and most of our friends) much prefer a day here and there, rather than additional weeks in the summer.

I agree! We love the 4 day weeks! It really helps with the sleep for middle and high schoolers.

Time to be a parent. The entire school system doesn't operate around the needs of your special child.

And it doesn’t operate around your need for a 5 day week. As long as the kids get in the required hours of instructional time I do not care. I prefer the 4 day weeks and so do a lot of parents and teachers. Your whining isn’t going to change that. Time to be a parent and deal with it.

The vast majority of kids need a 5 day school week. I don't know of any parent that prefers a 4 day week, seriously, no one I know wants a 4 day school week. It is awful for working parents and most families in the US have working parents.

The 5 day week provides stability and consistency that is needed by all kids, even HS students. If your kid is so overwhelmed with the homework in their schedule, look at altering their schedule so it is less intense. Be a parent. Stop whining about your kid needing to study for classes that you allowed them to take or even encouraged them to take.

But the current, approved, calendar works great for me. Sorry, I’m not the one whining, you are. I’m good with things as is.

+1 same

Pretty sure you two are way outnumbered by the parents who have been contacting the school board saying it's a ridiculous calendar. Imagine trying to gaslight people into thinking that 5 day school weeks are some crazy thing to want and expect. Sorry your fragile kids can't handle it, but most of them can.

Everyone I know likes the 4 day weeks. We all have high school kids. We are all actually now emailing our support of the current calendar.

You have a bunch of slacker friends and kids. Sorry.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sorry, love the non-5 day weeks. They are great. Summer is such a pain to plan, and we (and most of our friends) much prefer a day here and there, rather than additional weeks in the summer.

I agree! We love the 4 day weeks! It really helps with the sleep for middle and high schoolers.

Time to be a parent. The entire school system doesn't operate around the needs of your special child.

And it doesn’t operate around your need for a 5 day week. As long as the kids get in the required hours of instructional time I do not care. I prefer the 4 day weeks and so do a lot of parents and teachers. Your whining isn’t going to change that. Time to be a parent and deal with it.

The vast majority of kids need a 5 day school week. I don't know of any parent that prefers a 4 day week, seriously, no one I know wants a 4 day school week. It is awful for working parents and most families in the US have working parents.

The 5 day week provides stability and consistency that is needed by all kids, even HS students. If your kid is so overwhelmed with the homework in their schedule, look at altering their schedule so it is less intense. Be a parent. Stop whining about your kid needing to study for classes that you allowed them to take or even encouraged them to take.

But the current, approved, calendar works great for me. Sorry, I’m not the one whining, you are. I’m good with things as is.

+1 same

Pretty sure you two are way outnumbered by the parents who have been contacting the school board saying it's a ridiculous calendar. Imagine trying to gaslight people into thinking that 5 day school weeks are some crazy thing to want and expect. Sorry your fragile kids can't handle it, but most of them can.

Everyone I know likes the 4 day weeks. We all have high school kids. We are all actually now emailing our support of the current calendar.

You and your friends are not going to outnumber the many parents they have been hearing from on this issue for the past year or more.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sorry, love the non-5 day weeks. They are great. Summer is such a pain to plan, and we (and most of our friends) much prefer a day here and there, rather than additional weeks in the summer.

I agree! We love the 4 day weeks! It really helps with the sleep for middle and high schoolers.

Time to be a parent. The entire school system doesn't operate around the needs of your special child.

And it doesn’t operate around your need for a 5 day week. As long as the kids get in the required hours of instructional time I do not care. I prefer the 4 day weeks and so do a lot of parents and teachers. Your whining isn’t going to change that. Time to be a parent and deal with it.

The vast majority of kids need a 5 day school week. I don't know of any parent that prefers a 4 day week, seriously, no one I know wants a 4 day school week. It is awful for working parents and most families in the US have working parents.

The 5 day week provides stability and consistency that is needed by all kids, even HS students. If your kid is so overwhelmed with the homework in their schedule, look at altering their schedule so it is less intense. Be a parent. Stop whining about your kid needing to study for classes that you allowed them to take or even encouraged them to take.

But the current, approved, calendar works great for me. Sorry, I’m not the one whining, you are. I’m good with things as is.

Because you're an entitled, privileged brat with lazy kids.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sorry, love the non-5 day weeks. They are great. Summer is such a pain to plan, and we (and most of our friends) much prefer a day here and there, rather than additional weeks in the summer.

I agree! We love the 4 day weeks! It really helps with the sleep for middle and high schoolers.

Time to be a parent. The entire school system doesn't operate around the needs of your special child.

And it doesn’t operate around your need for a 5 day week. As long as the kids get in the required hours of instructional time I do not care. I prefer the 4 day weeks and so do a lot of parents and teachers. Your whining isn’t going to change that. Time to be a parent and deal with it.

The vast majority of kids need a 5 day school week. I don't know of any parent that prefers a 4 day week, seriously, no one I know wants a 4 day school week. It is awful for working parents and most families in the US have working parents.

The 5 day week provides stability and consistency that is needed by all kids, even HS students. If your kid is so overwhelmed with the homework in their schedule, look at altering their schedule so it is less intense. Be a parent. Stop whining about your kid needing to study for classes that you allowed them to take or even encouraged them to take.

But the current, approved, calendar works great for me. Sorry, I’m not the one whining, you are. I’m good with things as is.

+1 same

Pretty sure you two are way outnumbered by the parents who have been contacting the school board saying it's a ridiculous calendar. Imagine trying to gaslight people into thinking that 5 day school weeks are some crazy thing to want and expect. Sorry your fragile kids can't handle it, but most of them can.

Everyone I know likes the 4 day weeks. We all have high school kids. We are all actually now emailing our support of the current calendar.

You and your friends are not going to outnumber the many parents they have been hearing from on this issue for the past year or more.

No one but a select, loud minority likes this calendar.