DCPS Calendar - why can't they just leave things the way they were?

[Anonymous]

I bet some unpaid intern did this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you don't like it you can always just leave DC.

Such a wonderful response. You're right, DCPS is a private company that doesn't have to answer to anyone, like tax payers....wait. Your idiotic, flip response tells me you likely work for DC government.

No no, I'm just echoing what charter parents hear all of the time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I bet some unpaid intern did this.

I bet some overpaid central office staff did this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you don't like it you can always just leave DC.

Such a wonderful response. You're right, DCPS is a private company that doesn't have to answer to anyone, like tax payers....wait. Your idiotic, flip response tells me you likely work for DC government.

No no, I'm just echoing what charter parents hear all of the time.

And it’s even more stupid in this situation. DCPCS families can always just go to their IB but DCPS families can’t easily do the opposite. Charters have a safety net - DCPS. Unless you just want to open your charter enrollment after count day for a bunch of new students from DCPS whose IB keeps their funding? No, didn’t think so.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you don't like it you can always just leave DC.

Such a wonderful response. You're right, DCPS is a private company that doesn't have to answer to anyone, like tax payers....wait. Your idiotic, flip response tells me you likely work for DC government.

No no, I'm just echoing what charter parents hear all of the time.

And it’s even more stupid in this situation. DCPCS families can always just go to their IB but DCPS families can’t easily do the opposite. Charters have a safety net - DCPS. Unless you just want to open your charter enrollment after count day for a bunch of new students from DCPS whose IB keeps their funding? No, didn’t think so.

It IS stupid! I know! But you CAN lottery into another school, though, or leave DC! You just don't care enough!

See, I just want the charter-haters to leave the charter threads alone. I promise I'll only make one of these dumb-a$$ comments when someone makes a similar statement on a charter thread.

[Anonymous]

This is an awful change, OP. I’m now glad I sat down last month and transferred all the important dates from the old calendar into a paper planner so I don’t have to look at this thing. I hope they switch back— I actually found the old version really easy to follow once I acclimated to the layout. It was a very efficient way to communicate a lot of relevant info.

[Anonymous]

Calendars change all the time so no biggie for us. The basic framework is enough for us to plan. I've seen some school calendars that were cringe worthy-5+ colors, crazy explanations, etc. Had to stop syncing because it killed my real calendar.

[Anonymous]

I printed out the one page version and I’m grateful

[Anonymous]

I Don't hate it -- the major issue is that unless you have a color printer (which I do not) its completely useless

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I Don't hate it -- the major issue is that unless you have a color printer (which I do not) its completely useless

No - the major issue is that they do not mark the 1st and last day of school on the calendar.

[Anonymous]

I looked at it today and closed it without understanding when the kids need to be at school. I will leave it up to the kids to tell me when they need to stay home. Could not figure it out either.

[Anonymous]

Oh that’s worse than I expected, even after reading the comments here!

The previous one was fine; this is indecipherable.

What a waste of taxpayer money.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I Don't hate it -- the major issue is that unless you have a color printer (which I do not) its completely useless

The major issue is that the print-at-home version does not communicate the date of the first day of school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Lol it doesn’t even mark the first day of school for PK students. What a mess

The larger one does

https://dcps.dc.gov/sites/default/files/dc/sites/dcps/publication/attachments/SY22-23-Poster-Calendar_English.pdf

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Lol it doesn’t even mark the first day of school for PK students. What a mess

The larger one does

https://dcps.dc.gov/sites/default/files/dc/sites/dcps/publication/attachments/SY22-23-Poster-Calendar_English.pdf

But the larger one still sucks!