New Calendar Survey

[Anonymous]

The show makeup days last summer screwed up the camp planning and I recalled that week was freezing cold and thunderstorms. Since 6/17/2026 is the last day of school, is it safe to start booking the summer camp or vacation for the week of 6/22/2026 to 6/26/2026? How many snow days we can use for 2025-2026 school calendar without extending school year calendar beyond 6/17/2026 or past 6/19/2026?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: The show makeup days last summer screwed up the camp planning and I recalled that week was freezing cold and thunderstorms. Since 6/17/2026 is the last day of school, is it safe to start booking the summer camp or vacation for the week of 6/22/2026 to 6/26/2026? How many snow days we can use for 2025-2026 school calendar without extending school year calendar beyond 6/17/2026 or past 6/19/2026?

I don't know but if you book a camp with one of the before/after care providers (Kids After Hours, Kidsco, etc) they will likely adjust their schedule and refund you for days you don't use because they can't operate their camps when MCPS is in session.

[Anonymous]

Once again, only building 1 snow day in is guaranteeing that the school year is going to be extended. In an school system that will close for several days for 2-3 inches of snow, that is just poor planning. None of these are viable considering the realities of winter weather.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: The show makeup days last summer screwed up the camp planning and I recalled that week was freezing cold and thunderstorms. Since 6/17/2026 is the last day of school, is it safe to start booking the summer camp or vacation for the week of 6/22/2026 to 6/26/2026? How many snow days we can use for 2025-2026 school calendar without extending school year calendar beyond 6/17/2026 or past 6/19/2026?

One day

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:September 11 should NOT be off! Rosh Hashana is on the following weekend.

Rosh Hashana begins at sundown Friday Sept. 11, 2026.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Once again, only building 1 snow day in is guaranteeing that the school year is going to be extended. In an school system that will close for several days for 2-3 inches of snow, that is just poor planning. None of these are viable considering the realities of winter weather.

Not even winter weather necessarily; we've had (warranted) closures for extremely high winds, plane crashing into power lines, etc. It's a big county and there is guaranteed wackiness every year. One built in day is simply not enough, ever, even in years where we've had no snow.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: The show makeup days last summer screwed up the camp planning and I recalled that week was freezing cold and thunderstorms. Since 6/17/2026 is the last day of school, is it safe to start booking the summer camp or vacation for the week of 6/22/2026 to 6/26/2026? How many snow days we can use for 2025-2026 school calendar without extending school year calendar beyond 6/17/2026 or past 6/19/2026?

I don't know but if you book a camp with one of the before/after care providers (Kids After Hours, Kidsco, etc) they will likely adjust their schedule and refund you for days you don't use because they can't operate their camps when MCPS is in session.

DP, but for our kids they'd just miss school if it goes into the next week.

[Anonymous]

MCPS - publish the calendar survey data!!! Stop keeping it a secret!!!

[Anonymous]

It feels like they want to stretch out the calendar while also being stingy with the days off. I’m a teacher with my own children in MCPS and we are all tired of so many 5 day weeks!!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I like option A. Losing a week of summer in August is painful; starting summer a week later in June is much more palatable.

Totally agree.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It feels like they want to stretch out the calendar while also being stingy with the days off. I’m a teacher with my own children in MCPS and we are all tired of so many 5 day weeks!!!

? 5-day weeks are the norm.

And also the days off is always going to be a trade-off with summer length. Other counties in MD manage to have a week shorter school year because they don't observe as many religious holidays and have as many planning days.

[Anonymous]

5 day weeks shouldn’t be the norm. The number of jobs that don’t require you to report in person M-F for 8 hours a day is growing. This schedule is old and not sustainable. People who say oh well and it’s the norm likely have a remote job or at least a flexible schedule. Teachers and students have neither.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:5 day weeks shouldn’t be the norm. The number of jobs that don’t require you to report in person M-F for 8 hours a day is growing. This schedule is old and not sustainable. People who say oh well and it’s the norm likely have a remote job or at least a flexible schedule. Teachers and students have neither.

I'm with you, I would love to move as a country to a 4-day workweek. But that's not what we have, and there are actually less remote jobs than before. Feds basically don't have telework at all.

And then there's the mandate for 180 instructional days. If every week was 4 days, that would require 45 weeks, leaving only 7 for summer/winter break.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:September 11 should NOT be off! Rosh Hashana is on the following weekend.

Rosh Hashana begins at sundown Friday Sept. 11, 2026.

Sundown does not affect the school day.
In 2020 and 2023 Rosh Hashana were on Saturdays, school was open the Friday before as no Friday was off prior to Thanksgiving (not even the one usually off in Mid-October).
https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/siteassets/schools/elementary-schools/d-g/drewes/homepage/0332.20ct_2020-21_schoolyearcalendar_amended-10_6.pdf
https://ww2.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/uploadedFiles/calendar/2023-24_TraditionalCalendar.pdf
In 2024 Yom Kippur was on Saturday 10/12 and school was open Friday 10/11.
https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/siteassets/district/calendar/2025/24-25-traditional-calendar-table.pdf

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:5 day weeks shouldn’t be the norm. The number of jobs that don’t require you to report in person M-F for 8 hours a day is growing. This schedule is old and not sustainable. People who say oh well and it’s the norm likely have a remote job or at least a flexible schedule. Teachers and students have neither.

I'm with you, I would love to move as a country to a 4-day workweek. But that's not what we have, and there are actually less remote jobs than before. Feds basically don't have telework at all.

And then there's the mandate for 180 instructional days. If every week was 4 days, that would require 45 weeks, leaving only 7 for summer/winter break.

Maybe they would require 144 days if 4-day weeks (180*0.8).