How DO we get the calendar changed?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Someone needs to get the Media involved!!!

I hope this is posted to be funny because it made me chuckle. But just in case it isn't because I know how stupid some DCUMs could be, if you haven't noticed, the media reports the school closings, delays, and early dismissals, so I'm pretty sure they are aware of these things.

It’s one of my favorite things that DCUM
Privileged Moms are so certain that “The Media” is just chomping at the bit to produce a scathing expose on any specific whine that gets their own knickers twisted. 😂

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Someone needs to get the Media involved!!!

I hope this is posted to be funny because it made me chuckle. But just in case it isn't because I know how stupid some DCUMs could be, if you haven't noticed, the media reports the school closings, delays, and early dismissals, so I'm pretty sure they are aware of these things.

Clearly you are the stupid one. The media can bring light to the overall effect this is having on families and students. In addition, the media certainly doesn't report all the other routine closures FCPS has nor does it report on how they close for every single religious holiday known to man!

If you're ok, you're not paying attention!

😂😂😂

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The people here who constantly defend the county must be the morons who work there, or are political operatives who helped them get elected. Nobody I have talked to in real life likes the calendar and the school board knows it’s been very unpopular.

Nope. We’re parents. “Political operatives?” You need to see a specialist for your paranoia.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It’s time to implement year round school. Shorter breaks so that retention is less impacted, ability to schedule holidays, less disruption if there are weather delays/closures.

People will initially scream that kids need long summer breaks for swim team, internships, camps etc. And then just like with Covid, people will adjust to the new normal.

Not happening. Feel free to move if that’s what you want. 🤷‍♀️

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Someone needs to get the Media involved!!!

I hope this is posted to be funny because it made me chuckle. But just in case it isn't because I know how stupid some DCUMs could be, if you haven't noticed, the media reports the school closings, delays, and early dismissals, so I'm pretty sure they are aware of these things.

It’s one of my favorite things that DCUM
Privileged Moms are so certain that “The Media” is just chomping at the bit to produce a scathing expose on any specific whine that gets their own knickers twisted. 😂

I’m not who you’re quoting but FCPS has gotten pretty embarrassing media this year. Reid’s security detail and the Fairfax City assault both come to mind. So it wouldn’t really shock me if someone wrote something up comparing the dysfunction in the calendar to, say, the compensation of the Superintendent. None of this is good if you own a home in Fairfax.

[Anonymous]

By electing a school board focused on education for students instead of their social justice projects.

When equity trumps education everyone loses.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What frustrates me the most is that SACC is now closed on these religious holidays. No one except the school district and the county treat these days as holidays. Everyone else has to go to work and thus needs childcare. People love to whine about how it's unfair that Christmas is a day off and thus their holiday should be one too. But last time I checked every company and agency/organization in this country gives off on Christmas. So the holidays are not the same no matter what you want to pretend.

Sorry but school isn’t childcare. You need to find childcare that’s available on Yom Kippur, Eid, Divali and Lunar New Year. That is all.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What frustrates me the most is that SACC is now closed on these religious holidays. No one except the school district and the county treat these days as holidays. Everyone else has to go to work and thus needs childcare. People love to whine about how it's unfair that Christmas is a day off and thus their holiday should be one too. But last time I checked every company and agency/organization in this country gives off on Christmas. So the holidays are not the same no matter what you want to pretend.

Sorry but school isn’t childcare. You need to find childcare that’s available on Yom Kippur, Eid, Divali and Lunar New Year. That is all.

SACC is literally School Aged Child Care.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What frustrates me the most is that SACC is now closed on these religious holidays. No one except the school district and the county treat these days as holidays. Everyone else has to go to work and thus needs childcare. People love to whine about how it's unfair that Christmas is a day off and thus their holiday should be one too. But last time I checked every company and agency/organization in this country gives off on Christmas. So the holidays are not the same no matter what you want to pretend.

Sorry but school isn’t childcare. You need to find childcare that’s available on Yom Kippur, Eid, Divali and Lunar New Year. That is all.

"Every company" is also not closed on Christmas, such a hasty generalization... YOUR company may, but definitely not all of them. Tons of people on here have mentioned the low income families being hurt the most by this. There are ton of low income hourly jobs that remain open on federal and mass celebrated religious holidays.

This is just another example of "I personally have to go to work on ___ day, so my children should have to go to school on ___ day".

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What frustrates me the most is that SACC is now closed on these religious holidays. No one except the school district and the county treat these days as holidays. Everyone else has to go to work and thus needs childcare. People love to whine about how it's unfair that Christmas is a day off and thus their holiday should be one too. But last time I checked every company and agency/organization in this country gives off on Christmas. So the holidays are not the same no matter what you want to pretend.

Sorry but school isn’t childcare. You need to find childcare that’s available on Yom Kippur, Eid, Divali and Lunar New Year. That is all.

SACC is literally School Aged Child Care.

SACC is also literally described as "Before School, After School, and during Summer, Winter, and Spring holiday sessions" per the FCPS website. No where does it say it is for federal holidays, religious holidays, etc. That is what private childcare is for.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What frustrates me the most is that SACC is now closed on these religious holidays. No one except the school district and the county treat these days as holidays. Everyone else has to go to work and thus needs childcare. People love to whine about how it's unfair that Christmas is a day off and thus their holiday should be one too. But last time I checked every company and agency/organization in this country gives off on Christmas. So the holidays are not the same no matter what you want to pretend.

Sorry but school isn’t childcare. You need to find childcare that’s available on Yom Kippur, Eid, Divali and Lunar New Year. That is all.

"Every company" is also not closed on Christmas, such a hasty generalization... YOUR company may, but definitely not all of them. Tons of people on here have mentioned the low income families being hurt the most by this. There are ton of low income hourly jobs that remain open on federal and mass celebrated religious holidays.

This is just another example of "I personally have to go to work on ___ day, so my children should have to go to school on ___ day".

What does BLS say?

https://www.bls.gov/ebs/factsheets/holiday-profiles.htm

Thats the most recent data i can find, but it shows 97% of people have a paid holiday that day.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This FCPS calendar has turned me Republican. Not Trump Republican (eff that guy) but Republican enough to want to evict every single SB member and start over.

Your bar should be if you have turned Republican enough to have charter schools. I’m not.

VA is opted-in on school choice though. I wonder how FCPS will do when everyone can take the top $5,000 off private school tuition.

180,000 people will not be signing up for private school next week so FCS is not worried.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It’s time to implement year round school. Shorter breaks so that retention is less impacted, ability to schedule holidays, less disruption if there are weather delays/closures.

People will initially scream that kids need long summer breaks for swim team, internships, camps etc. And then just like with Covid, people will adjust to the new normal.

Not happening. Feel free to move if that’s what you want. 🤷‍♀️

The year round school argument is never going to catch on, a small percentage of teachers and parents want it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What frustrates me the most is that SACC is now closed on these religious holidays. No one except the school district and the county treat these days as holidays. Everyone else has to go to work and thus needs childcare. People love to whine about how it's unfair that Christmas is a day off and thus their holiday should be one too. But last time I checked every company and agency/organization in this country gives off on Christmas. So the holidays are not the same no matter what you want to pretend.

Sorry but school isn’t childcare. You need to find childcare that’s available on Yom Kippur, Eid, Divali and Lunar New Year. That is all.

"Every company" is also not closed on Christmas, such a hasty generalization... YOUR company may, but definitely not all of them. Tons of people on here have mentioned the low income families being hurt the most by this. There are ton of low income hourly jobs that remain open on federal and mass celebrated religious holidays.

This is just another example of "I personally have to go to work on ___ day, so my children should have to go to school on ___ day".

What does BLS say?

https://www.bls.gov/ebs/factsheets/holiday-profiles.htm

Thats the most recent data i can find, but it shows 97% of people have a paid holiday that day.

You are incorrectly interpreting what it says.

It says, "Among civilian workers who received paid holidays, 97 percent received Christmas Day as a paid holiday"

Which is a very different statement than, "97% of people have a paid holiday on Christmas"

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What frustrates me the most is that SACC is now closed on these religious holidays. No one except the school district and the county treat these days as holidays. Everyone else has to go to work and thus needs childcare. People love to whine about how it's unfair that Christmas is a day off and thus their holiday should be one too. But last time I checked every company and agency/organization in this country gives off on Christmas. So the holidays are not the same no matter what you want to pretend.

Sorry but school isn’t childcare. You need to find childcare that’s available on Yom Kippur, Eid, Divali and Lunar New Year. That is all.

"Every company" is also not closed on Christmas, such a hasty generalization... YOUR company may, but definitely not all of them. Tons of people on here have mentioned the low income families being hurt the most by this. There are ton of low income hourly jobs that remain open on federal and mass celebrated religious holidays.

This is just another example of "I personally have to go to work on ___ day, so my children should have to go to school on ___ day".

What does BLS say?

https://www.bls.gov/ebs/factsheets/holiday-profiles.htm

Thats the most recent data i can find, but it shows 97% of people have a paid holiday that day.

You are incorrectly interpreting what it says.

It says, "Among civilian workers who received paid holidays, 97 percent received Christmas Day as a paid holiday"

Which is a very different statement than, "97% of people have a paid holiday on Christmas"

Clearly everyone works on christmas.