Attendance pressure

[Anonymous]

They aren't talking about students who are doing well despite their absences. They aren't talking about Asian kids going to visit family overseas.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What absolute bs. I hope no one actually listens to them. Don’t forget how they treated school during Covid. It wasn’t important then and we only got 4 days of school for an entire freaking year on a computer! My child’s teacher actually moved out of the area during the school year and was allowed to still be employed by FCPS.

F off, FCPS.

OMG it was FIVE YEARS ago. Get over it and move on past COVID.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:What absolute bs. I hope no one actually listens to them. Don’t forget how they treated school during Covid. It wasn’t important then and we only got 4 days of school for an entire freaking year on a computer! My child’s teacher actually moved out of the area during the school year and was allowed to still be employed by FCPS.

F off, FCPS.

OMG it was FIVE YEARS ago. Get over it and move on past COVID.

Seriously. All you have to do is point to the ridiculous calendars of the last three years and the lack of 5 day school weeks.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:FCPS: Attendance matters!

Also FCPS: We take off for holidays you've never even heard of!

This! I think it is rude to call out families for attendance when FCPS has an inconsistent calendar.

I wish I took my kids out more to be honest. But the my are in high school now and it is too hard to miss.

[Anonymous]

Also just want to say it is hard to find time to travel when summer is so short. No wonder families have to take time off during the school year. Do what you gotta do. FCPS hasn’t actually set a good example.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:FCPS: Attendance matters!

Also FCPS: We take off for holidays you've never even heard of!

This! I think it is rude to call out families for attendance when FCPS has an inconsistent calendar.

I wish I took my kids out more to be honest. But the my are in high school now and it is too hard to miss.

Unsolicited advice? Take them out and get a note so they get makeup time. You are not going to have a choice in a few years. No one on their deathbed wishes their kid got to go to a few more subsitute-taught classes, plenty of people wish their kids got more happy memories of childhood with their parents.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Also just want to say it is hard to find time to travel when summer is so short. No wonder families have to take time off during the school year. Do what you gotta do. FCPS hasn’t actually set a good example.

You seriously need more than 9 weeks of time to travel?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Also just want to say it is hard to find time to travel when summer is so short. No wonder families have to take time off during the school year. Do what you gotta do. FCPS hasn’t actually set a good example.

You seriously need more than 9 weeks of time to travel?

DP and you sure are a gem. If you are traveling with a large (4+) family you typically try to avoid Labor Day, Fourth of July and Juneteeth and (in past years…) memorial day. Getting decently priced airfare is hard. Paying thousands extra to go in the summer so your kid can watch a movie the Friday before Christmas Break isn’t really a smart tradeoff.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They aren't talking about students who are doing well despite their absences. They aren't talking about Asian kids going to visit family overseas.

They absolutely are talking about Asian and other families who take their kids out for one to three weeks for travel.
This is about increasing attendance metrics. The above group is easily guilted and might respond to passive aggressive threats. The other groups in low income schools who chronically miss school are more difficult to reach.

[Anonymous]

Forward this email to your school board member and tell them how insulting it is, in the context of the calendar. They are aware how mad people are over the calendar, and there’s time left to make improvements before 2026 (like doing away with early release)

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Anonymous wrote:What absolute bs. I hope no one actually listens to them. Don’t forget how they treated school during Covid. It wasn’t important then and we only got 4 days of school for an entire freaking year on a computer! My child’s teacher actually moved out of the area during the school year and was allowed to still be employed by FCPS.

F off, FCPS.

People who are continuing to post about Covid need serious help. [b]It was 4.5 to 5.5 years ago. Move on.

Why do you care where your child's teacher lived? If he/she was still logging in to Blackboard Collaborate and was teaching, how is it your business where he/she lived? Do you have any concept of how many FCPS teachers live "out of the area," yet still teach in FCPS? There are teachers who live in West Virginia, Eastern MD, Baltimore, Stafford, etc. It's no one's business!

Nope. We parents will never forget how teachers jumped the line to get vaccinated and then refused to come into work. We will never forget the hell that was virtual school.

So we parents will take a vacation when we damn well want to.

"WE" parents?

The vast majority of "we parents" have our mental health in check, so we moved on from Covid-related closures, years ago.

The majority of "we parents" don't hold grudges against people, especially ones who probably weren't remotely involved in decisions regarding return to school.

The majority of " we parents" don't process emotion like a toddler, "I don't like what you said, so I'm taking my toys and going home."

The majority of "we parents" have more intelligence than a gnat, so we don't have our children miss additional school when the concern is missed instructional hours.

I’m sorry you can’t teach in your pajamas anymore.

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Anonymous wrote:What absolute bs. I hope no one actually listens to them. Don’t forget how they treated school during Covid. It wasn’t important then and we only got 4 days of school for an entire freaking year on a computer! My child’s teacher actually moved out of the area during the school year and was allowed to still be employed by FCPS.

F off, FCPS.

People who are continuing to post about Covid need serious help. [b]It was 4.5 to 5.5 years ago. Move on.

Why do you care where your child's teacher lived? If he/she was still logging in to Blackboard Collaborate and was teaching, how is it your business where he/she lived? Do you have any concept of how many FCPS teachers live "out of the area," yet still teach in FCPS? There are teachers who live in West Virginia, Eastern MD, Baltimore, Stafford, etc. It's no one's business!

Nope. We parents will never forget how teachers jumped the line to get vaccinated and then refused to come into work. We will never forget the hell that was virtual school.

So we parents will take a vacation when we damn well want to.

"WE" parents?

The vast majority of "we parents" have our mental health in check, so we moved on from Covid-related closures, years ago.

The majority of "we parents" don't hold grudges against people, especially ones who probably weren't remotely involved in decisions regarding return to school.

The majority of " we parents" don't process emotion like a toddler, "I don't like what you said, so I'm taking my toys and going home."

The majority of "we parents" have more intelligence than a gnat, so we don't have our children miss additional school when the concern is missed instructional hours.

I’m a DP but I think the majority of parents who had kids in school during COVID no longer consider the schools credible on the specific issue of attendance. The 2025-2026 calendar, which even the school board realizes is brutally unpopular, makes it worse.

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The PPs response is obviously from someone who didn’t have multiple kids doing virtual school during Covid and who just doesn’t get it.

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Anonymous wrote:Also just want to say it is hard to find time to travel when summer is so short. No wonder families have to take time off during the school year. Do what you gotta do. FCPS hasn’t actually set a good example.

You seriously need more than 9 weeks of time to travel?

DP and you sure are a gem. If you are traveling with a large (4+) family you typically try to avoid Labor Day, Fourth of July and Juneteeth and (in past years…) memorial day. Getting decently priced airfare is hard. Paying thousands extra to go in the summer so your kid can watch a movie the Friday before Christmas Break isn’t really a smart tradeoff.

Avoiding travel on Juneteenth??? 😂 Were you always this dramatic and entitled, PP, or is this a recent phenomenon?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Also just want to say it is hard to find time to travel when summer is so short. No wonder families have to take time off during the school year. Do what you gotta do. FCPS hasn’t actually set a good example.

You seriously need more than 9 weeks of time to travel?

DP and you sure are a gem. If you are traveling with a large (4+) family you typically try to avoid Labor Day, Fourth of July and Juneteeth and (in past years…) memorial day. Getting decently priced airfare is hard. Paying thousands extra to go in the summer so your kid can watch a movie the Friday before Christmas Break isn’t really a smart tradeoff.

Avoiding travel on Juneteenth??? 😂 Were you always this dramatic and entitled, PP, or is this a recent phenomenon?

Go on Kayak and see what prices look like on federal holidays. Tell me how many thousands of dollars you believe a family should spend for their kids to watch movies next Friday. To me, thats what reeks of privilege.

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Anonymous wrote:Also just want to say it is hard to find time to travel when summer is so short. No wonder families have to take time off during the school year. Do what you gotta do. FCPS hasn’t actually set a good example.

You seriously need more than 9 weeks of time to travel?

DP and you sure are a gem. If you are traveling with a large (4+) family you typically try to avoid Labor Day, Fourth of July and Juneteeth and (in past years…) memorial day. Getting decently priced airfare is hard. Paying thousands extra to go in the summer so your kid can watch a movie the Friday before Christmas Break isn’t really a smart tradeoff.

Avoiding travel on Juneteenth??? 😂 Were you always this dramatic and entitled, PP, or is this a recent phenomenon?

Go on Kayak and see what prices look like on federal holidays. Tell me how many thousands of dollars you believe a family should spend for their kids to watch movies next Friday. To me, thats what reeks of privilege.

+1,000