Melanie Meren's FB post about the calendar

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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.

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??

Doing it one year and then stopping doesn't count as trying to detach Easter from Spring Break. They should talk with the other school boards in the area and come up with a week that makes sense for everyone and do it together. I am sure that they have each others contact information.

There is no good rason tie tie Spring Break to Easter. None. Pick a week in the middle of March and call it Spring Break week. It stays the same every year and is around the time of nice weather arriving. Some years it will even coincide with Easter. Rah

[Anonymous]

One of my favorite things in life is watching people purposefully have kids then complaining about the scheduling/planning issues that come with having kids. Almost as if they were forced into parenthood.

Like sorry Karen, I guess no one warned you that having 3 kids while you and Chad both work 9-5s that can barely financially support the 5 of you financially may come with obstacles.

But I digress, much easier for parents to moan and complain than to adapt and overcome.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:One of my favorite things in life is watching people purposefully have kids then complaining about the scheduling/planning issues that come with having kids. Almost as if they were forced into parenthood.

Like sorry Karen, I guess no one warned you that having 3 kids while you and Chad both work 9-5s that can barely financially support the 5 of you financially may come with obstacles.

But I digress, much easier for parents to moan and complain than to adapt and overcome.

Imagine if FCPS adopted the (majority of) Colorado school schedule... 7.5 hour days, 4 days a week, 144 days a year.

HOW WOULD ANYONE SURVIVE?!

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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.

Good to know you don't care about learning.

And no teacher likes the calendar.

Teacher here. I can assure you that the vast majority of us LOVE the current calendar. Makes it incredibly easy to take mini weekend vacations with our families without taking a ton of, if any, leave.

We hope for snow days, cherish the random holidays, and almost all of us can tell you how few "full weeks" we have until spring break and the end of the year.

Here's to hoping it snows on Monday, so we only have two full weeks before spring break!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:One of my favorite things in life is watching people purposefully have kids then complaining about the scheduling/planning issues that come with having kids. Almost as if they were forced into parenthood.

Like sorry Karen, I guess no one warned you that having 3 kids while you and Chad both work 9-5s that can barely financially support the 5 of you financially may come with obstacles.

But I digress, much easier for parents to moan and complain than to adapt and overcome.

Parents vote, and the calendar is set by elected officials. I don’t understand how it’s whining to expect your elected officials to work for their constituents?

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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.

Good to know you don't care about learning.

And no teacher likes the calendar.

Teacher here. I can assure you that the vast majority of us LOVE the current calendar. Makes it incredibly easy to take mini weekend vacations with our families without taking a ton of, if any, leave.

We hope for snow days, cherish the random holidays, and almost all of us can tell you how few "full weeks" we have until spring break and the end of the year.

Here's to hoping it snows on Monday, so we only have two full weeks before spring break!

You’re just trying to rile people up so you can turn around and say we’re so mean to teachers. Tired.

[Anonymous]

Reminder: Hope you’re all emailing the board with these very valid complaints!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:One of my favorite things in life is watching people purposefully have kids then complaining about the scheduling/planning issues that come with having kids. Almost as if they were forced into parenthood.

Like sorry Karen, I guess no one warned you that having 3 kids while you and Chad both work 9-5s that can barely financially support the 5 of you financially may come with obstacles.

But I digress, much easier for parents to moan and complain than to adapt and overcome.

Parents vote, and the calendar is set by elected officials. I don’t understand how it’s whining to expect your elected officials to work for their constituents?

It's whining when what you voted for didn't win. You voted, your preference lost. Set a good example for Johnny and Suzie by adapting and overcoming.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:One of my favorite things in life is watching people purposefully have kids then complaining about the scheduling/planning issues that come with having kids. Almost as if they were forced into parenthood.

Like sorry Karen, I guess no one warned you that having 3 kids while you and Chad both work 9-5s that can barely financially support the 5 of you financially may come with obstacles.

But I digress, much easier for parents to moan and complain than to adapt and overcome.

Parents vote, and the calendar is set by elected officials. I don’t understand how it’s whining to expect your elected officials to work for their constituents?

It's whining when what you voted for didn't win. You voted, your preference lost. Set a good example for Johnny and Suzie by adapting and overcoming.

“Listen to your betters dearie. We know what’s best for you. Now go away.”

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:One of my favorite things in life is watching people purposefully have kids then complaining about the scheduling/planning issues that come with having kids. Almost as if they were forced into parenthood.

Like sorry Karen, I guess no one warned you that having 3 kids while you and Chad both work 9-5s that can barely financially support the 5 of you financially may come with obstacles.

But I digress, much easier for parents to moan and complain than to adapt and overcome.

Parents vote, and the calendar is set by elected officials. I don’t understand how it’s whining to expect your elected officials to work for their constituents?

It's whining when what you voted for didn't win. You voted, your preference lost. Set a good example for Johnny and Suzie by adapting and overcoming.

No one voted for early release.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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??

Doing it one year and then stopping doesn't count as trying to detach Easter from Spring Break. They should talk with the other school boards in the area and come up with a week that makes sense for everyone and do it together. I am sure that they have each others contact information.

There is no good rason tie tie Spring Break to Easter. None. Pick a week in the middle of March and call it Spring Break week. It stays the same every year and is around the time of nice weather arriving. Some years it will even coincide with Easter. Rah

A mid-March spring break would work with a late May end of school. Going weeks into June leads to a long stretch after spring break. Salem City has found a way to end in May. https://content.myconnectsuite.com/api/documents/29957869e81249f9ac72713812f81f20.pdf

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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??

The DISASTER is how a bunch of schools like to use the week before Easter as the decision for spring break. If you want to accommodate the Easter people it would be the week after but it should be secular to a certain time in the school year.

[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.

Good to know you don't care about learning.

And no teacher likes the calendar.

Teacher here. I can assure you that the vast majority of us LOVE the current calendar. Makes it incredibly easy to take mini weekend vacations with our families without taking a ton of, if any, leave.

We hope for snow days, cherish the random holidays, and almost all of us can tell you how few "full weeks" we have until spring break and the end of the year.

Here's to hoping it snows on Monday, so we only have two full weeks before spring break!

The vast majority doesn't love the calendar, some do but not even a slight majority let alone almost everyone. Even those who like it now won't be excited come April 13 when there will be SIX CONSECUTIVE FULL WEEKS and the year goes a full week later in June then the last two years.

[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.

Good to know you don't care about learning.

And no teacher likes the calendar.

Teacher here. I can assure you that the vast majority of us LOVE the current calendar. Makes it incredibly easy to take mini weekend vacations with our families without taking a ton of, if any, leave.

We hope for snow days, cherish the random holidays, and almost all of us can tell you how few "full weeks" we have until spring break and the end of the year.

Here's to hoping it snows on Monday, so we only have two full weeks before spring break!

Teachers with this attitude are the reason people think the profession is a jobs program rather than for the benefit of students.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:One of my favorite things in life is watching people purposefully have kids then complaining about the scheduling/planning issues that come with having kids. Almost as if they were forced into parenthood.

Like sorry Karen, I guess no one warned you that having 3 kids while you and Chad both work 9-5s that can barely financially support the 5 of you financially may come with obstacles.

But I digress, much easier for parents to moan and complain than to adapt and overcome.

Nope, you do not get to gaslight people into thinking they are whining or weak for wanting an entirely normal thing that is done in the vast majority of this state/region (I don't care what Colorado does, different parts of the country have different seasonal weather patterns) and was done here until very recently. And way to be tone deaf on the very real affordability challenges people are facing right now.

By your logic no one should ever complain about anything that they see as placing a difficult burden or lacking in common sense, and just "adapt and overcome". Not a winning argument.

I can only imagine who smug you were when you had little kids. We all knew a mom like you and rolled our eyes behind your back.