2026-2027 calendar updates

[Anonymous]

I can’t believe starting school a week earlier is an option!! That’s too late of a notice. Some of us have already made plans to visit grandparents in Asia. I work for MCPS too and if they move preservice a week earlier, I would have to miss a week’s worth of work!! Please tell me this is not in serious consideration.

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Anonymous wrote:I wonder if this proposal is to pressure the union to give up their grading days (switch them to half days) to avoid them having to start earlier?

This got asked and Taylor’s response was basically that it would have to be negotiated but this is the only option within the constraints we have now

Right but I'm pretty sure this is just him playing a game of chicken with the unions. "Agree to cut back your grading/planning or we'll make you start work a week earlier."

Otherwise there's no good reason why they would have picked starting the school year earlier over shortenu winter or spring break. Starting early is obviously worse (on short notice, that is-- I think it may be the better option in the long term, but it's ridiculous for him to say they aren't recommending cutting back on breaks because people have already made plans, when obviously August is much sooner and many more people have already made plans around that.)

That’s your opinion, I disagree. I’m happy that older HS kids will start earlier and get AP instructional time and I’m happy that my kids will start earlier too and hopefully get the education they deserve this year.

Lol at you thinking the first week of school is going to be hardcore instructional time for AP classes.

You know what wasn’t hardcore instructional time? The days that were waived that didn’t allow our kids to get 180 days of instructional time this year and just gave MCPS staff extra days off and shortchanged our kids while the rest of the county went to work. Thank goodness MCPS is trying to do better next year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I can’t believe starting school a week earlier is an option!! That’s too late of a notice. Some of us have already made plans to visit grandparents in Asia. I work for MCPS too and if they move preservice a week earlier, I would have to miss a week’s worth of work!! Please tell me this is not in serious consideration.

The world doesn’t revolve around you and your Asia vacation, Jan. Do your job.

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Anonymous wrote:The superintendent’s recommendation is to start school earlier. They’re refusing to take holidays. I hate it here. (Listening to the board now)

OMG

If Thomas Taylor messes with my beach trip he is dead to me

Don’t cancel your beach trip. If they go through with this there will be so many absences that first week.

Yeah, this. And a lot of them will be teachers.

Well since teachers got an extra 5 paid holidays this year due to all the snow days they can just deal with starting a week earlier next year so our kids can actually get 180 days of education.

Your kids are starting early too,you moron. We won't have any teachers left because of ignorant parents like yourself.

Oh really genius? Because we were all confused and thought these school calendar changes only applied to kids of teachers. /s

Maybe if you had gotten a better education you wouldn’t be spending your time on the internet calling people names.

DP-you really got 'em! /s

You're the one blaming teachers for snow days beyond their control but go off. Grow up.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I wonder if this proposal is to pressure the union to give up their grading days (switch them to half days) to avoid them having to start earlier?

This got asked and Taylor’s response was basically that it would have to be negotiated but this is the only option within the constraints we have now

Right but I'm pretty sure this is just him playing a game of chicken with the unions. "Agree to cut back your grading/planning or we'll make you start work a week earlier."

Otherwise there's no good reason why they would have picked starting the school year earlier over shortenu winter or spring break. Starting early is obviously worse (on short notice, that is-- I think it may be the better option in the long term, but it's ridiculous for him to say they aren't recommending cutting back on breaks because people have already made plans, when obviously August is much sooner and many more people have already made plans around that.)

That’s your opinion, I disagree. I’m happy that older HS kids will start earlier and get AP instructional time and I’m happy that my kids will start earlier too and hopefully get the education they deserve this year.

Lol at you thinking the first week of school is going to be hardcore instructional time for AP classes.

You know what wasn’t hardcore instructional time? The days that were waived that didn’t allow our kids to get 180 days of instructional time this year and just gave MCPS staff extra days off and shortchanged our kids while the rest of the county went to work. Thank goodness MCPS is trying to do better next year.

I think you need to get off the Internet for tonight and do some serious self-reflection. You clearly have some issues to work through.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The superintendent’s recommendation is to start school earlier. They’re refusing to take holidays. I hate it here. (Listening to the board now)

OMG

If Thomas Taylor messes with my beach trip he is dead to me

Don’t cancel your beach trip. If they go through with this there will be so many absences that first week.

Yeah, this. And a lot of them will be teachers.

Well since teachers got an extra 5 paid holidays this year due to all the snow days they can just deal with starting a week earlier next year so our kids can actually get 180 days of education.

Your kids are starting early too,you moron. We won't have any teachers left because of ignorant parents like yourself.

Oh really genius? Because we were all confused and thought these school calendar changes only applied to kids of teachers. /s

Maybe if you had gotten a better education you wouldn’t be spending your time on the internet calling people names.

DP-you really got 'em! /s

You're the one blaming teachers for snow days beyond their control but go off. Grow up.

I am a grown up whose tax dollars pay the salaries of these teachers who were gifted an extra week of vacation this year. But now it’s time for them to get back to work. Only 1/3 of MCPS kids can do math at grade level and to accommodate the gazillion teacher development days and grading days and actually include more than 1 snow day, starting 1 week earlier (like FCPS does) was an obvious solution.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I wonder if this proposal is to pressure the union to give up their grading days (switch them to half days) to avoid them having to start earlier?

This got asked and Taylor’s response was basically that it would have to be negotiated but this is the only option within the constraints we have now

Right but I'm pretty sure this is just him playing a game of chicken with the unions. "Agree to cut back your grading/planning or we'll make you start work a week earlier."

Otherwise there's no good reason why they would have picked starting the school year earlier over shortenu winter or spring break. Starting early is obviously worse (on short notice, that is-- I think it may be the better option in the long term, but it's ridiculous for him to say they aren't recommending cutting back on breaks because people have already made plans, when obviously August is much sooner and many more people have already made plans around that.)

That’s your opinion, I disagree. I’m happy that older HS kids will start earlier and get AP instructional time and I’m happy that my kids will start earlier too and hopefully get the education they deserve this year.

Lol at you thinking the first week of school is going to be hardcore instructional time for AP classes.

You know what wasn’t hardcore instructional time? The days that were waived that didn’t allow our kids to get 180 days of instructional time this year and just gave MCPS staff extra days off and shortchanged our kids while the rest of the county went to work. Thank goodness MCPS is trying to do better next year.

I think you need to get off the Internet for tonight and do some serious self-reflection. You clearly have some issues to work through.

Yes I’m sure we’ll all do just that thanks to your thoughtful response. Some of us want our kids to get an education so they can be much smarter than you.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The superintendent’s recommendation is to start school earlier. They’re refusing to take holidays. I hate it here. (Listening to the board now)

OMG

If Thomas Taylor messes with my beach trip he is dead to me

Don’t cancel your beach trip. If they go through with this there will be so many absences that first week.

Yeah, this. And a lot of them will be teachers.

Well since teachers got an extra 5 paid holidays this year due to all the snow days they can just deal with starting a week earlier next year so our kids can actually get 180 days of education.

Your kids are starting early too,you moron. We won't have any teachers left because of ignorant parents like yourself.

Oh really genius? Because we were all confused and thought these school calendar changes only applied to kids of teachers. /s

Maybe if you had gotten a better education you wouldn’t be spending your time on the internet calling people names.

DP-you really got 'em! /s

You're the one blaming teachers for snow days beyond their control but go off. Grow up.

I am a grown up whose tax dollars pay the salaries of these teachers who were gifted an extra week of vacation this year. But now it’s time for them to get back to work. Only 1/3 of MCPS kids can do math at grade level and to accommodate the gazillion teacher development days and grading days and actually include more than 1 snow day, starting 1 week earlier (like FCPS does) was an obvious solution.

Newsflash: we all pay taxes here but you don't see us all having conniption fits about 5 snow days. If your kids education were actually affected by this, then do better as a parent.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The superintendent’s recommendation is to start school earlier. They’re refusing to take holidays. I hate it here. (Listening to the board now)

OMG

If Thomas Taylor messes with my beach trip he is dead to me

Don’t cancel your beach trip. If they go through with this there will be so many absences that first week.

Yeah, this. And a lot of them will be teachers.

Well since teachers got an extra 5 paid holidays this year due to all the snow days they can just deal with starting a week earlier next year so our kids can actually get 180 days of education.

Your kids are starting early too,you moron. We won't have any teachers left because of ignorant parents like yourself.

Oh really genius? Because we were all confused and thought these school calendar changes only applied to kids of teachers. /s

Maybe if you had gotten a better education you wouldn’t be spending your time on the internet calling people names.

DP-you really got 'em! /s

You're the one blaming teachers for snow days beyond their control but go off. Grow up.

I am a grown up whose tax dollars pay the salaries of these teachers who were gifted an extra week of vacation this year. But now it’s time for them to get back to work. Only 1/3 of MCPS kids can do math at grade level and to accommodate the gazillion teacher development days and grading days and actually include more than 1 snow day, starting 1 week earlier (like FCPS does) was an obvious solution.

Newsflash: we all pay taxes here but you don't see us all having conniption fits about 5 snow days. If your kids education were actually affected by this, then do better as a parent.

If you don’t think instructional time from teachers is important to educational outcomes, feel free to withdraw your kids and home school them. McPS parents want their kids to have the same 180 days as kids in the rest of the country, not the clusterf*** that occurred this year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:I wonder if this proposal is to pressure the union to give up their grading days (switch them to half days) to avoid them having to start earlier?

This got asked and Taylor’s response was basically that it would have to be negotiated but this is the only option within the constraints we have now

Right but I'm pretty sure this is just him playing a game of chicken with the unions. "Agree to cut back your grading/planning or we'll make you start work a week earlier."

Otherwise there's no good reason why they would have picked starting the school year earlier over shortenu winter or spring break. Starting early is obviously worse (on short notice, that is-- I think it may be the better option in the long term, but it's ridiculous for him to say they aren't recommending cutting back on breaks because people have already made plans, when obviously August is much sooner and many more people have already made plans around that.)

That’s your opinion, I disagree. I’m happy that older HS kids will start earlier and get AP instructional time and I’m happy that my kids will start earlier too and hopefully get the education they deserve this year.

Lol at you thinking the first week of school is going to be hardcore instructional time for AP classes.

You know what wasn’t hardcore instructional time? The days that were waived that didn’t allow our kids to get 180 days of instructional time this year and just gave MCPS staff extra days off and shortchanged our kids while the rest of the county went to work. Thank goodness MCPS is trying to do better next year.

+1. I’m so glad my high school kid will start 1 week early. This year was a disaster for AP classes.

[Anonymous]

FYI - CO employee here. Snow days are not additional paid days for teachers. Teachers are salaried employees. They are not paid extra for working makeup days due to weather related closures and are still responsible for working their contractual year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I wonder if this proposal is to pressure the union to give up their grading days (switch them to half days) to avoid them having to start earlier?

This got asked and Taylor’s response was basically that it would have to be negotiated but this is the only option within the constraints we have now

Right but I'm pretty sure this is just him playing a game of chicken with the unions. "Agree to cut back your grading/planning or we'll make you start work a week earlier."

Otherwise there's no good reason why they would have picked starting the school year earlier over shortenu winter or spring break. Starting early is obviously worse (on short notice, that is-- I think it may be the better option in the long term, but it's ridiculous for him to say they aren't recommending cutting back on breaks because people have already made plans, when obviously August is much sooner and many more people have already made plans around that.)

That’s your opinion, I disagree. I’m happy that older HS kids will start earlier and get AP instructional time and I’m happy that my kids will start earlier too and hopefully get the education they deserve this year.

DP. I would agree with you if this is the calendar that had passed months ago. But at this point, it is too late to change it. The best option is to get rid of the religious holidays, which would also ensure instruction before AP testing in May.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I wonder if this proposal is to pressure the union to give up their grading days (switch them to half days) to avoid them having to start earlier?

This got asked and Taylor’s response was basically that it would have to be negotiated but this is the only option within the constraints we have now

Right but I'm pretty sure this is just him playing a game of chicken with the unions. "Agree to cut back your grading/planning or we'll make you start work a week earlier."

Otherwise there's no good reason why they would have picked starting the school year earlier over shortenu winter or spring break. Starting early is obviously worse (on short notice, that is-- I think it may be the better option in the long term, but it's ridiculous for him to say they aren't recommending cutting back on breaks because people have already made plans, when obviously August is much sooner and many more people have already made plans around that.)

That’s your opinion, I disagree. I’m happy that older HS kids will start earlier and get AP instructional time and I’m happy that my kids will start earlier too and hopefully get the education they deserve this year.

Lol at you thinking the first week of school is going to be hardcore instructional time for AP classes.

You know what wasn’t hardcore instructional time? The days that were waived that didn’t allow our kids to get 180 days of instructional time this year and just gave MCPS staff extra days off and shortchanged our kids while the rest of the county went to work. Thank goodness MCPS is trying to do better next year.

Troll. If not, time to take a Xanax.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:I wonder if this proposal is to pressure the union to give up their grading days (switch them to half days) to avoid them having to start earlier?

This got asked and Taylor’s response was basically that it would have to be negotiated but this is the only option within the constraints we have now

Right but I'm pretty sure this is just him playing a game of chicken with the unions. "Agree to cut back your grading/planning or we'll make you start work a week earlier."

Otherwise there's no good reason why they would have picked starting the school year earlier over shortenu winter or spring break. Starting early is obviously worse (on short notice, that is-- I think it may be the better option in the long term, but it's ridiculous for him to say they aren't recommending cutting back on breaks because people have already made plans, when obviously August is much sooner and many more people have already made plans around that.)

That’s your opinion, I disagree. I’m happy that older HS kids will start earlier and get AP instructional time and I’m happy that my kids will start earlier too and hopefully get the education they deserve this year.

DP. I would agree with you if this is the calendar that had passed months ago. But at this point, it is too late to change it. The best option is to get rid of the religious holidays, which would also ensure instruction before AP testing in May.

I agree 100% but our current board wants to appear so committed to equity they won’t even entertain taking away the holidays. It’s the only solution though and they need data to back it up. Or at least that’s what I’m hoping comes out of the survey.

[Anonymous]

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If you don’t think instructional time from teachers is important to educational outcomes, feel free to withdraw your kids and home school them. McPS parents want their kids to have the same 180 days as kids in the rest of the country, not the clusterf*** that occurred this year.

The whole country doesn't do 180 days, many states don't only a small handful require 180 separate calendar days.

You act like it's magic as soon as they reach day 180. Days before Christmas were useless, days added at the end of the year regardless of when the end is are useless. There are never 180 days of education in a year, 180 days of school? Yeah but not all days are educational.