latest calendar survey

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Anonymous wrote:I'm a fed. Teacher work days on federal holidays works best for me since I'm already off. The other random days either require me to burn leave or pay $$$ for some camp. I hate it.

I’m a teacher. I want holidays, too. And no, I don’t get paid time off in the summer.

+1 these parents are nuts. It’s all about what’s best for them and their work schedule and no thought whatsoever as to what teachers need. I hope Reid continues to offer 4 day weeks. It really helps.

I highly doubt you are a teacher. Teachers absolutely need more work days, but I don't know a single one that thought this year's calendar was helpful.

From what I've heard, elementary school teachers didn't like it. At the secondary level though, my colleagues and I largely loved it.

+1 I’m the PP who said I hope we continue 4 day weeks. I’m not a troll. It’s funny how the second someone disagrees with them, they are called a troll. I’m the parent of a high schooler. We loved the days off. My child got extra sleep and was able to keep up and not have to spend every waking weekend working to stay afloat.

I am a parent of high schoolers and I think people like you are absolutely lazy. If your kids can't keep up, then try signing them up for less. We don't need 4 day school just because your snowflake needs sleep!!!!

I could care less what you think! We looked forward to the days off and extra sleep and it was bliss! My child still had a great year educationally and learned the same amount. I hope they do not change the calendar. So many people I know were grateful for the extra sleep (especially middle school families). It was truly a gift.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm a fed. Teacher work days on federal holidays works best for me since I'm already off. The other random days either require me to burn leave or pay $$$ for some camp. I hate it.

I’m a teacher. I want holidays, too. And no, I don’t get paid time off in the summer.

+1 these parents are nuts. It’s all about what’s best for them and their work schedule and no thought whatsoever as to what teachers need. I hope Reid continues to offer 4 day weeks. It really helps.

I highly doubt you are a teacher. Teachers absolutely need more work days, but I don't know a single one that thought this year's calendar was helpful.

From what I've heard, elementary school teachers didn't like it. At the secondary level though, my colleagues and I largely loved it.

+1 I’m the PP who said I hope we continue 4 day weeks. I’m not a troll. It’s funny how the second someone disagrees with them, they are called a troll. I’m the parent of a high schooler. We loved the days off. My child got extra sleep and was able to keep up and not have to spend every waking weekend working to stay afloat.

I am a parent of high schoolers and I think people like you are absolutely lazy. If your kids can't keep up, then try signing them up for less. We don't need 4 day school just because your snowflake needs sleep!!!!

They can keep up, but it was nice to get the extra sleep. It’s obviously not necessary but we appreciated it. Are you too stupid to understand that?

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Anonymous wrote:I'm a fed. Teacher work days on federal holidays works best for me since I'm already off. The other random days either require me to burn leave or pay $$$ for some camp. I hate it.

I’m a teacher. I want holidays, too. And no, I don’t get paid time off in the summer.

+1 these parents are nuts. It’s all about what’s best for them and their work schedule and no thought whatsoever as to what teachers need. I hope Reid continues to offer 4 day weeks. It really helps.

I highly doubt you are a teacher. Teachers absolutely need more work days, but I don't know a single one that thought this year's calendar was helpful.

From what I've heard, elementary school teachers didn't like it. At the secondary level though, my colleagues and I largely loved it.

+1 I’m the PP who said I hope we continue 4 day weeks. I’m not a troll. It’s funny how the second someone disagrees with them, they are called a troll. I’m the parent of a high schooler. We loved the days off. My child got extra sleep and was able to keep up and not have to spend every waking weekend working to stay afloat.

I am a parent of high schoolers and I think people like you are absolutely lazy. If your kids can't keep up, then try signing them up for less. We don't need 4 day school just because your snowflake needs sleep!!!!

You can’t be a parent of a high schooler. You don’t “sign them up” for stuff. They decide their activities.

Likewise, we don’t need 5 day school weeks just because of your work schedule or because you want to get out a couple of days earlier in June. For what, a few more camps for your babies?!

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Anonymous wrote:I'm a fed. Teacher work days on federal holidays works best for me since I'm already off. The other random days either require me to burn leave or pay $$$ for some camp. I hate it.

I’m a teacher. I want holidays, too. And no, I don’t get paid time off in the summer.

+1 these parents are nuts. It’s all about what’s best for them and their work schedule and no thought whatsoever as to what teachers need. I hope Reid continues to offer 4 day weeks. It really helps.

I highly doubt you are a teacher. Teachers absolutely need more work days, but I don't know a single one that thought this year's calendar was helpful.

From what I've heard, elementary school teachers didn't like it. At the secondary level though, my colleagues and I largely loved it.

+1 I’m the PP who said I hope we continue 4 day weeks. I’m not a troll. It’s funny how the second someone disagrees with them, they are called a troll. I’m the parent of a high schooler. We loved the days off. My child got extra sleep and was able to keep up and not have to spend every waking weekend working to stay afloat.

I am a parent of high schoolers and I think people like you are absolutely lazy. If your kids can't keep up, then try signing them up for less. We don't need 4 day school just because your snowflake needs sleep!!!!

You can’t be a parent of a high schooler. You don’t “sign them up” for stuff. They decide their activities.

Likewise, we don’t need 5 day school weeks just because of your work schedule or because you want to get out a couple of days earlier in June. For what, a few more camps for your babies?!

I am a teacher. I only get paid for 195 days. I would rather have those as close to each other as possible so I can either have a long (unpaid) summer or work a summer job to make a full-time salary. Workers outside of education have to take leave for religious holidays, why not teachers? The same will be true for our students when they graduate (including in college), why not prepare them to make up work missed when taking time off for personal reasons?

I am also a parent of elementary children and would prefer they have a consistent schedule. The middle schoolers I teach also benefit from having a consistent schedule without big gaps in teaching within a unit. Summer learning loss will happen - we even see it over a 2 week break. We take it into account and are prepared to reteach prior skills as needed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The survey results will get thrown in the trash along with all other surveys administered by Reid and the SB. Waste of time

I'm not so sure. I think they might actually use this as pretext to get rid of the religious holidays.

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The Post had an editorial from a McLean parent raising awareness of the lack of five day school weeks this year.

https://wapo.st/3RPJvKB

I recognize that the days off are helpful for some. For me, though, my special needs child does better with routine, and the multiple days off break up the routine.

I'm also aware that working families and lower income families have to deal with the burden of child care. No, schools are not child care, but they used to run on a consistent schedule. Parents could adjust their work based on that consistent schedule of their child being in school five days a week. Daycares and rec centers could provide consistent schedules for the expected days off. When schools shift to rotating, inconsistent days off, that's a burden on everyone. It's hard to plan ahead.

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They used to have early release Mondays. I would like to see them go back to that. Teachers had consistent planning time and that was the day for meetings.

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Anonymous wrote:They used to have early release Mondays. I would like to see them go back to that. Teachers had consistent planning time and that was the day for meetings.

It was so great. I got so much done as a teacher. The early release was two hours.

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Anonymous wrote:They used to have early release Mondays. I would like to see them go back to that. Teachers had consistent planning time and that was the day for meetings.

It was so great. I got so much done as a teacher. The early release was two hours.

I disagree. The two hour early release Mondays were often taken up by meetings. Daily specials (planning) were less than an hour. We had no protected, unencumbered planning time like we do now.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm a fed. Teacher work days on federal holidays works best for me since I'm already off. The other random days either require me to burn leave or pay $$$ for some camp. I hate it.

I’m a teacher. I want holidays, too. And no, I don’t get paid time off in the summer.

+1 these parents are nuts. It’s all about what’s best for them and their work schedule and no thought whatsoever as to what teachers need. I hope Reid continues to offer 4 day weeks. It really helps.

I highly doubt you are a teacher. Teachers absolutely need more work days, but I don't know a single one that thought this year's calendar was helpful.

From what I've heard, elementary school teachers didn't like it. At the secondary level though, my colleagues and I largely loved it.

+1 I’m the PP who said I hope we continue 4 day weeks. I’m not a troll. It’s funny how the second someone disagrees with them, they are called a troll. I’m the parent of a high schooler. We loved the days off. My child got extra sleep and was able to keep up and not have to spend every waking weekend working to stay afloat.

I am a parent of high schoolers and I think people like you are absolutely lazy. If your kids can't keep up, then try signing them up for less. We don't need 4 day school just because your snowflake needs sleep!!!!

I could care less what you think! We looked forward to the days off and extra sleep and it was bliss! My child still had a great year educationally and learned the same amount. I hope they do not change the calendar. So many people I know were grateful for the extra sleep (especially middle school families). It was truly a gift.

See, every family is different. My MS child thought the schedule was awful and would have preferred fewer days off and getting out for summer earlier. He referred to the schedule as a joke most of the year.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm a fed. Teacher work days on federal holidays works best for me since I'm already off. The other random days either require me to burn leave or pay $$$ for some camp. I hate it.

I’m a teacher. I want holidays, too. And no, I don’t get paid time off in the summer.

+1 these parents are nuts. It’s all about what’s best for them and their work schedule and no thought whatsoever as to what teachers need. I hope Reid continues to offer 4 day weeks. It really helps.

I highly doubt you are a teacher. Teachers absolutely need more work days, but I don't know a single one that thought this year's calendar was helpful.

From what I've heard, elementary school teachers didn't like it. At the secondary level though, my colleagues and I largely loved it.

+1 I’m the PP who said I hope we continue 4 day weeks. I’m not a troll. It’s funny how the second someone disagrees with them, they are called a troll. I’m the parent of a high schooler. We loved the days off. My child got extra sleep and was able to keep up and not have to spend every waking weekend working to stay afloat.

So you are more or less advocating for year round school?

NP here. I am advocating for year-round school! But I hate the random days off. Let's keep it simple with 2 week breaks after every quarter. That gives us about an 8-9 week summer.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm a fed. Teacher work days on federal holidays works best for me since I'm already off. The other random days either require me to burn leave or pay $$$ for some camp. I hate it.

I’m a teacher. I want holidays, too. And no, I don’t get paid time off in the summer.

+1 these parents are nuts. It’s all about what’s best for them and their work schedule and no thought whatsoever as to what teachers need. I hope Reid continues to offer 4 day weeks. It really helps.

I highly doubt you are a teacher. Teachers absolutely need more work days, but I don't know a single one that thought this year's calendar was helpful.

From what I've heard, elementary school teachers didn't like it. At the secondary level though, my colleagues and I largely loved it.

+1 I’m the PP who said I hope we continue 4 day weeks. I’m not a troll. It’s funny how the second someone disagrees with them, they are called a troll. I’m the parent of a high schooler. We loved the days off. My child got extra sleep and was able to keep up and not have to spend every waking weekend working to stay afloat.

So you are more or less advocating for year round school?

NP here. I am advocating for year-round school! But I hate the random days off. Let's keep it simple with 2 week breaks after every quarter. That gives us about an 8-9 week summer.

Gosh, that would be the dream.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm a fed. Teacher work days on federal holidays works best for me since I'm already off. The other random days either require me to burn leave or pay $$$ for some camp. I hate it.

I’m a teacher. I want holidays, too. And no, I don’t get paid time off in the summer.

+1 these parents are nuts. It’s all about what’s best for them and their work schedule and no thought whatsoever as to what teachers need. I hope Reid continues to offer 4 day weeks. It really helps.

I highly doubt you are a teacher. Teachers absolutely need more work days, but I don't know a single one that thought this year's calendar was helpful.

From what I've heard, elementary school teachers didn't like it. At the secondary level though, my colleagues and I largely loved it.

+1 I’m the PP who said I hope we continue 4 day weeks. I’m not a troll. It’s funny how the second someone disagrees with them, they are called a troll. I’m the parent of a high schooler. We loved the days off. My child got extra sleep and was able to keep up and not have to spend every waking weekend working to stay afloat.

I am a parent of high schoolers and I think people like you are absolutely lazy. If your kids can't keep up, then try signing them up for less. We don't need 4 day school just because your snowflake needs sleep!!!!

I could care less what you think! We looked forward to the days off and extra sleep and it was bliss! My child still had a great year educationally and learned the same amount. I hope they do not change the calendar. So many people I know were grateful for the extra sleep (especially middle school families). It was truly a gift.

See, every family is different. My MS child thought the schedule was awful and would have preferred fewer days off and getting out for summer earlier. He referred to the schedule as a joke most of the year.

Ok and that’s fine. But I’m not going to insult you over a difference of opinion like the PP who called me “lazy.”

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:They used to have early release Mondays. I would like to see them go back to that. Teachers had consistent planning time and that was the day for meetings.

It was so great. I got so much done as a teacher. The early release was two hours.

I disagree. The two hour early release Mondays were often taken up by meetings. Daily specials (planning) were less than an hour. We had no protected, unencumbered planning time like we do now.

Six of one, half a dozen of the other. We also didn’t have mandatory team meetings.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm a fed. Teacher work days on federal holidays works best for me since I'm already off. The other random days either require me to burn leave or pay $$$ for some camp. I hate it.

I’m a teacher. I want holidays, too. And no, I don’t get paid time off in the summer.

+1 these parents are nuts. It’s all about what’s best for them and their work schedule and no thought whatsoever as to what teachers need. I hope Reid continues to offer 4 day weeks. It really helps.

LOL, teachers complain about being underpaid but can't even work 5 days a week. Talk about lazy and entitled.

Teachers work a set number of days: 195. Whether it’s 4-day weeks or 5-day weeks, they get paid for the same amount of days. There’s nothing entitled about that.

(We also work weekends and evenings, so nothing lazy about that.)

They get paid for 195 days. This year they *worked* significantly fewer due to weather and Reid thinking children belong outdoors in tornado conditions.

What does this mean?

It means they are upset because Reid had an early dismissal that day. They wanted the kids in school full day like Loudoun where they kids spent 2 hours in hallways crouched down in tornado position. Just so they could have that productive full day and not have to deal with childcare.

40 min. But sure let’s put them on busses instead! Those are notoriously safer in tornadoes than school buildings.