Has your ES announced any programs etc. for Early Release Mondays

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Anonymous wrote:Listen people, you just need to get over it. Your whining isn't going to change anything.

Make wise choices when it’s time for school board elections. Ask candidates what they plan to do to support parents. Listen carefully to the answers.

**oh and opt your kid out of all standardized testing for which it’s an option. They’re already planning to extend this insanity “if learning improves” so if the parents of performing kids opt out, scores will continue to fall.

Yawn. Continue your oversized toddler foot stomping tantrum. It’s SUCH a good look.

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Anonymous wrote:Ours sent a poll if our child would need care or not, without any indication on what is planned if they stay.

FCPS should have been honest from the get go-these are half days/teacher training/planning. Teachers are drowning
with all the "new" curriculum, basals, and standards on top of all the behaviors of kids, parents, and admin. Give them these afternoons to train, plan, organize. Or pay them a lot more. These are the options. No one wants to babysit your kids on a half day and if your kid do stay get cozy with the idea that they will be on ST and Lexia while that teacher is working on her work. Free child care does not mean you get to dictate what this looks like. And pack them a snack for the afternoon because these are your children. How did all the parents and children survive the half days through the 90's-till whatever year they did away with half days. They survived and people are always saying the education was better back then...maybe because teachers were given true planning time. And by the way FCPS has given you a lot of time to plan for this....again these are your children.

First of all, FCPS said they would have in school enrichment options. So if your plan included taking FCPS seriously, you’re already screwed.

No one presently in elementary school in FCPS had half days from the 90s. Here in 2024 there is a cost of living crisis in this county and the vast majority of parents have these things called “jobs” that they are required to attend.

Fairfax had half days in the 2000’s. My eldest DC had half day in 2005 and he wasn’t the last year. Yes, your point still stands about no one currently in FCPS had half days, but it wasn’t as long ago as you implied.

So 19 years ago your kid had half days. And you knew when he was enrolled that those half days existed.

Now parents who enrolled their kids for 2024-25 found out after all the deadlines had passed for private school applications, after people had let go other childcare options, that oh— FCPS doesn’t actually want to do seven more days of instruction. Your experience is fundamentally different than what people are going through now.

This “parents are inherently to blame” attitude was already old, now it’s embarrassing. This is why people support voucher programs— parents deserve better and so do kids.

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Of COURSE you’re one of those dimwitted voucher people. How hilariously predictable.

You aren’t getting vouchers. If you want private, pay for it yourself.

Four bills went up this year alone. Before this embarrassment with absenteeism rates and an extra week of three hour early dismissals in the states largest school system.

But sure. Voters are totally satisfied. You’re absolutely right.

[Anonymous]

Now there is even more confusion because the latest email said SACC would not be able to take the kids until the usual SACC start time at the end of the usual school day. And I think a lot of people assumed or were told that SACC would just start at 12:40 or whatever for those kids already in after school SACC. It’s going to be a mess.

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well, think about it. The people they hire to work for SACC probably aren't available from 12-4 on random specific Mondays. There's a reason they work at SACC and not full time 9-5 jobs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Now there is even more confusion because the latest email said SACC would not be able to take the kids until the usual SACC start time at the end of the usual school day. And I think a lot of people assumed or were told that SACC would just start at 12:40 or whatever for those kids already in after school SACC. It’s going to be a mess.

What difference does it make if your kid is being baby sat by person A until person B's normal start time?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:well, think about it. The people they hire to work for SACC probably aren't available from 12-4 on random specific Mondays. There's a reason they work at SACC and not full time 9-5 jobs.

SACC is usually open on early release days.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Now there is even more confusion because the latest email said SACC would not be able to take the kids until the usual SACC start time at the end of the usual school day. And I think a lot of people assumed or were told that SACC would just start at 12:40 or whatever for those kids already in after school SACC. It’s going to be a mess.

What difference does it make if your kid is being baby sat by person A until person B's normal start time?

It is my understanding that there was a form that everyone was supposed to fill out if you needed care on the early release days, and that some of the SACC families didn’t fill it out or said they didn’t need anything because they thought SACC would run like it does on the regular 2 hour early releases.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Now there is even more confusion because the latest email said SACC would not be able to take the kids until the usual SACC start time at the end of the usual school day. And I think a lot of people assumed or were told that SACC would just start at 12:40 or whatever for those kids already in after school SACC. It’s going to be a mess.

What difference does it make if your kid is being baby sat by person A until person B's normal start time?

It is my understanding that there was a form that everyone was supposed to fill out if you needed care on the early release days, and that some of the SACC families didn’t fill it out or said they didn’t need anything because they thought SACC would run like it does on the regular 2 hour early releases.

That’s where I’m at. I just filled out the form again to indicate my child does need care now until sacc opens. This whole thing is a mess.

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I talked to a SACC office person this morning who found out when we did that SACC kids were no longer going to SACC right after ER. he sounded frustrated and said fcps did not consult with SACC about this and made a unilateral decision. SACC had started planning staffing and programming for those days. The SACC manager at pick up today confirmed this. So this is squarely FCPS' stupid decision making and communicating.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:well, think about it. The people they hire to work for SACC probably aren't available from 12-4 on random specific Mondays. There's a reason they work at SACC and not full time 9-5 jobs.

SACC is usually open on early release days.

But those ER days are already included in the rate. Did SACC say they would charge extra for these 7 days? They still have to pay their staff.

[Anonymous]

Anyone else get an email from their child’s school that your decision on needing childcare or not is now final for all 7 early release days? I thought the survey was just covering the 1st two days.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Anyone else get an email from their child’s school that your decision on needing childcare or not is now final for all 7 early release days? I thought the survey was just covering the 1st two days.

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"staff will provide coverage"

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The SACC thing has been a hot mess. I'm really pissed if its the case that SACC could have opened and FCPS said no that is dumb. That is that many more kids that they didn't need to find a place for. I have to refill out my survey as I said no I don't need care since I has originally told SACC would open. Also they changed around the November 25th date to a December date just recently for some pyramids. Someone should have figured out the Thanksgiving week issue right at the start. FCPS is a mess, the teachers don't even know if the PD is ready and will be helpful. Teachers have said for years that FCPS PD is bad. FCPS is so worried about equity so no paid programs and I guess this has now stretched to include SACC for these days.

[Anonymous]

I’m just going to go ahead and predict this: After hearing from our principal at Back to School night about the 3 hour early releases for teacher training related to the new literacy curriculum … I believe that we will see the return of regularly scheduled half days in the not so distant future. Maybe not next school year … maybe not weekly as they were in the past … but they will happen. I would guess monthly or 2x a month/every other week. The principal was lamenting how they lost the half day Mondays and now the teachers have the same amount of work to get done but less non instructional time to do it.