DCPS Closed June 20, 2022 for Juneteenth?

[Anonymous]

Wow. Our Charter mostly lines up with DCPS but our last day is June 17th. I suppose we could have make up days added on maybe. But it looks like we have a full winter break, February and Spring break as well.

I am suppressed to see DCPS going until the end of June??? I am trying to look at the calendar to figure out why... What is the cause for the extra week?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Now that Juneteenth is a federal holiday, will DCPS be closed on June 20th? If so, does that mean the last day of school will now be June 23rd instead of June 22nd? I've reached out to DCPS but haven't heard back yet.

I hope DC decides to wrap Emancipation Day into Juneteenth.

Right, because we can't possibly have two recognized holidays to commemorate black thing /s

This is the problem thinking of these and Martin Luther King day as black holidays. They are everyone's holiday and part of our culture and history. Hopefully all DC kids will learn more about them all year long and we can get past this. Though it might end up like so many other holidays as a reason to party & have sales at stores... With no actual acknowledgment of the reason for the holidays...
Cant even imagine how marketing people would spin it but I bet we will see before long.

[Anonymous]

They made the announcement in 2016 - and decided to have 2017 spring break around Easter. It does not matter what they are doing now. As a long time DCPS parent -- my experience was they stated an approach and did not implement. They MAY decide going forward that is really what they want to do - the MAY not.

Parents who had kids in school that year remember that they actually MOVED the spring break from the week of Emancipation Day to another week when the calendar went from Draft to Final. At that time, it was clear to me that they were not committed to having Spring Break the same week as Emancipation Day as a rule. IT was rather if it worked with the other spring holidays

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They made the announcement in 2016 - and decided to have 2017 spring break around Easter. It does not matter what they are doing now. As a long time DCPS parent -- my experience was they stated an approach and did not implement. They MAY decide going forward that is really what they want to do - the MAY not.

Parents who had kids in school that year remember that they actually MOVED the spring break from the week of Emancipation Day to another week when the calendar went from Draft to Final. At that time, it was clear to me that they were not committed to having Spring Break the same week as Emancipation Day as a rule. IT was rather if it worked with the other spring holidays

This is different, it’s nearly the last day of school. It doesn’t matter much as no one will really be learning AND adding a make up day after it is even more asinine.

[Anonymous]

Your kids can always do homework on Emancipation Day AND Juneteenth - maybe read about slavery and the Civil War 🙄

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Of course DCPS will be closed. This year they closed virtual “school” with like what 18 hours notice once it was enacted? With a year to plan these teachers will more than certainly make sure school is closed. It wouldn’t matter when it is. End of June. February. November. Let’s not give our kids the schooling they deserve.

As a teacher, this day off was extremely frustrating. I appreciated the holiday, and had been talking about it with my students, but communication was haphazard at best, so I spent a while on my own time that evening making sure that parents knew that school would be canceled. To blame everything on teachers, as you do, is stupid and insulting.

Yes. The union has no influence. Sure. Got it. My bad.

[Anonymous]

They could cut out some of the PD days and other random days and end school before the holiday. Or start a couple days earlier.
IF DC started early August then the could be out by memorial day. And High school students could have the semester end before Christmas break.
But someone or too many DCPS higher up folks have time shares or something so they won't do it..

[Anonymous]

OMG FCPS already was ending June 27th when my kids went. Maybe July 3 now. They couldn’t even start their internships school went so late.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They could cut out some of the PD days and other random days and end school before the holiday. Or start a couple days earlier.
IF DC started early August then the could be out by memorial day. And High school students could have the semester end before Christmas break.
But someone or too many DCPS higher up folks have time shares or something so they won't do it..

+1

I often think they don’t take high school scheduling into account when they make the calendar. Ending the semester at winter break is always a good stopping point, especially for midterms or finals (depending on scheduling). It also would mean more instructional time before the AP exams. And as another PP mentioned, many internships/pre-college programs/travel programs happen before the school year ends. Lots of high school kids just miss the last week or two because they don’t want to miss those opportunities. And DCPS should encourage these kids to take these opportunities by adjusting the calendar.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Of course DCPS will be closed. This year they closed virtual “school” with like what 18 hours notice once it was enacted? With a year to plan these teachers will more than certainly make sure school is closed. It wouldn’t matter when it is. End of June. February. November. Let’s not give our kids the schooling they deserve.

As a teacher, this day off was extremely frustrating. I appreciated the holiday, and had been talking about it with my students, but communication was haphazard at best, so I spent a while on my own time that evening making sure that parents knew that school would be canceled. To blame everything on teachers, as you do, is stupid and insulting.

Yes. The union has no influence. Sure. Got it. My bad.

Hatred for black people and teachers? You’re not a very good person.