All these days off...

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Anonymous wrote:Of course high school kids love it. Every kid loves having a day off lol.

High school kids can be left at home alone.

This calendar doesn’t work for working parents with minor children.

Minor children? Aren't about 95% (or more) of FCPS students minor children?

Figure out childcare if your children can't be home alone. Childcare isn't the responsibility of the school system. When you're a parent, you have a responsibility to care for your children or find a proxy such as a neighbor, babysitter, family member, daycare center, etc. It is not a privilege to state this fact. Parenthood = sacrifice and responsibility.

+1 this. I’m so tired of hearing parents say - but I’m working! You have kids. It’s your responsibility to figure out childcare, not the school’s. You get the calendar early enough and will have to figure it out. Life is about choices. You chose to work, now either take the day off or send them to a one day camp. Or become a stay at home parent. But either way, they are your kids and it’s your responsibility to figure out what to do with them when the day is off.

PP does not understand that the purpose of schoos is to teach..kids need to be in school.

Get rid of early release days. Make religious holidays teacher work days.

They are in school. For 180 days. Not every one cares about 1-2 off a month.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If you look at the calendar for next year, you will see a lot fewer days off- most of the holidays happen to fall on a weekend next year unlike this year. Hence, the extra days. Enjoy them.

And yet somehow despite that we are still getting out super late in June.

It's because Labor Day is September 7th and we start two weeks before like we have recently. The last day for students is mid June.

We used to start the day after Labor Day and end around Jun 10, give or take a bit. Now we start 2 weeks before Labor Day and end around June 15 give or take a bit (which pushes it to the 3rd week instead of 2nd week of June).

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If you look at the calendar for next year, you will see a lot fewer days off- most of the holidays happen to fall on a weekend next year unlike this year. Hence, the extra days. Enjoy them.

And yet somehow despite that we are still getting out super late in June.

It's because Labor Day is September 7th and we start two weeks before like we have recently. The last day for students is mid June.

We used to start the day after Labor Day and end around Jun 10, give or take a bit. Now we start 2 weeks before Labor Day and end around June 15 give or take a bit (which pushes it to the 3rd week instead of 2nd week of June).

When I was in FCPS (late '90s, early '00s) we started after Labor Day and ended around the teens of June sometime. I hated missing the best weather of the year to being in school. Plus we all felt like we missed out on AP preparation time compared to kids who started in early August.

Now kids have the worst of all worlds.

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Anonymous wrote:If you look at the calendar for next year, you will see a lot fewer days off- most of the holidays happen to fall on a weekend next year unlike this year. Hence, the extra days. Enjoy them.

And yet somehow despite that we are still getting out super late in June.

It's because Labor Day is September 7th and we start two weeks before like we have recently. The last day for students is mid June.

We used to start the day after Labor Day and end around Jun 10, give or take a bit. Now we start 2 weeks before Labor Day and end around June 15 give or take a bit (which pushes it to the 3rd week instead of 2nd week of June).

When I was in FCPS (late '90s, early '00s) we started after Labor Day and ended around the teens of June sometime. I hated missing the best weather of the year to being in school. Plus we all felt like we missed out on AP preparation time compared to kids who started in early August.

Now kids have the worst of all worlds.

But most parents do not want a 3 month summer. Better to have days off throughout the school year. Of course, imo, the best would be a year round schedule with 2 or 3 weeks off after each quarter.

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Anonymous wrote:If you look at the calendar for next year, you will see a lot fewer days off- most of the holidays happen to fall on a weekend next year unlike this year. Hence, the extra days. Enjoy them.

And yet somehow despite that we are still getting out super late in June.

It's because Labor Day is September 7th and we start two weeks before like we have recently. The last day for students is mid June.

We used to start the day after Labor Day and end around Jun 10, give or take a bit. Now we start 2 weeks before Labor Day and end around June 15 give or take a bit (which pushes it to the 3rd week instead of 2nd week of June).

When I was in FCPS (late '90s, early '00s) we started after Labor Day and ended around the teens of June sometime. I hated missing the best weather of the year to being in school. Plus we all felt like we missed out on AP preparation time compared to kids who started in early August.

Now kids have the worst of all worlds.

But most parents do not want a 3 month summer. Better to have days off throughout the school year. Of course, imo, the best would be a year round schedule with 2 or 3 weeks off after each quarter.

These posts will just continue to go on for pages because nobody wants the same schedule. They are post out there where they’re like vote out the school board and fire read, but a lot people like this schedule. There isn’t a schedule that will make every parent, teacher, or student happy.

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Anonymous wrote:If you look at the calendar for next year, you will see a lot fewer days off- most of the holidays happen to fall on a weekend next year unlike this year. Hence, the extra days. Enjoy them.

And yet somehow despite that we are still getting out super late in June.

It's because Labor Day is September 7th and we start two weeks before like we have recently. The last day for students is mid June.

We used to start the day after Labor Day and end around Jun 10, give or take a bit. Now we start 2 weeks before Labor Day and end around June 15 give or take a bit (which pushes it to the 3rd week instead of 2nd week of June).

When I was in FCPS (late '90s, early '00s) we started after Labor Day and ended around the teens of June sometime. I hated missing the best weather of the year to being in school. Plus we all felt like we missed out on AP preparation time compared to kids who started in early August.

Now kids have the worst of all worlds.

But most parents do not want a 3 month summer. Better to have days off throughout the school year. Of course, imo, the best would be a year round schedule with 2 or 3 weeks off after each quarter.

These posts will just continue to go on for pages because nobody wants the same schedule. They are post out there where they’re like vote out the school board and fire read, but a lot people like this schedule. There isn’t a schedule that will make every parent, teacher, or student happy.

Well i think we can all agree that NOBODY wants the schedule that we have now. It's a joke.

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Anonymous wrote:If you look at the calendar for next year, you will see a lot fewer days off- most of the holidays happen to fall on a weekend next year unlike this year. Hence, the extra days. Enjoy them.

And yet somehow despite that we are still getting out super late in June.

It's because Labor Day is September 7th and we start two weeks before like we have recently. The last day for students is mid June.

We used to start the day after Labor Day and end around Jun 10, give or take a bit. Now we start 2 weeks before Labor Day and end around June 15 give or take a bit (which pushes it to the 3rd week instead of 2nd week of June).

When I was in FCPS (late '90s, early '00s) we started after Labor Day and ended around the teens of June sometime. I hated missing the best weather of the year to being in school. Plus we all felt like we missed out on AP preparation time compared to kids who started in early August.

Now kids have the worst of all worlds.

But most parents do not want a 3 month summer. Better to have days off throughout the school year. Of course, imo, the best would be a year round schedule with 2 or 3 weeks off after each quarter.

These posts will just continue to go on for pages because nobody wants the same schedule. They are post out there where they’re like vote out the school board and fire read, but a lot people like this schedule. There isn’t a schedule that will make every parent, teacher, or student happy.

Well i think we can all agree that NOBODY wants the schedule that we have now. It's a joke.

That's not true either! See how this works

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Anonymous wrote:If you look at the calendar for next year, you will see a lot fewer days off- most of the holidays happen to fall on a weekend next year unlike this year. Hence, the extra days. Enjoy them.

And yet somehow despite that we are still getting out super late in June.

It's because Labor Day is September 7th and we start two weeks before like we have recently. The last day for students is mid June.

We used to start the day after Labor Day and end around Jun 10, give or take a bit. Now we start 2 weeks before Labor Day and end around June 15 give or take a bit (which pushes it to the 3rd week instead of 2nd week of June).

When I was in FCPS (late '90s, early '00s) we started after Labor Day and ended around the teens of June sometime. I hated missing the best weather of the year to being in school. Plus we all felt like we missed out on AP preparation time compared to kids who started in early August.

Now kids have the worst of all worlds.

But most parents do not want a 3 month summer. Better to have days off throughout the school year. Of course, imo, the best would be a year round schedule with 2 or 3 weeks off after each quarter.

I'd love to see some evidence for anything you said.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If you look at the calendar for next year, you will see a lot fewer days off- most of the holidays happen to fall on a weekend next year unlike this year. Hence, the extra days. Enjoy them.

And yet somehow despite that we are still getting out super late in June.

It's because Labor Day is September 7th and we start two weeks before like we have recently. The last day for students is mid June.

We used to start the day after Labor Day and end around Jun 10, give or take a bit. Now we start 2 weeks before Labor Day and end around June 15 give or take a bit (which pushes it to the 3rd week instead of 2nd week of June).

When I was in FCPS (late '90s, early '00s) we started after Labor Day and ended around the teens of June sometime. I hated missing the best weather of the year to being in school. Plus we all felt like we missed out on AP preparation time compared to kids who started in early August.

Now kids have the worst of all worlds.

But most parents do not want a 3 month summer. Better to have days off throughout the school year. Of course, imo, the best would be a year round schedule with 2 or 3 weeks off after each quarter.

I'd love to see some evidence for anything you said.

I'm in an adjacent county and they actually had parents vote. But then the school board did whatever the hell they wanted anyways and ended up with a schedule just like FCPS with 4 day weeks for the entire year.

Parents showed exactly what they wanted and school board doesn't care.

[Anonymous]

I think schools should actually look at peer- reviewed research and data on what schedules promote (get ready!) the best learning.

Young kids need consistency, repetition and routine. They do not need a different schedule every week between early release and a billion holidays. I don’t know what makes the most pedagogical sense at the middle and high school levels but I bet the data exists.

Be guided by the idea that the job of the school is to educate children, and then set the schedule from there, while sharing the data with parents so you can start rebuilding the trust thats been lost by lying in 2024 about why the schedule “needed” to change.

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Anonymous wrote:I think schools should actually look at peer- reviewed research and data on what schedules promote (get ready!) the best learning.

Young kids need consistency, repetition and routine. They do not need a different schedule every week between early release and a billion holidays. I don’t know what makes the most pedagogical sense at the middle and high school levels but I bet the data exists.

Be guided by the idea that the job of the school is to educate children, and then set the schedule from there, while sharing the data with parents so you can start rebuilding the trust thats been lost by lying in 2024 about why the schedule “needed” to change.

Agreed and this is what all the "school isn't childcare" people are missing. School isn't able to effectively teach with 4 day weeks.

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Recognize the hypocrisy in saying attendance is important while having days off all over the place which are meant to cater to the convenience and desire of everyone other than families. No one takes seriously the idea that you can’t take a kid to see an elderly family member BUT its fine to have no five day weeks if it means teachers get more “prep” time.

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Anonymous wrote:I think schools should actually look at peer- reviewed research and data on what schedules promote (get ready!) the best learning.

Young kids need consistency, repetition and routine. They do not need a different schedule every week between early release and a billion holidays. I don’t know what makes the most pedagogical sense at the middle and high school levels but I bet the data exists.

Be guided by the idea that the job of the school is to educate children, and then set the schedule from there, while sharing the data with parents so you can start rebuilding the trust thats been lost by lying in 2024 about why the schedule “needed” to change.

Agreed and this is what all the "school isn't childcare" people are missing. School isn't able to effectively teach with 4 day weeks.

You know, at the oldest grades I don’t know. Maybe regular, routine, four day weeks for juniors seniors so they could do internships or jobs would actually be the best learning environment. But study it and present credible data, don’t just have a haphazard schedule and zero trust.

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Anonymous wrote:If you look at the calendar for next year, you will see a lot fewer days off- most of the holidays happen to fall on a weekend next year unlike this year. Hence, the extra days. Enjoy them.

And yet somehow despite that we are still getting out super late in June.

It's because Labor Day is September 7th and we start two weeks before like we have recently. The last day for students is mid June.

We used to start the day after Labor Day and end around Jun 10, give or take a bit. Now we start 2 weeks before Labor Day and end around June 15 give or take a bit (which pushes it to the 3rd week instead of 2nd week of June).

When I was in FCPS (late '90s, early '00s) we started after Labor Day and ended around the teens of June sometime. I hated missing the best weather of the year to being in school. Plus we all felt like we missed out on AP preparation time compared to kids who started in early August.

Now kids have the worst of all worlds.

But most parents do not want a 3 month summer. Better to have days off throughout the school year. Of course, imo, the best would be a year round schedule with 2 or 3 weeks off after each quarter.

I'd love to see some evidence for anything you said.

Well, let's start with you. Do you want a 13 week summer?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A neighbor who sends kids to private parochial said the more consistent schedule is worth the 15k/kid they pay, sanity wise.

Eh they have a lot of days off too.