No school on Wed this week - MCPS run by idiots

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm sorry, there is ZERO justification for no school on wed this week so teachers can "get their grades in." MCPS is run by complete idiots.

After closing schools for 3 days after a snow - for no reason at all, they now want another day off?

Awful. Embarrassing. Idiots. Morons.

Can someone sign an executive order to fire all the people in charge at MCPS?

Did you know we were getting three unplanned snow days? What are you a weather btch?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Those unscheduled days off last week wouldn’t have helped teachers calculate grades on work that hadn’t been turned in yet.

That’s why the teacher work days are at the end of the quarter—*after* the work has been completed, but *before* the grades are due. It’s not a vacation day that can be jammed in just anywhere.

But you knew that already, didn’t you? You were just looking for an excuse to bash teachers and complain about MCPS.

Or is it one of those private school folks who get every chance to lurk on this forum? Isn't it private school applications season?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Those unscheduled days off last week wouldn’t have helped teachers calculate grades on work that hadn’t been turned in yet.

That’s why the teacher work days are at the end of the quarter—*after* the work has been completed, but *before* the grades are due. It’s not a vacation day that can be jammed in just anywhere.

But you knew that already, didn’t you? You were just looking for an excuse to bash teachers and complain about MCPS.

Or is it one of those private school folks who get every chance to lurk on this forum? Isn't it private school applications season?

No, judging from the tone and writing, it's the Lane-Blocker Troll. They have an anger management problem and post random, super-aggressive threads regularly.

[Anonymous]

If you're just noticing this.... you are the idiot.

[Anonymous]

I sure hope your kid isn’t one of the majority that turn in a huge stack late work the day before the end of the semester. Teachers have to teach literally all day. Not grade papers and tests.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So you don’t care if your kid’s report card has grades?

The day to enter grades is a legacy from pre-digital grade book.
I don't mind the kids having a day off but if you haven't graded work before the last day of the semester that's your own poor planing.

It's not (most) teachers' poor planning. Teachers are required to take late work up until the end of their duty day on Tuesday. This can result in hundreds of late papers needed to be graded and put into the gradebook by the time the gradebook closes. That does not even take into account all of the other things that need to be done, especially in high school, to prep for the change of semester.

[Anonymous]

DCPS has today off for the same exact reason. Grow up, OP.

[Anonymous]

Why bother having three pages of undeserved communication with a weirdo poster?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm sorry, there is ZERO justification for no school on wed this week so teachers can "get their grades in." MCPS is run by complete idiots.

After closing schools for 3 days after a snow - for no reason at all, they now want another day off?

Awful. Embarrassing. Idiots. Morons.

Can someone sign an executive order to fire all the people in charge at MCPS?

When it's lunar new year you complained. What a racist.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So you don’t care if your kid’s report card has grades?

The day to enter grades is a legacy from pre-digital grade book.
I don't mind the kids having a day off but if you haven't graded work before the last day of the semester that's your own poor planing.

This is true. Most of the teachers I know don't need to spend the grading day actually doing grades. It's basically a day off for them-which many of them deserve!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So you don’t care if your kid’s report card has grades?

The day to enter grades is a legacy from pre-digital grade book.
I don't mind the kids having a day off but if you haven't graded work before the last day of the semester that's your own poor planing.

This is true. Most of the teachers I know don't need to spend the grading day actually doing grades. It's basically a day off for them-which many of them deserve!

It certainly isn’t a day off for high school teachers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It’s not a random Wednesday, it’s Chinese New Year. They wanted to have that day off, but didn’t know how to add it without uproar, so decided to merge it with end of quarter student holiday. All districts have it. Loudoun is off for 3 days in row, so be glad you are not there.

This. MCPS has a ton of Chinese students and so we have off for Chinese New Year.

[Anonymous]

FYI, looking ahead to next year: in 2026 the end of first semester grading/planning day will be on Monday, January 26. Then, Lunar New Year will be on Tuesday, February 17, a non-instructional day, which falls the day after the President's Day holiday, so there will be a four-day weekend.

https://publisher.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/pdf/2025-2026%20Traditional%20and%20Innovative%20School%20Year%20Calendars.pdf

[Anonymous]

January 29 also an in-service day for support staff, so they can attend training.

No one at the school level makes these decisions, so stop blaming them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Those unscheduled days off last week wouldn’t have helped teachers calculate grades on work that hadn’t been turned in yet.

That’s why the teacher work days are at the end of the quarter—*after* the work has been completed, but *before* the grades are due. It’s not a vacation day that can be jammed in just anywhere.

But you knew that already, didn’t you? You were just looking for an excuse to bash teachers and complain about MCPS.

Exactly