Melanie Meren's FB post about the calendar

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Anonymous wrote:Sorry, love the non-5 day weeks. They are great. Summer is such a pain to plan, and we (and most of our friends) much prefer a day here and there, rather than additional weeks in the summer.

I agree! We love the 4 day weeks! It really helps with the sleep for middle and high schoolers.

Time to be a parent. The entire school system doesn't operate around the needs of your special child.

And it doesn’t operate around your need for a 5 day week. As long as the kids get in the required hours of instructional time I do not care. I prefer the 4 day weeks and so do a lot of parents and teachers. Your whining isn’t going to change that. Time to be a parent and deal with it.

You are absolutely ridiculous and rude. Go away. Be a parent. 4 day school weeks are a terrible idea for many reasons. No one cares that your kids need sleep.

I responded in kind to the PP before me who said I needed to be parent and had a special child. And I’m the one who’s rude?

Being a parent means not whining about a calendar which suits plenty of people fine. You’re not so special that they will change it for you. lol. Now you go away.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Sorry, love the non-5 day weeks. They are great. Summer is such a pain to plan, and we (and most of our friends) much prefer a day here and there, rather than additional weeks in the summer.

I agree! We love the 4 day weeks! It really helps with the sleep for middle and high schoolers.

Time to be a parent. The entire school system doesn't operate around the needs of your special child.

And it doesn’t operate around your need for a 5 day week. As long as the kids get in the required hours of instructional time I do not care. I prefer the 4 day weeks and so do a lot of parents and teachers. Your whining isn’t going to change that. Time to be a parent and deal with it.

The vast majority of kids need a 5 day school week. I don't know of any parent that prefers a 4 day week, seriously, no one I know wants a 4 day school week. It is awful for working parents and most families in the US have working parents.

The 5 day week provides stability and consistency that is needed by all kids, even HS students. If your kid is so overwhelmed with the homework in their schedule, look at altering their schedule so it is less intense. Be a parent. Stop whining about your kid needing to study for classes that you allowed them to take or even encouraged them to take.

But the current, approved, calendar works great for me. Sorry, I’m not the one whining, you are. I’m good with things as is.

Because you're an entitled, privileged brat with lazy kids.

Sorry you can’t handle the children you chose to bring into the world when there is no school. Sad.

[Anonymous]

The religious holidays are here to stay. And so is the extra planning time for teachers. Deal with it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The religious holidays are here to stay. And so is the extra planning time for teachers. Deal with it.

I think you’re misreading the political climate. FCPS does not have a teacher shortage. It does, however, have record levels of unemployment due to the federal layoffs. Various county and state level politicians are campaigning on cost of living and affordability platforms— no one with any greater ambitions on the school board right now is going to stand up for “more planning time” when it comes directly out of parents wallets.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sorry, love the non-5 day weeks. They are great. Summer is such a pain to plan, and we (and most of our friends) much prefer a day here and there, rather than additional weeks in the summer.

I agree! We love the 4 day weeks! It really helps with the sleep for middle and high schoolers.

Time to be a parent. The entire school system doesn't operate around the needs of your special child.

And it doesn’t operate around your need for a 5 day week. As long as the kids get in the required hours of instructional time I do not care. I prefer the 4 day weeks and so do a lot of parents and teachers. Your whining isn’t going to change that. Time to be a parent and deal with it.

The vast majority of kids need a 5 day school week. I don't know of any parent that prefers a 4 day week, seriously, no one I know wants a 4 day school week. It is awful for working parents and most families in the US have working parents.

The 5 day week provides stability and consistency that is needed by all kids, even HS students. If your kid is so overwhelmed with the homework in their schedule, look at altering their schedule so it is less intense. Be a parent. Stop whining about your kid needing to study for classes that you allowed them to take or even encouraged them to take.

But the current, approved, calendar works great for me. Sorry, I’m not the one whining, you are. I’m good with things as is.

Because you're an entitled, privileged brat with lazy kids.

Sorry you can’t handle the children you chose to bring into the world when there is no school. Sad.

Sorry you can't think about anyone but what works for you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sorry, love the non-5 day weeks. They are great. Summer is such a pain to plan, and we (and most of our friends) much prefer a day here and there, rather than additional weeks in the summer.

I agree! We love the 4 day weeks! It really helps with the sleep for middle and high schoolers.

Time to be a parent. The entire school system doesn't operate around the needs of your special child.

And it doesn’t operate around your need for a 5 day week. As long as the kids get in the required hours of instructional time I do not care. I prefer the 4 day weeks and so do a lot of parents and teachers. Your whining isn’t going to change that. Time to be a parent and deal with it.

You are absolutely ridiculous and rude. Go away. Be a parent. 4 day school weeks are a terrible idea for many reasons. No one cares that your kids need sleep.

I responded in kind to the PP before me who said I needed to be parent and had a special child. And I’m the one who’s rude?

Being a parent means not whining about a calendar which suits plenty of people fine. You’re not so special that they will change it for you. lol. Now you go away.

It actually doesn't suit people just fine. You're holding your ears and stomping your feet because it suits YOUR lazy family.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The religious holidays are here to stay. And so is the extra planning time for teachers. Deal with it.

Cool, then hold school on Federal Holidays, that will help a good amount. It gives back 4 days and causes more complete weeks. easy fix.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The religious holidays are here to stay. And so is the extra planning time for teachers. Deal with it.

Cool, then hold school on Federal Holidays, that will help a good amount. It gives back 4 days and causes more complete weeks. easy fix.

Will never happen hahahaha.

You’re just screwed I guess.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The religious holidays are here to stay. And so is the extra planning time for teachers. Deal with it.

Cool, then hold school on Federal Holidays, that will help a good amount. It gives back 4 days and causes more complete weeks. easy fix.

Will never happen hahahaha.

You’re just screwed I guess.

It already happens— Columbus/Indigenous Is one of the TW days. Do the same for veterans and one of the Memorial days.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The religious holidays are here to stay. And so is the extra planning time for teachers. Deal with it.

Cool, then hold school on Federal Holidays, that will help a good amount. It gives back 4 days and causes more complete weeks. easy fix.

Will never happen hahahaha.

You’re just screwed I guess.

It already happens— Columbus/Indigenous Is one of the TW days. Do the same for veterans and one of the Memorial days.

Kids are not in school on TW.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The religious holidays are here to stay. And so is the extra planning time for teachers. Deal with it.

Cool, then hold school on Federal Holidays, that will help a good amount. It gives back 4 days and causes more complete weeks. easy fix.

Will never happen hahahaha.

You’re just screwed I guess.

It already happens— Columbus/Indigenous Is one of the TW days. Do the same for veterans and one of the Memorial days.

Unless those days coincide with the end of a quarter (they don’t) turning them into TW will do nothing to improve the calendar unless they counted it as “planning time” in place of 3 hour early releases.

They need to align quarter breaks with holidays.

Quarter 1 usually ends the Friday before Election Day.

Quarter 2 could be timed around MLK or President’s Day.

And detaching Spring Break from Easter and aligning it with the end of the third quarter could transition some H days to TW/SP days.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The religious holidays are here to stay. And so is the extra planning time for teachers. Deal with it.

Cool, then hold school on Federal Holidays, that will help a good amount. It gives back 4 days and causes more complete weeks. easy fix.

Will never happen hahahaha.

You’re just screwed I guess.

It already happens— Columbus/Indigenous Is one of the TW days. Do the same for veterans and one of the Memorial days.

Unless those days coincide with the end of a quarter (they don’t) turning them into TW will do nothing to improve the calendar unless they counted it as “planning time” in place of 3 hour early releases.

They need to align quarter breaks with holidays.

Quarter 1 usually ends the Friday before Election Day.

Quarter 2 could be timed around MLK or President’s Day.

And detaching Spring Break from Easter and aligning it with the end of the third quarter could transition some H days to TW/SP days.

Omg. They already tried that and it was a total disaster. Are you for real??

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The religious holidays are here to stay. And so is the extra planning time for teachers. Deal with it.

Cool, then hold school on Federal Holidays, that will help a good amount. It gives back 4 days and causes more complete weeks. easy fix.

Will never happen hahahaha.

You’re just screwed I guess.

It already happens— Columbus/Indigenous Is one of the TW days. Do the same for veterans and one of the Memorial days.

Kids are not in school on TW.

Right, teachers can do TW on those days, kids can have the TW in the classroom. No cost to FCPS and saves parents thousands.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sorry, love the non-5 day weeks. They are great. Summer is such a pain to plan, and we (and most of our friends) much prefer a day here and there, rather than additional weeks in the summer.

I agree! We love the 4 day weeks! It really helps with the sleep for middle and high schoolers.

Time to be a parent. The entire school system doesn't operate around the needs of your special child.

And it doesn’t operate around your need for a 5 day week. As long as the kids get in the required hours of instructional time I do not care. I prefer the 4 day weeks and so do a lot of parents and teachers. Your whining isn’t going to change that. Time to be a parent and deal with it.

You are absolutely ridiculous and rude. Go away. Be a parent. 4 day school weeks are a terrible idea for many reasons. No one cares that your kids need sleep.

I responded in kind to the PP before me who said I needed to be parent and had a special child. And I’m the one who’s rude?

Being a parent means not whining about a calendar which suits plenty of people fine. You’re not so special that they will change it for you. lol. Now you go away.

I’m a DP, but you’re getting very emotional over what comes down to basic realities. In an election year about affordability, the party in power has a chance to say their new policies have saved Fairfax parents (their constituents) hundreds of thousands of dollars in famously high childcare costs while not adding a dime to the FCPS budget. Thats why they’re doing it. It’s not because one poster is more special than the other.

And before you say but the teachers, many FCPS teachers do not live, and so do not vote, in Fairfax. All FCPS parents do.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sorry, love the non-5 day weeks. They are great. Summer is such a pain to plan, and we (and most of our friends) much prefer a day here and there, rather than additional weeks in the summer.

I agree! We love the 4 day weeks! It really helps with the sleep for middle and high schoolers.

Time to be a parent. The entire school system doesn't operate around the needs of your special child.

And it doesn’t operate around your need for a 5 day week. As long as the kids get in the required hours of instructional time I do not care. I prefer the 4 day weeks and so do a lot of parents and teachers. Your whining isn’t going to change that. Time to be a parent and deal with it.

You are absolutely ridiculous and rude. Go away. Be a parent. 4 day school weeks are a terrible idea for many reasons. No one cares that your kids need sleep.

I responded in kind to the PP before me who said I needed to be parent and had a special child. And I’m the one who’s rude?

Being a parent means not whining about a calendar which suits plenty of people fine. You’re not so special that they will change it for you. lol. Now you go away.

I’m a DP, but you’re getting very emotional over what comes down to basic realities. In an election year about affordability, the party in power has a chance to say their new policies have saved Fairfax parents (their constituents) hundreds of thousands of dollars in famously high childcare costs while not adding a dime to the FCPS budget. Thats why they’re doing it. It’s not because one poster is more special than the other.

And before you say but the teachers, many FCPS teachers do not live, and so do not vote, in Fairfax. All FCPS parents do.

Emotional?! You really can’t read tone in posts can you. I’m fine with 4 day weeks. That’s all I said and then I was told I needed to be a parent and my child was attacked even though I’ve never mentioned my child. I’m a newer poster that jumped late into the discussion. It’s more like the posters who wants 5 days are super cranky and emotional.