Proposed APS Calendar Policy

[Anonymous]

I agree that the single holidays/workdays make the schedule disruptive. All the local systems are doing similar. At least to me as an ES teacher it’s hard to get consistency.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Two weeks off for winter break sounds BRUTAL. Whhhhhyyyyy?

It’s what’s been done the last 5 years or so

False, at least not consistently. And if you go back further than that the two weeks was very much NOT the standard. They would only do it when the days of the week fell just right that it would produce a one or two day week on one end.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Two weeks off for winter break sounds BRUTAL. Whhhhhyyyyy?

So people can go on an actual vacation and still see family for Christmas.

Take a moment to examine your privilege.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Two weeks off for winter break sounds BRUTAL. Whhhhhyyyyy?

So people can go on an actual vacation and still see family for Christmas.

Take a moment to examine your privilege.

Yawn. Christmas privilege. Got it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Two weeks off for winter break sounds BRUTAL. Whhhhhyyyyy?

So people can go on an actual vacation and still see family for Christmas.

Take a moment to examine your privilege.

Yawn. Christmas privilege. Got it.

Whoa whoa whoa - in this house, we use "winter holiday" privilige.

Anyway, while I like adding instructional days, I don't like how choppy the fall is. Single days off here and there is harder to arrange child care for than larger consecutive blocks. Remove some holidays, end school earlier. Or just set a policy that APS will always follow FCPS. That also has value. But this just appeases no one.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is a strong approach and brings certainty. The constant debate over school calendars is no way to run a school system. Waste of time. Summer break is already too long. Tired of the "working families" trope. Just about everyone works, whether it's over the summer, winter break, etc. We're just moving around when that is, and we need to stop that and just pick a schedule so that we all know what to expect.

THANK YOU

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How many week of summer break is this?

more than enough

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Two weeks off for winter break sounds BRUTAL. Whhhhhyyyyy?

It’s what’s been done the last 5 years or so

False, at least not consistently. And if you go back further than that the two weeks was very much NOT the standard. They would only do it when the days of the week fell just right that it would produce a one or two day week on one end.

The last 5 years have definitely been two full weeks

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’d rather have 1 week at Christmas and 1 week in Feb. way too long between Jan-April without a significant break for students and teachers.

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’d rather have 1 week at Christmas and 1 week in Feb. way too long between Jan-April without a significant break for students and teachers.

+1

Yesssssss! Much preferred this when we lived in another state.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Two weeks off for winter break sounds BRUTAL. Whhhhhyyyyy?

So people can go on an actual vacation and still see family for Christmas.

Take a moment to examine your privilege.

We use the extra time to handle medical appointments for my child since they are privileged to have several complex and chronic medical conditions. Two weeks allows us enough time for the appointments and still get them a break too with holiday activities, family activities and needed down time.

My other child who suffers from anxiety really benefits from two full weeks off since they have the privilege of having a mental health condition.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How many week of summer break is this?

more than enough

Not nearly enough. It's ridiculous how late they get out of school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How many week of summer break is this?

more than enough

Not nearly enough. It's ridiculous how late they get out of school.

+1

Keep teacher work days.
Lose religious holidays but don't have any testing on those days.
Push back start date, ideally after Labor Day.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I agree that the single holidays/workdays make the schedule disruptive. All the local systems are doing similar. At least to me as an ES teacher it’s hard to get consistency.

This. If they grouped these together just a bit more or back to back with some of the religious holidays…. It would be so much better.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I agree that the single holidays/workdays make the schedule disruptive. All the local systems are doing similar. At least to me as an ES teacher it’s hard to get consistency.

This. If they grouped these together just a bit more or back to back with some of the religious holidays…. It would be so much better.

But the workdays are for grading for the end of the quarter so that would not work at all.