2023 - 2024 school calendar

[Anonymous]

Theres a calendar on there that has winter break starting on Dec 24th. Hard pass.

[Anonymous]

What’s wrong with starting 12/24? That’s what FCPS used to do.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What’s wrong with starting 12/24? That’s what FCPS used to do.

Ick-NO!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Theres a calendar on there that has winter break starting on Dec 24th. Hard pass.

When Christmas falls on a Thursday or Friday, it is hard to not have two weeks off.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Theres a calendar on there that has winter break starting on Dec 24th. Hard pass.

When Christmas falls on a Thursday or Friday, it is hard to not have two weeks off.

This is why doing a calendar a few years out might not be the best idea when these things could be so different.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The Jewish community was very outspoken avout needing their holidays off. They said absence data didn’t demonstrate the full need because many of their kids went to school anyway because they didn’t want to miss instruction.

I’m Indian American and we do not need Diwali off! There’s nothing that needs to be done during the day on Diwali. When I was a kid, we just celebrated on the closest weekend. Wasn’t an issue at all. But there were reps from the Indian community on the calendar committee and they seem to have a different opinion.

Funny! I'm originally from Mexico where everyone goes to school during Day of the Dead yet it was an O day last year. I was wondering where the Latino rep who proposed that came from.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What’s wrong with starting 12/24? That’s what FCPS used to do.

Ick-NO!

Just how long do Christians need off for their holiday? They already get two weeks!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Theres a calendar on there that has winter break starting on Dec 24th. Hard pass.

When Christmas falls on a Thursday or Friday, it is hard to not have two weeks off.

This is why doing a calendar a few years out might not be the best idea when these things could be so different.

We know when Christmas is.

[Anonymous]

If that two week winter break is gone, expect that the teacher shortage will get even worse. They need the time to rest, decompress and revive.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What’s wrong with starting 12/24? That’s what FCPS used to do.

Ick-NO!

You must be, ew, Christian.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Theres a calendar on there that has winter break starting on Dec 24th. Hard pass.

When Christmas falls on a Thursday or Friday, it is hard to not have two weeks off.

This is why doing a calendar a few years out might not be the best idea when these things could be so different.

We know when Christmas is.

Yes but to make the break different every year will be frustrating. Christmas being on a Wednesday was the rare time we’d get 2 weeks off before it became a standard thing.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What’s wrong with starting 12/24? That’s what FCPS used to do.

Ick-NO!

Just how long do Christians need off for their holiday? They already get two weeks!

There’s also New Years in there. But I don’t think it’s even completely about the holidays, I think it’s also about the break itself. Personally I like having a mid-year (well, almost) break for teachers & kids, but I understand maybe others do not.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What’s wrong with starting 12/24? That’s what FCPS used to do.

Ick-NO!

You must be, ew, Christian.

I don’t think it is the Christian’s who want the 2 weeks off—it is the out of area travelers.

For the rest of us who do not have $🤑🤑, 🤑🤑🤑 to blow on a Christmas vacation getaway—we’d be fine getting out 12/24 and returning 1/2.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What’s wrong with starting 12/24? That’s what FCPS used to do.

Ick-NO!

Just how long do Christians need off for their holiday? They already get two weeks!

There’s also New Years in there. But I don’t think it’s even completely about the holidays, I think it’s also about the break itself. Personally I like having a mid-year (well, almost) break for teachers & kids, but I understand maybe others do not.

Then give 2-3 days off for Christmas and give a longer break at the end of the Semester when it makes the most sense. I hate having random weeks off right before the end of the quarter, it's so stupid and is absolutely not how the rest of the world does it. Even in Christian-centric countries.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What’s wrong with starting 12/24? That’s what FCPS used to do.

Ick-NO!

You must be, ew, Christian.

I don’t think it is the Christian’s who want the 2 weeks off—it is the out of area travelers.

For the rest of us who do not have $🤑🤑, 🤑🤑🤑 to blow on a Christmas vacation getaway—we’d be fine getting out 12/24 and returning 1/2.

Yep bending to the whim of people who need their two week Euro and/or ski vacation. Immigrant families would prefer a longer spring break or a long break in January or February when it's cheaper to travel.