will a lot of kids be out next week?

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Yes.

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Anonymous wrote:Yes, it's a vicious cycle. A bunch of kids skip school those days, so teachers learn to not cover anything. Other parents learn of this from one year to another, and so keep their kids out of school, also. So the teachers cover even less the next year. We're now at year one-million of the process and few teachers cover anything at all (that's why, I think, they scheduled half-days for those days).

I had my kids double check before we finalized plans. 3 of 7 teachers will have subs. And her hard classes (math/science) will be doing review problems (frankly, this is quite useful for the kids so kudos to those teachers).

Half days are always like this. Schools shouldn't be able to count half days as instructional days.

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Anonymous wrote:Yes, it's a vicious cycle. A bunch of kids skip school those days, so teachers learn to not cover anything. Other parents learn of this from one year to another, and so keep their kids out of school, also. So the teachers cover even less the next year. We're now at year one-million of the process and few teachers cover anything at all (that's why, I think, they scheduled half-days for those days).

I had my kids double check before we finalized plans. 3 of 7 teachers will have subs. And her hard classes (math/science) will be doing review problems (frankly, this is quite useful for the kids so kudos to those teachers).

I assumed this was the case but when we pulled our kids out during those two days two years ago, they complained that they’d missed out on a lot from those two days and struggled to get caught up when they came back.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Yes, it's a vicious cycle. A bunch of kids skip school those days, so teachers learn to not cover anything. Other parents learn of this from one year to another, and so keep their kids out of school, also. So the teachers cover even less the next year. We're now at year one-million of the process and few teachers cover anything at all (that's why, I think, they scheduled half-days for those days).

I had my kids double check before we finalized plans. 3 of 7 teachers will have subs. And her hard classes (math/science) will be doing review problems (frankly, this is quite useful for the kids so kudos to those teachers).

Half days are always like this. Schools shouldn't be able to count half days as instructional days.

Nor should they ding the kids for 2 full days of absence when they're half days.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Yes, it's a vicious cycle. A bunch of kids skip school those days, so teachers learn to not cover anything. Other parents learn of this from one year to another, and so keep their kids out of school, also. So the teachers cover even less the next year. We're now at year one-million of the process and few teachers cover anything at all (that's why, I think, they scheduled half-days for those days).

I had my kids double check before we finalized plans. 3 of 7 teachers will have subs. And her hard classes (math/science) will be doing review problems (frankly, this is quite useful for the kids so kudos to those teachers).

Half days are always like this. Schools shouldn't be able to count half days as instructional days.

Nor should they ding the kids for 2 full days of absence when they're half days.

The state counts half days as full days so yep it’s two full days of school missed. At the ES level it will be fine if the days are missed. For MS I would ask ahead of time. And at the HS level it’s going to depend on teacher and class. Some of those AP and Honors classes will absolutely be covering material or doing quizzes. Some Upper division electives many times do review material because they are paced to be midway through at this point as the end after a semester.

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Anonymous wrote:Yes, it's a vicious cycle. A bunch of kids skip school those days, so teachers learn to not cover anything. Other parents learn of this from one year to another, and so keep their kids out of school, also. So the teachers cover even less the next year. We're now at year one-million of the process and few teachers cover anything at all (that's why, I think, they scheduled half-days for those days).

I had my kids double check before we finalized plans. 3 of 7 teachers will have subs. And her hard classes (math/science) will be doing review problems (frankly, this is quite useful for the kids so kudos to those teachers).

Half days are always like this. Schools shouldn't be able to count half days as instructional days.

Nor should they ding the kids for 2 full days of absence when they're half days.

If half-days didn't count as instructional days, then MCPS would have to have real school days. Half days are just a way to offer MCEA a day off while still getting paid as a work day.

And the new MCEA board members are going to try to add more.

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Anonymous wrote:Yes, it's a vicious cycle. A bunch of kids skip school those days, so teachers learn to not cover anything. Other parents learn of this from one year to another, and so keep their kids out of school, also. So the teachers cover even less the next year. We're now at year one-million of the process and few teachers cover anything at all (that's why, I think, they scheduled half-days for those days).

I had my kids double check before we finalized plans. 3 of 7 teachers will have subs. And her hard classes (math/science) will be doing review problems (frankly, this is quite useful for the kids so kudos to those teachers).

Half days are always like this. Schools shouldn't be able to count half days as instructional days.

Nor should they ding the kids for 2 full days of absence when they're half days.

If half-days didn't count as instructional days, then MCPS would have to have real school days. Half days are just a way to offer MCEA a day off while still getting paid as a work day.

And the new MCEA board members are going to try to add more.

Half days have been around for decades all over the country. Get a grip on reality. When it doubt, blame the union! You're so smart!

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Anonymous wrote:Yes, it's a vicious cycle. A bunch of kids skip school those days, so teachers learn to not cover anything. Other parents learn of this from one year to another, and so keep their kids out of school, also. So the teachers cover even less the next year. We're now at year one-million of the process and few teachers cover anything at all (that's why, I think, they scheduled half-days for those days).

I had my kids double check before we finalized plans. 3 of 7 teachers will have subs. And her hard classes (math/science) will be doing review problems (frankly, this is quite useful for the kids so kudos to those teachers).

Half days are always like this. Schools shouldn't be able to count half days as instructional days.

Nor should they ding the kids for 2 full days of absence when they're half days.

If half-days didn't count as instructional days, then MCPS would have to have real school days. Half days are just a way to offer MCEA a day off while still getting paid as a work day.

And the new MCEA board members are going to try to add more.

Half days have been around for decades all over the country. Get a grip on reality. When it doubt, blame the union! You're so smart!

And they've always been a joke. We all know it.

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Anonymous wrote:Yes, it's a vicious cycle. A bunch of kids skip school those days, so teachers learn to not cover anything. Other parents learn of this from one year to another, and so keep their kids out of school, also. So the teachers cover even less the next year. We're now at year one-million of the process and few teachers cover anything at all (that's why, I think, they scheduled half-days for those days).

I had my kids double check before we finalized plans. 3 of 7 teachers will have subs. And her hard classes (math/science) will be doing review problems (frankly, this is quite useful for the kids so kudos to those teachers).

Half days are always like this. Schools shouldn't be able to count half days as instructional days.

Nor should they ding the kids for 2 full days of absence when they're half days.

If half-days didn't count as instructional days, then MCPS would have to have real school days. Half days are just a way to offer MCEA a day off while still getting paid as a work day.

And the new MCEA board members are going to try to add more.

Half days have been around for decades all over the country. Get a grip on reality. When it doubt, blame the union! You're so smart!

And they've always been a joke. We all know it.

Your point? Oh, you never had one. Got it. Touch grass.

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Anonymous wrote:Yes, it's a vicious cycle. A bunch of kids skip school those days, so teachers learn to not cover anything. Other parents learn of this from one year to another, and so keep their kids out of school, also. So the teachers cover even less the next year. We're now at year one-million of the process and few teachers cover anything at all (that's why, I think, they scheduled half-days for those days).

I had my kids double check before we finalized plans. 3 of 7 teachers will have subs. And her hard classes (math/science) will be doing review problems (frankly, this is quite useful for the kids so kudos to those teachers).

Half days are always like this. Schools shouldn't be able to count half days as instructional days.

Nor should they ding the kids for 2 full days of absence when they're half days.

If half-days didn't count as instructional days, then MCPS would have to have real school days. Half days are just a way to offer MCEA a day off while still getting paid as a work day.

And the new MCEA board members are going to try to add more.

Half days have been around for decades all over the country. Get a grip on reality. When it doubt, blame the union! You're so smart!

And they've always been a joke. We all know it.

Your point? Oh, you never had one. Got it. Touch grass.

We shouldn't have them. And we especially shouldn't have more.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Yes, it's a vicious cycle. A bunch of kids skip school those days, so teachers learn to not cover anything. Other parents learn of this from one year to another, and so keep their kids out of school, also. So the teachers cover even less the next year. We're now at year one-million of the process and few teachers cover anything at all (that's why, I think, they scheduled half-days for those days).

I had my kids double check before we finalized plans. 3 of 7 teachers will have subs. And her hard classes (math/science) will be doing review problems (frankly, this is quite useful for the kids so kudos to those teachers).

Half days are always like this. Schools shouldn't be able to count half days as instructional days.

Nor should they ding the kids for 2 full days of absence when they're half days.

If half-days didn't count as instructional days, then MCPS would have to have real school days. Half days are just a way to offer MCEA a day off while still getting paid as a work day.

And the new MCEA board members are going to try to add more.

I’m not an MCPS teacher, but I know many and I teach in a neighboring county.

Guess what half days are to most of us? Full work days. Students go home early, but we stay and grade and plan.

And then we go home and grade/plan more. And then we wake up on Saturdays to grade/plan. And then we wake up on Sundays to grade/plan.

I just looked at a calendar. I haven’t had a day without work in 28 days.

So I’m going to take offense when you accuse teachers of laziness.

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Anonymous wrote:Yes, it's a vicious cycle. A bunch of kids skip school those days, so teachers learn to not cover anything. Other parents learn of this from one year to another, and so keep their kids out of school, also. So the teachers cover even less the next year. We're now at year one-million of the process and few teachers cover anything at all (that's why, I think, they scheduled half-days for those days).

I had my kids double check before we finalized plans. 3 of 7 teachers will have subs. And her hard classes (math/science) will be doing review problems (frankly, this is quite useful for the kids so kudos to those teachers).

Half days are always like this. Schools shouldn't be able to count half days as instructional days.

Nor should they ding the kids for 2 full days of absence when they're half days.

If half-days didn't count as instructional days, then MCPS would have to have real school days. Half days are just a way to offer MCEA a day off while still getting paid as a work day.

And the new MCEA board members are going to try to add more.

I’m not an MCPS teacher, but I know many and I teach in a neighboring county.

Guess what half days are to most of us? Full work days. Students go home early, but we stay and grade and plan.

And then we go home and grade/plan more. And then we wake up on Saturdays to grade/plan. And then we wake up on Sundays to grade/plan.

I just looked at a calendar. I haven’t had a day without work in 28 days.

So I’m going to take offense when you accuse teachers of laziness.

Then make it a non-instructional workday, since meaningful classes aren't going to happen.

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Anonymous wrote:Yes, it's a vicious cycle. A bunch of kids skip school those days, so teachers learn to not cover anything. Other parents learn of this from one year to another, and so keep their kids out of school, also. So the teachers cover even less the next year. We're now at year one-million of the process and few teachers cover anything at all (that's why, I think, they scheduled half-days for those days).

I had my kids double check before we finalized plans. 3 of 7 teachers will have subs. And her hard classes (math/science) will be doing review problems (frankly, this is quite useful for the kids so kudos to those teachers).

Half days are always like this. Schools shouldn't be able to count half days as instructional days.

Nor should they ding the kids for 2 full days of absence when they're half days.

If half-days didn't count as instructional days, then MCPS would have to have real school days. Half days are just a way to offer MCEA a day off while still getting paid as a work day.

And the new MCEA board members are going to try to add more.

I’m not an MCPS teacher, but I know many and I teach in a neighboring county.

Guess what half days are to most of us? Full work days. Students go home early, but we stay and grade and plan.

And then we go home and grade/plan more. And then we wake up on Saturdays to grade/plan. And then we wake up on Sundays to grade/plan.

I just looked at a calendar. I haven’t had a day without work in 28 days.

So I’m going to take offense when you accuse teachers of laziness.

Then make it a non-instructional workday, since meaningful classes aren't going to happen.

Teachers have absolutely no control over most things that enrage parents, but we take the heat anyway. I can’t change the calendar.

My high school students are constantly working and meeting standards. I’m not going to consider myself lazy or underperforming if I tailor an activity that fosters community or wellness on a half day. I see my students’ needs and their burnout and I’m able to respond to it. A light day is not wasted. It just fills a different need.

[Anonymous]

Is skipping school to start the Tgiving holiday an excused or unexcused absence?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is skipping school to start the Tgiving holiday an excused or unexcused absence?

Unexcused