May/June attendance now optional?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:May/June attendance is clearly a problem. Why all of a sudden am I getting texts from the school about attendance when my daughter is out.

Come on FCPS. It’s a problem these last couple of weeks when AP exams were in May and classes gave their finals right before then. DC has had one legit final over the past three days.

Come on, FCPS. Let's start school at the beginning of August and end in late May. Then the semester break will align with winter break, and the AP/SOL schedule will align with the end of school.

They are purposefully choosing early SOL dates to allow a week or 2 of remediation and then one more go at the SOL for those on the margin of a pass. If you end the year in May, then your DC’s SOL would also move up to mid April. They are building the schedule to accommodate the test and repeat takers.

Why can't those students attend summer school for remediation, while everyone else ends at Memorial Day?

It would be a win/win.

Close to year round school for the failing and struggling students, with a normal school year for everyone else

Because:
A) that costs money to staff hundreds more teachers for a week of remediation
B) families wouldn’t show up, so test scores wouldn’t look as good

There aren't thousands of students in this predicament so they won't need hundreds of students

If they can't pass, they should either do summer school or do a 5th year of high school at Bryant.

The hundred seventy thousand plus other FCPS students should nor be forced into year round school for a handful of students who could be served by summer school.

Incorrect. The repeat SOL students are not the reason why everyone is staying in school until June 17. The reason for the late departure is due to the school calendar giving off an extraordinary large number of holidays.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:No one wants to start school in the middle of summer. That's not a thing here.

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It's perfectly feasible to start school the last week of August and end the first week of June.

Yes, but the majority of parents do not want a 12 week summer.

Actually, most parents want a 12 week summer.

Only a few want short summers or year round school.

I actually do not think you are correct in this statement about FCPS parents. From what data are you basing your claim?

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Do you have data to show otherwise? Is there data that supports either claim?

Yes, the data from that FCPS calendar survey from about 10 years ago supports the claim that most people do not want a 12 week summer. In that survey, the results showed that the majority of people wanted a 2 week winter break, a week-long spring break, 3 days at Thanksgiving, and starting school 2 weeks before Labor Day (with a subsequently shorter summer).

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:This is a direct result of the ridiculous school calendar.

School should have been over last week. Continuing to stagger into June is idiotic. The people have spoken, will the School Board listen?

THIS! If you care about the quality of education, you need to be pushing for a school calendar that gets out earlier. MUCH earlier. First week of June at the very latest. They are literally just killing time at school to fill up the required hours now and that goes for all grades, even elementary. My 4th grader is turning in their laptops at the end of the day Thursday but they still have 3.5 days after that. What’s the point?!

Not having laptops is the perfect time to learn cursive.

My kids both learned cursive in elementary school at some point in the spring after SOLs. But other than writing a signature, who uses this anymore? The only cursive they see is from older relatives on cards. I never write in it. I’d rather they teach a real typing class.

[Anonymous]

If they want to read old documents, like study history or literature, they need cursive.

At this point, being able to read and write cursive is a class marker.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:No one wants to start school in the middle of summer. That's not a thing here.

+100

It's perfectly feasible to start school the last week of August and end the first week of June.

Yes, but the majority of parents do not want a 12 week summer.

Actually, most parents want a 12 week summer.

Only a few want short summers or year round school.

I actually do not think you are correct in this statement about FCPS parents. From what data are you basing your claim?

DP
Do you have data to show otherwise? Is there data that supports either claim?

Yes, the data from that FCPS calendar survey from about 10 years ago supports the claim that most people do not want a 12 week summer. In that survey, the results showed that the majority of people wanted a 2 week winter break, a week-long spring break, 3 days at Thanksgiving, and starting school 2 weeks before Labor Day (with a subsequently shorter summer).

Does the data show people want 8,000 random religious holidays and multiple broken weeks?

[Anonymous]

They didn't even ask the right questions or bother to look at the survey results.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:No one wants to start school in the middle of summer. That's not a thing here.

+100

It's perfectly feasible to start school the last week of August and end the first week of June.

Yes, but the majority of parents do not want a 12 week summer.

Actually, most parents want a 12 week summer.

Only a few want short summers or year round school.

I actually do not think you are correct in this statement about FCPS parents. From what data are you basing your claim?

DP
Do you have data to show otherwise? Is there data that supports either claim?

Yes, the data from that FCPS calendar survey from about 10 years ago supports the claim that most people do not want a 12 week summer. In that survey, the results showed that the majority of people wanted a 2 week winter break, a week-long spring break, 3 days at Thanksgiving, and starting school 2 weeks before Labor Day (with a subsequently shorter summer).

A 10 year old survey? Might be time for a new survey.

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Anonymous wrote:No one wants to start school in the middle of summer. That's not a thing here.

+100

It's perfectly feasible to start school the last week of August and end the first week of June.

Yes, but the majority of parents do not want a 12 week summer.

Actually, most parents want a 12 week summer.

Only a few want short summers or year round school.

I actually do not think you are correct in this statement about FCPS parents. From what data are you basing your claim?

DP
Do you have data to show otherwise? Is there data that supports either claim?

Yes, the data from that FCPS calendar survey from about 10 years ago supports the claim that most people do not want a 12 week summer. In that survey, the results showed that the majority of people wanted a 2 week winter break, a week-long spring break, 3 days at Thanksgiving, and starting school 2 weeks before Labor Day (with a subsequently shorter summer).

Does the data show people want 8,000 random religious holidays and multiple broken weeks?

Of course not. The religious holidays are pretty universally disliked. But you need to stop arguing for a 12 week summer. The majority of parents do not want that.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:No one wants to start school in the middle of summer. That's not a thing here.

+100

It's perfectly feasible to start school the last week of August and end the first week of June.

Yes, but the majority of parents do not want a 12 week summer.

Actually, most parents want a 12 week summer.

Only a few want short summers or year round school.

I actually do not think you are correct in this statement about FCPS parents. From what data are you basing your claim?

DP
Do you have data to show otherwise? Is there data that supports either claim?

Yes, the data from that FCPS calendar survey from about 10 years ago supports the claim that most people do not want a 12 week summer. In that survey, the results showed that the majority of people wanted a 2 week winter break, a week-long spring break, 3 days at Thanksgiving, and starting school 2 weeks before Labor Day (with a subsequently shorter summer).

Does the data show people want 8,000 random religious holidays and multiple broken weeks?

Of course not. The religious holidays are pretty universally disliked. But you need to stop arguing for a 12 week summer. The majority of parents do not want that.

I’d be ok with 10 weeks.

[Anonymous]

The problem with the shorter summers isn't is bad for the high school kids, they need time for internships and jobs. They need time to decompress. They need time so that their families can go away bc the band and sports start so early.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The problem with the shorter summers isn't is bad for the high school kids, they need time for internships and jobs. They need time to decompress. They need time so that their families can go away bc the band and sports start so early.

A 9-10 week summer has been the usual length for years and years in FCPS. The high schoolers are getting along just fine.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:No one wants to start school in the middle of summer. That's not a thing here.

+100

It's perfectly feasible to start school the last week of August and end the first week of June.

Yes, but the majority of parents do not want a 12 week summer.

Actually, most parents want a 12 week summer.

Only a few want short summers or year round school.

I actually do not think you are correct in this statement about FCPS parents. From what data are you basing your claim?

DP
Do you have data to show otherwise? Is there data that supports either claim?

Yes, the data from that FCPS calendar survey from about 10 years ago supports the claim that most people do not want a 12 week summer. In that survey, the results showed that the majority of people wanted a 2 week winter break, a week-long spring break, 3 days at Thanksgiving, and starting school 2 weeks before Labor Day (with a subsequently shorter summer).

You left off ending school in early june like we were promised when they moved the start to mid August.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No one wants to start school in the middle of summer. That's not a thing here.

+100

It's perfectly feasible to start school the last week of August and end the first week of June.

Yes, but the majority of parents do not want a 12 week summer.

Actually, most parents want a 12 week summer.

Only a few want short summers or year round school.

I actually do not think you are correct in this statement about FCPS parents. From what data are you basing your claim?

DP
Do you have data to show otherwise? Is there data that supports either claim?

Yes, the data from that FCPS calendar survey from about 10 years ago supports the claim that most people do not want a 12 week summer. In that survey, the results showed that the majority of people wanted a 2 week winter break, a week-long spring break, 3 days at Thanksgiving, and starting school 2 weeks before Labor Day (with a subsequently shorter summer).

Does the data show people want 8,000 random religious holidays and multiple broken weeks?

Of course not. The religious holidays are pretty universally disliked. But you need to stop arguing for a 12 week summer. The majority of parents do not want that.

Please show current data that supports the majority claim you keep making. I have HS and ES-age students, work FT, and strongly wish for 12 weeks.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No one wants to start school in the middle of summer. That's not a thing here.

+100

It's perfectly feasible to start school the last week of August and end the first week of June.

Yes, but the majority of parents do not want a 12 week summer.

Actually, most parents want a 12 week summer.

Only a few want short summers or year round school.

I actually do not think you are correct in this statement about FCPS parents. From what data are you basing your claim?

DP
Do you have data to show otherwise? Is there data that supports either claim?

Yes, the data from that FCPS calendar survey from about 10 years ago supports the claim that most people do not want a 12 week summer. In that survey, the results showed that the majority of people wanted a 2 week winter break, a week-long spring break, 3 days at Thanksgiving, and starting school 2 weeks before Labor Day (with a subsequently shorter summer).

Does the data show people want 8,000 random religious holidays and multiple broken weeks?

Of course not. The religious holidays are pretty universally disliked. But you need to stop arguing for a 12 week summer. The majority of parents do not want that.

Please show current data that supports the majority claim you keep making. I have HS and ES-age students, work FT, and strongly wish for 12 weeks.

We have 9 weeks this year. That is plenty!

[Anonymous]

Plenty? Its incredibly short.