2019-20 MCPS calendar?

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[Post New]09/24/2018 16:07
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Anonymous
Longer break, please. By the end of the school year, kids are tired. And juniors need to visit colleges over Spring Break.
[Post New]09/25/2018 12:40
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Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:Why are we not off for Columbus day yet have all these BS half days for no reason?


Half days count as school days.
[Post New]09/25/2018 15:16
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Anonymous
This year: Nov 12 is half day, Nov 13 is a half day. Why don't they just combined them and give us Nov 12 off!.
[Post New]09/25/2018 15:26
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Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:This year: Nov 12 is half day, Nov 13 is a half day. Why don't they just combined them and give us Nov 12 off!.

Is this really a question?
Because half days count towards the required days.
[Post New]09/26/2018 18:46
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Anonymous wrote:Isn't Jealous behind by 20-ish points in the polls?


Yes, Jealous is currently 20-ish points behind Hogan among people who answer their phones for an unknown number.


Lol! Then they have no idea that I will vote for BJ.
[Post New]09/26/2018 19:29
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Anonymous
Why are we not off for the Jewish holidays?
[Post New]09/26/2018 19:37
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Anonymous
Oh wait I double checked they gave us the dates it’s just that the dates are in different months. One is in September the other in October. All is well. I’m calm.
[Post New]09/26/2018 20:18
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Anonymous wrote:This year: Nov 12 is half day, Nov 13 is a half day. Why don't they just combined them and give us Nov 12 off!.


They’re for parent conferences in elementary.
[Post New]09/26/2018 20:29
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Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:Why are we not off for Columbus day yet have all these BS half days for no reason?


Columbus Day is the day you can go in to observe your kid’s classroom.
[Post New]09/26/2018 20:43
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Anonymous wrote:Why are we not off for the Jewish holidays?


We are. Both proposals have days off for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur ("non-instructional days") because the survey feedback showed that these would be high absence days.
[Post New]09/26/2018 21:52
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Anonymous wrote:Why are we not off for the Jewish holidays?


We are. Both proposals have days off for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur ("non-instructional days") because the survey feedback showed that these would be high absence days.


Thanks it’s so confusing when the stupid council doesn’t want to acknowledge holidays and wants to make it generalized.
[Post New]09/27/2018 07:51
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Anonymous
They only acknowledge Christian holidays now but they still give the first day of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur off.
[Post New]09/27/2018 09:23
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Anonymous wrote:They only acknowledge Christian holidays now but they still give the first day of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur off.


That's because historically those holidays have a lot of people off. It is ingrained in our culture. Even now people expect to have those certain time frames off whether they celebrate Judo-Chrisitan holidays.
[Post New]09/27/2018 09:34
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Anonymous wrote:They only acknowledge Christian holidays now but they still give the first day of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur off.


That's because historically those holidays have a lot of people off. It is ingrained in our culture. Even now people expect to have those certain time frames off whether they celebrate Judo-Chrisitan holidays.


That does not explain why the reason for the days off is identified as a Christian holiday.
[Post New]09/27/2018 09:48
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Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:They only acknowledge Christian holidays now but they still give the first day of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur off.


That's because historically those holidays have a lot of people off. It is ingrained in our culture. Even now people expect to have those certain time frames off whether they celebrate Judo-Chrisitan holidays.


That does not explain why the reason for the days off is identified as a Christian holiday.


The "non instructional" days are not identified because several years ago, BOE voted to remove those labels.

This file shows all days off as fairly vague. https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/uploadedFiles/calendar/0285.18_2018-19_SchoolCalendar.pdf
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