March 5 student holiday for presidential primary voting

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:How will they make up the day? We’re supposed to have 180 days of school. Are they moving the last day of school?

Teacher here I won't be at school any extra days beyond my contract-but good luck with your petty nonsense.

lazy teacher. this is why you guys get so much push back.

DP... I agree that this teacher came off a little harsh, but I also think that no people should work for free. If it is not in the contract, we shouldn't expect them to work.

[Anonymous]

The School Board discussed this during the calendar meetings a while back. There was recognition that there would likely be a day off needed for the primary, but because they hadn't officially been requested to make schools available and the primary date wasn't 100% set, they didn't put it on the calendar.

[Anonymous]

I will still send my kids to school on March 5.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Another teacher here. We don't need to hit 180 days of schools since we are well over the required amount of hours. This is why we can have up to 5 snow days without needing to make up school time.

Last I knew you could have up to ~20 days without having to make them up.

[Anonymous]

So now that March 5 is off, will that affect the A/B days or odd/even days designation after March 5?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Ugh.

Is there really a need to call off school?

The Ds already have their candidate, which means most of the voters in Ffx won't be voting. It ses like there is no need to call off school.

Republicans are still having a primary.

And Dems might. Depends on if Marianna qualified in Virginia.

And Dems can vote in the Republican primary, correct since we don’t register by party in VA?

Correct. I’m voting but submitting a blank ballot.

I am thinking about voting so a vote can go to someone other than the current GOP front runner.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ugh.

Is there really a need to call off school?

The Ds already have their candidate, which means most of the voters in Ffx won't be voting. It ses like there is no need to call off school.

Republicans are still having a primary.

And Dems might. Depends on if Marianna qualified in Virginia.

And Dems can vote in the Republican primary, correct since we don’t register by party in VA?

Correct. I’m voting but submitting a blank ballot.

I am thinking about voting so a vote can go to someone other than the current GOP front runner.

Do know that if you vote in this you will have it marked on your voter record as having voted in a GOP primary. You may start getting more Republican mail and solicitations.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Here’s the way back machine for you. The first time they cancelled school was 2016. Because with Trump on the ballot, there was genuine concern about violence at polling places. I had MSs then, and there was discussion of white supremacies “monitoring,” voting etc. they cancelled late, but parents had legit concerns because no one knew how having Trump on the ballot would play out. .

Trump is still on the ballot.

This sounds more like 2020.

Started in 2016. It’s been a long 7 years.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:How will they make up the day? We’re supposed to have 180 days of school. Are they moving the last day of school?

True, but they can always revert to hours, or get the state to approve an exception.

This exactly. How can they legally do this?

By treating it as if it were a weather day

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So now that March 5 is off, will that affect the A/B days or odd/even days designation after March 5?

Middle school and high school will just skip over that day. They won't change the A/B calendar. It could mess up teachers' planning for that time of year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ugh.

Is there really a need to call off school?

The Ds already have their candidate, which means most of the voters in Ffx won't be voting. It ses like there is no need to call off school.

Republicans are still having a primary.

And Dems might. Depends on if Marianna qualified in Virginia.

And Dems can vote in the Republican primary, correct since we don’t register by party in VA?

Correct. I’m voting but submitting a blank ballot.

I am thinking about voting so a vote can go to someone other than the current GOP front runner.

Do know that if you vote in this you will have it marked on your voter record as having voted in a GOP primary. You may start getting more Republican mail and solicitations.

They can mail whatever they would like. I have a recycling bin.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Will that mess up the A/B fixed calendar after March 5?

I guess all schools do it differently but my kid's school has anchor days Monday (all classes), then A days Tues/Thurs and B days Weds/Fri. When they have a day off, they just make the anchor day into whatever day will be missed. So that week, they'll probably have an A day Monday instead of the anchor day and the rest of the week will be status quo.

It seemed super confusing at first but actually makes a lot of sense.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So now that March 5 is off, will that affect the A/B days or odd/even days designation after March 5?

Middle school and high school will just skip over that day. They won't change the A/B calendar. It could mess up teachers' planning for that time of year.

I would think the opposite. Skipping over that day would mess up the teachers’ planning as they would lose that day in the week for instruction which would shift everything.