Last Day of School Possibly Changing to June 12th?

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Anonymous wrote:Also next year the new law will be going into effect, whereby SOLs will be administered in the last two weeks of the school year and they will count for 10% of the students’ grade. So learning will be continuing much longer next year. Enjoy!

That was clearly done by a group of people who are far far removed from schools. Unless they are counting for graduation, kids are going to blow those off. No one wants to sit for exams the last 2 weeks of school. Did those lawmakers ever see or live with a child in the last 10 years?

Have you ever heard of final exams? They literally are the last week of the school year. And as noted above, they count for 10% of the class grade.

Again, do you know schools? The majority of SOLs are given to ELEMENTARY and MIDDLE school kids who could not possibly care less about them by the end of June when the pools are open. Talking about regents exams and finals that are for high schoolers is not the same thing as discussing your 8-12 year olds taking tests.

Well that is just not true. High schoolers have to take SOLs too. And they count for verified credit and will count for 10% of their grade. The only difference is the stakes are higher.

Yes it is true. Most SOLs are taken by Elementary and Middle schoolers. They ALWAYS count. In elementary they only count for the school rankings (which only emphasizes my point that the elementary school kids will not care about them at all). I high school they count for the kids as graduation requirements and the school rankings. This is how companies like great schools get ratings.

In grads 3-8 Kids take 16 SOLs. Kids in high school only need to take 5 for graduation and some kids take those in middle school.

The SOLs in elementary and middle school do not count and have no bearing on anything related to the student’s grade or graduation requirements. Parents can actually opt them out if they wish.

In high school they are important for the verified credit you need for graduation. And starting next year they will count as 10% of the final grade.

There has been some speculation that they will not be used as part of a students final grade because the newly elected Democratic lead Virginia Legislature is likely to remove that requirement. Most of the law that added the SOL as a part of the final grade and made other educational changes is seen as an attempt to try and justify vouches, which is not supported by the Democratic Party.

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Anonymous wrote:Any updates on possibility of moving last day of school to June 12? That makes so much sense!

Loudoun County was scheduled to end on Monday, June 15, which meant they only needed to remove one day from their calendar.

FCPS is scheduled to end on June 17 and would need to remove 3 days from their calendar to end on June 12. FCPS does NOT have 3 days left in their snow day budget.

It is not happening and has not even been proposed. This thread is based entirely on a liked post by one school board member.

They had 5 snow days and 2 election days. I heard they had 11 or 12 days built in so 3 more should be enough.

Early release, delays all play in. They are not ending June 12. Preschool has already been extended.

Yes. Elementary early releases eat up somewhere between 3-4 days. Then 6 delayed openings eats up another 2-ish days. Early releases at the end of the quarter also deduct from the total when they use instructional hours instead of days. Elementary schools have something like 3-9 hours left depending on how many minutes they count toward a school day.

Looks like FCPS really screwed up their schedule BIG time this year. It's been extra long in the past but never as long as this year. It looks like middle and high school could still end sooner but this elementary school issue is a MESS! They should not be closed tomorrow AND April 21. They should have been open on some of the other random days off. As for ES some of the early releases need to be removed or shortened. For a school year that began on August 18 (August 11 for teachers and August 4 for new teachers) this should be over well before June 17. FCCPS had the same start date but ends June 5. Yes they don't have all the crazy days off that FCPS have and Salem City ends even earlier on MAY 28!

Tomorrow is a scheduled school planning day (SOD). April 21 is an Election Day. The April 21 day came after the SPD had already been planned. They aren’t going to take away an SPD Becuase a random Election Day popped up. When are you idiots going to get it?

It's called move the school planning day to April 21.

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Anonymous wrote:Also next year the new law will be going into effect, whereby SOLs will be administered in the last two weeks of the school year and they will count for 10% of the students’ grade. So learning will be continuing much longer next year. Enjoy!

That was clearly done by a group of people who are far far removed from schools. Unless they are counting for graduation, kids are going to blow those off. No one wants to sit for exams the last 2 weeks of school. Did those lawmakers ever see or live with a child in the last 10 years?

Have you ever heard of final exams? They literally are the last week of the school year. And as noted above, they count for 10% of the class grade.

Again, do you know schools? The majority of SOLs are given to ELEMENTARY and MIDDLE school kids who could not possibly care less about them by the end of June when the pools are open. Talking about regents exams and finals that are for high schoolers is not the same thing as discussing your 8-12 year olds taking tests.

Well that is just not true. High schoolers have to take SOLs too. And they count for verified credit and will count for 10% of their grade. The only difference is the stakes are higher.

Yes it is true. Most SOLs are taken by Elementary and Middle schoolers. They ALWAYS count. In elementary they only count for the school rankings (which only emphasizes my point that the elementary school kids will not care about them at all). I high school they count for the kids as graduation requirements and the school rankings. This is how companies like great schools get ratings.

In grads 3-8 Kids take 16 SOLs. Kids in high school only need to take 5 for graduation and some kids take those in middle school.

The SOLs in elementary and middle school do not count and have no bearing on anything related to the student’s grade or graduation requirements. Parents can actually opt them out if they wish.

In high school they are important for the verified credit you need for graduation. And starting next year they will count as 10% of the final grade.

There has been some speculation that they will not be used as part of a students final grade because the newly elected Democratic lead Virginia Legislature is likely to remove that requirement. Most of the law that added the SOL as a part of the final grade and made other educational changes is seen as an attempt to try and justify vouches, which is not supported by the Democratic Party.

Until we hear otherwise, that is not the case. The law goes into effect this July and its even on the FCPS website.

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Anonymous wrote:Any updates on possibility of moving last day of school to June 12? That makes so much sense!

Loudoun County was scheduled to end on Monday, June 15, which meant they only needed to remove one day from their calendar.

FCPS is scheduled to end on June 17 and would need to remove 3 days from their calendar to end on June 12. FCPS does NOT have 3 days left in their snow day budget.

It is not happening and has not even been proposed. This thread is based entirely on a liked post by one school board member.

They had 5 snow days and 2 election days. I heard they had 11 or 12 days built in so 3 more should be enough.

Early release, delays all play in. They are not ending June 12. Preschool has already been extended.

Yes. Elementary early releases eat up somewhere between 3-4 days. Then 6 delayed openings eats up another 2-ish days. Early releases at the end of the quarter also deduct from the total when they use instructional hours instead of days. Elementary schools have something like 3-9 hours left depending on how many minutes they count toward a school day.

Looks like FCPS really screwed up their schedule BIG time this year. It's been extra long in the past but never as long as this year. It looks like middle and high school could still end sooner but this elementary school issue is a MESS! They should not be closed tomorrow AND April 21. They should have been open on some of the other random days off. As for ES some of the early releases need to be removed or shortened. For a school year that began on August 18 (August 11 for teachers and August 4 for new teachers) this should be over well before June 17. FCCPS had the same start date but ends June 5. Yes they don't have all the crazy days off that FCPS have and Salem City ends even earlier on MAY 28!

Tomorrow is a scheduled school planning day (SOD). April 21 is an Election Day. The April 21 day came after the SPD had already been planned. They aren’t going to take away an SPD Becuase a random Election Day popped up. When are you idiots going to get it?

It's called move the school planning day to April 21.

My God you are dumb. April 21 is an Election Day and will have voters in and out. Parking lots need to be empty for them. Teachers can’t have a school planning day on an Election Day when schools are used as polling sites.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Also next year the new law will be going into effect, whereby SOLs will be administered in the last two weeks of the school year and they will count for 10% of the students’ grade. So learning will be continuing much longer next year. Enjoy!

That was clearly done by a group of people who are far far removed from schools. Unless they are counting for graduation, kids are going to blow those off. No one wants to sit for exams the last 2 weeks of school. Did those lawmakers ever see or live with a child in the last 10 years?

Have you ever heard of final exams? They literally are the last week of the school year. And as noted above, they count for 10% of the class grade.

Again, do you know schools? The majority of SOLs are given to ELEMENTARY and MIDDLE school kids who could not possibly care less about them by the end of June when the pools are open. Talking about regents exams and finals that are for high schoolers is not the same thing as discussing your 8-12 year olds taking tests.

Well that is just not true. High schoolers have to take SOLs too. And they count for verified credit and will count for 10% of their grade. The only difference is the stakes are higher.

Yes it is true. Most SOLs are taken by Elementary and Middle schoolers. They ALWAYS count. In elementary they only count for the school rankings (which only emphasizes my point that the elementary school kids will not care about them at all). I high school they count for the kids as graduation requirements and the school rankings. This is how companies like great schools get ratings.

In grads 3-8 Kids take 16 SOLs. Kids in high school only need to take 5 for graduation and some kids take those in middle school.

The SOLs in elementary and middle school do not count and have no bearing on anything related to the student’s grade or graduation requirements. Parents can actually opt them out if they wish.

In high school they are important for the verified credit you need for graduation. And starting next year they will count as 10% of the final grade.

I agree. SOLs in elementary and some middle schools count for the schools rating, not for the children. Many/most families look at a schools overall rating when looking at schools for their children. Moving the SOLs to the last two weeks gives elementary kids even less incentive to put effort into the exams particularly because they only count for school ratings and the children directly. It was a dumb move.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Also next year the new law will be going into effect, whereby SOLs will be administered in the last two weeks of the school year and they will count for 10% of the students’ grade. So learning will be continuing much longer next year. Enjoy!

That was clearly done by a group of people who are far far removed from schools. Unless they are counting for graduation, kids are going to blow those off. No one wants to sit for exams the last 2 weeks of school. Did those lawmakers ever see or live with a child in the last 10 years?

Have you ever heard of final exams? They literally are the last week of the school year. And as noted above, they count for 10% of the class grade.

Again, do you know schools? The majority of SOLs are given to ELEMENTARY and MIDDLE school kids who could not possibly care less about them by the end of June when the pools are open. Talking about regents exams and finals that are for high schoolers is not the same thing as discussing your 8-12 year olds taking tests.

Well that is just not true. High schoolers have to take SOLs too. And they count for verified credit and will count for 10% of their grade. The only difference is the stakes are higher.

Yes it is true. Most SOLs are taken by Elementary and Middle schoolers. They ALWAYS count. In elementary they only count for the school rankings (which only emphasizes my point that the elementary school kids will not care about them at all). I high school they count for the kids as graduation requirements and the school rankings. This is how companies like great schools get ratings.

In grads 3-8 Kids take 16 SOLs. Kids in high school only need to take 5 for graduation and some kids take those in middle school.

The SOLs in elementary and middle school do not count and have no bearing on anything related to the student’s grade or graduation requirements. Parents can actually opt them out if they wish.

In high school they are important for the verified credit you need for graduation. And starting next year they will count as 10% of the final grade.

I agree. SOLs in elementary and some middle schools count for the schools rating, not for the children. Many/most families look at a schools overall rating when looking at schools for their children. Moving the SOLs to the last two weeks gives elementary kids even less incentive to put effort into the exams particularly because they only count for school ratings and the children directly. It was a dumb move.

SOL scores aren’t designed to boost home values.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Any updates on possibility of moving last day of school to June 12? That makes so much sense!

Loudoun County was scheduled to end on Monday, June 15, which meant they only needed to remove one day from their calendar.

FCPS is scheduled to end on June 17 and would need to remove 3 days from their calendar to end on June 12. FCPS does NOT have 3 days left in their snow day budget.

It is not happening and has not even been proposed. This thread is based entirely on a liked post by one school board member.

GOOD

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Also next year the new law will be going into effect, whereby SOLs will be administered in the last two weeks of the school year and they will count for 10% of the students’ grade. So learning will be continuing much longer next year. Enjoy!

That was clearly done by a group of people who are far far removed from schools. Unless they are counting for graduation, kids are going to blow those off. No one wants to sit for exams the last 2 weeks of school. Did those lawmakers ever see or live with a child in the last 10 years?

Have you ever heard of final exams? They literally are the last week of the school year. And as noted above, they count for 10% of the class grade.

Again, do you know schools? The majority of SOLs are given to ELEMENTARY and MIDDLE school kids who could not possibly care less about them by the end of June when the pools are open. Talking about regents exams and finals that are for high schoolers is not the same thing as discussing your 8-12 year olds taking tests.

Well that is just not true. High schoolers have to take SOLs too. And they count for verified credit and will count for 10% of their grade. The only difference is the stakes are higher.

Yes it is true. Most SOLs are taken by Elementary and Middle schoolers. They ALWAYS count. In elementary they only count for the school rankings (which only emphasizes my point that the elementary school kids will not care about them at all). I high school they count for the kids as graduation requirements and the school rankings. This is how companies like great schools get ratings.

In grads 3-8 Kids take 16 SOLs. Kids in high school only need to take 5 for graduation and some kids take those in middle school.

The SOLs in elementary and middle school do not count and have no bearing on anything related to the student’s grade or graduation requirements. Parents can actually opt them out if they wish.

In high school they are important for the verified credit you need for graduation. And starting next year they will count as 10% of the final grade.

I agree. SOLs in elementary and some middle schools count for the schools rating, not for the children. Many/most families look at a schools overall rating when looking at schools for their children. Moving the SOLs to the last two weeks gives elementary kids even less incentive to put effort into the exams particularly because they only count for school ratings and the children directly. It was a dumb move.

SOL scores aren’t designed to boost home values.

And yet, that is how the system works. You can look at “how things are supposed to be” like state representatives did and design bad policies, or you can look at how things actually work and people actually function and design policies that meet real world needs.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Any updates on possibility of moving last day of school to June 12? That makes so much sense!

Loudoun County was scheduled to end on Monday, June 15, which meant they only needed to remove one day from their calendar.

FCPS is scheduled to end on June 17 and would need to remove 3 days from their calendar to end on June 12. FCPS does NOT have 3 days left in their snow day budget.

It is not happening and has not even been proposed. This thread is based entirely on a liked post by one school board member.

They had 5 snow days and 2 election days. I heard they had 11 or 12 days built in so 3 more should be enough.

Early release, delays all play in. They are not ending June 12. Preschool has already been extended.

Yes. Elementary early releases eat up somewhere between 3-4 days. Then 6 delayed openings eats up another 2-ish days. Early releases at the end of the quarter also deduct from the total when they use instructional hours instead of days. Elementary schools have something like 3-9 hours left depending on how many minutes they count toward a school day.

Looks like FCPS really screwed up their schedule BIG time this year. It's been extra long in the past but never as long as this year. It looks like middle and high school could still end sooner but this elementary school issue is a MESS! They should not be closed tomorrow AND April 21. They should have been open on some of the other random days off. As for ES some of the early releases need to be removed or shortened. For a school year that began on August 18 (August 11 for teachers and August 4 for new teachers) this should be over well before June 17. FCCPS had the same start date but ends June 5. Yes they don't have all the crazy days off that FCPS have and Salem City ends even earlier on MAY 28!

Tomorrow is a scheduled school planning day (SOD). April 21 is an Election Day. The April 21 day came after the SPD had already been planned. They aren’t going to take away an SPD Becuase a random Election Day popped up. When are you idiots going to get it?

It's called move the school planning day to April 21.

My God you are dumb. April 21 is an Election Day and will have voters in and out. Parking lots need to be empty for them. Teachers can’t have a school planning day on an Election Day when schools are used as polling sites.

Actually they made it a COMBO TW/SP day so yes they did. They have 2 extra days that were TW and/or SP due to these elections instead of trading them with other such days.
https://www.fcps.edu/system/files/forms/2024-02/2025-2026-standard-school-year-calendar.pdf

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't get it. People have been complaining about all the random holidays, weather delays and closures, early releases, and the answer is to shorten the calendar?

As long as they get to the state mandated minimum of instructional hours, what’s the problem?

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Anonymous wrote:Any updates on possibility of moving last day of school to June 12? That makes so much sense!

Loudoun County was scheduled to end on Monday, June 15, which meant they only needed to remove one day from their calendar.

FCPS is scheduled to end on June 17 and would need to remove 3 days from their calendar to end on June 12. FCPS does NOT have 3 days left in their snow day budget.

It is not happening and has not even been proposed. This thread is based entirely on a liked post by one school board member.

They had 5 snow days and 2 election days. I heard they had 11 or 12 days built in so 3 more should be enough.

Early release, delays all play in. They are not ending June 12. Preschool has already been extended.

Yes. Elementary early releases eat up somewhere between 3-4 days. Then 6 delayed openings eats up another 2-ish days. Early releases at the end of the quarter also deduct from the total when they use instructional hours instead of days. Elementary schools have something like 3-9 hours left depending on how many minutes they count toward a school day.

Looks like FCPS really screwed up their schedule BIG time this year. It's been extra long in the past but never as long as this year. It looks like middle and high school could still end sooner but this elementary school issue is a MESS! They should not be closed tomorrow AND April 21. They should have been open on some of the other random days off. As for ES some of the early releases need to be removed or shortened. For a school year that began on August 18 (August 11 for teachers and August 4 for new teachers) this should be over well before June 17. FCCPS had the same start date but ends June 5. Yes they don't have all the crazy days off that FCPS have and Salem City ends even earlier on MAY 28!

Tomorrow is a scheduled school planning day (SOD). April 21 is an Election Day. The April 21 day came after the SPD had already been planned. They aren’t going to take away an SPD Becuase a random Election Day popped up. When are you idiots going to get it?

It's called move the school planning day to April 21.

My God you are dumb. April 21 is an Election Day and will have voters in and out. Parking lots need to be empty for them. Teachers can’t have a school planning day on an Election Day when schools are used as polling sites.

Actually they made it a COMBO TW/SP day so yes they did. They have 2 extra days that were TW and/or SP due to these elections instead of trading them with other such days.
https://www.fcps.edu/system/files/forms/2024-02/2025-2026-standard-school-year-calendar.pdf

At the elementary school level, they did get rid of the April half day Wednesday because of April 21st being a teacher workday now.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I don't get it. People have been complaining about all the random holidays, weather delays and closures, early releases, and the answer is to shorten the calendar?

As long as they get to the state mandated minimum of instructional hours, what’s the problem?

The problem is the childcare issue for all the complaining elem parents.