President's Day makeup day?

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If school gets extended in June and they don't use Juneteenth, but make us go into the following week, I think people will go NUTS!

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Anonymous wrote:But there are two days off that week. Presidents’ Day and Tuesday is also a day off for teacher development or something.


So McPS is going to use both of them to get back the snow days?

Tuesday is Lunar new year. If you want to respect religious holidays, you should respect lunar new year too.

They do, that's why it wasn't marked as a designated makeup day.

Asians didn't lobby much for Lunar New Year as a day off.

Teachers lobbied hard for additional teacher development days/grading days to be added into the schedule, and it was easier to add those in if you could say a certain ethnic group or religion was asking for additional days off to be on par with the Christians and the Jews.

Feb 17 is not a professional development or grading day. There's no school for students and teachers.

Tuesday Feb 17 is a non-instructional day. Why would they have Monday Feb 16 President's Day as a school day, but not have Feb 17 as an instructional day?

I don’t understand this. Why is it possible to designate a federal holiday as a makeup day but not the day after?

Yeah this is super weird. Also if we are going to go on a Federal holiday I think Juneteenth is one that I’d pick, not President’s Day, since I think finding teacher coverage for a major holiday in less than a month is going to be problematic.

Juneteenth is June 19. How much teaching do you think is going to go on at the end of marking period 4? Days should be added earlier if McPS is serious about instruction.

None, but you are wildly unrealistic if you think meaningful instruction will/can/should be conducted on President’s Day given the extreme lack of advance notice and the precedent that the day has always been off for everyone since the dawn of time. Don’t be like those posters who insist you shouldn’t plan a vacation the week after school ends in case it is extended, etc. President’s Day is a Federal holiday that has never been and is still not designated as a make up day. If they somehow negotiate to use this day, which is a long shot, it’ll be a throwaway day, not a meaningful instruction day.

[Anonymous]

Is anyone organizing any sign ons to the board about the makeup days? I’m all for using President’s Day and the Tuesday after (and we have plans but can easily cancel them)…

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Anonymous wrote:But there are two days off that week. Presidents’ Day and Tuesday is also a day off for teacher development or something.


So McPS is going to use both of them to get back the snow days?

Tuesday is Lunar new year. If you want to respect religious holidays, you should respect lunar new year too.

They do, that's why it wasn't marked as a designated makeup day.

Asians didn't lobby much for Lunar New Year as a day off.

Teachers lobbied hard for additional teacher development days/grading days to be added into the schedule, and it was easier to add those in if you could say a certain ethnic group or religion was asking for additional days off to be on par with the Christians and the Jews.

Feb 17 is not a professional development or grading day. There's no school for students and teachers.

Tuesday Feb 17 is a non-instructional day. Why would they have Monday Feb 16 President's Day as a school day, but not have Feb 17 as an instructional day?

I don’t understand this. Why is it possible to designate a federal holiday as a makeup day but not the day after?

Yeah this is super weird. Also if we are going to go on a Federal holiday I think Juneteenth is one that I’d pick, not President’s Day, since I think finding teacher coverage for a major holiday in less than a month is going to be problematic.

Juneteenth is June 19. How much teaching do you think is going to go on at the end of marking period 4? Days should be added earlier if McPS is serious about instruction.

None, but you are wildly unrealistic if you think meaningful instruction will/can/should be conducted on President’s Day given the extreme lack of advance notice and the precedent that the day has always been off for everyone since the dawn of time. Don’t be like those posters who insist you shouldn’t plan a vacation the week after school ends in case it is extended, etc. President’s Day is a Federal holiday that has never been and is still not designated as a make up day. If they somehow negotiate to use this day, which is a long shot, it’ll be a throwaway day, not a meaningful instruction day.

Very few people take trips over Presidents' Day. Attendance would be fine. Certainly far higher than the days late in June, and probably much higher than days adjacent to major holiday breaks.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If school gets extended in June and they don't use Juneteenth, but make us go into the following week, I think people will go NUTS!

Did you already forget last year? People are apparently fine with incompetence.

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Anonymous wrote:We should really just shave Spring Break by a day or two if we really needed to

People who have booked flights are not coming. Way fewer people are away that random Tuesday after Presidents Day. Teachers and students both.

You need a reality check if you think a large percentage of MoCo families are in a position to book flights.

[Anonymous]

It says in the calendar that “if school is disrupted by three or more days dates identified as possible make up days are … March 20th, April 15th, June 18th,June 22nd-26th.”
Match 20th is currently listed as off for professional day for staff.

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Anonymous wrote:But there are two days off that week. Presidents’ Day and Tuesday is also a day off for teacher development or something.


So McPS is going to use both of them to get back the snow days?

Tuesday is Lunar new year. If you want to respect religious holidays, you should respect lunar new year too.

They do, that's why it wasn't marked as a designated makeup day.

Asians didn't lobby much for Lunar New Year as a day off.

Teachers lobbied hard for additional teacher development days/grading days to be added into the schedule, and it was easier to add those in if you could say a certain ethnic group or religion was asking for additional days off to be on par with the Christians and the Jews.

Feb 17 is not a professional development or grading day. There's no school for students and teachers.

Tuesday Feb 17 is a non-instructional day. Why would they have Monday Feb 16 President's Day as a school day, but not have Feb 17 as an instructional day?

I don’t understand this. Why is it possible to designate a federal holiday as a makeup day but not the day after?

Yeah this is super weird. Also if we are going to go on a Federal holiday I think Juneteenth is one that I’d pick, not President’s Day, since I think finding teacher coverage for a major holiday in less than a month is going to be problematic.

Juneteenth is June 19. How much teaching do you think is going to go on at the end of marking period 4? Days should be added earlier if McPS is serious about instruction.

None, but you are wildly unrealistic if you think meaningful instruction will/can/should be conducted on President’s Day given the extreme lack of advance notice and the precedent that the day has always been off for everyone since the dawn of time. Don’t be like those posters who insist you shouldn’t plan a vacation the week after school ends in case it is extended, etc. President’s Day is a Federal holiday that has never been and is still not designated as a make up day. If they somehow negotiate to use this day, which is a long shot, it’ll be a throwaway day, not a meaningful instruction day.

Very few people take trips over Presidents' Day. Attendance would be fine. Certainly far higher than the days late in June, and probably much higher than days adjacent to major holiday breaks.

How on earth could you possibly know this information?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It says in the calendar that “if school is disrupted by three or more days dates identified as possible make up days are … March 20th, April 15th, June 18th,June 22nd-26th.”
Match 20th is currently listed as off for professional day for staff.

Per the other thread, March 20 is Eid. MCPS may avoid using that day for that reason….

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Anonymous wrote:But there are two days off that week. Presidents’ Day and Tuesday is also a day off for teacher development or something.


So McPS is going to use both of them to get back the snow days?

Tuesday is Lunar new year. If you want to respect religious holidays, you should respect lunar new year too.

They do, that's why it wasn't marked as a designated makeup day.

Asians didn't lobby much for Lunar New Year as a day off.

Teachers lobbied hard for additional teacher development days/grading days to be added into the schedule, and it was easier to add those in if you could say a certain ethnic group or religion was asking for additional days off to be on par with the Christians and the Jews.

Feb 17 is not a professional development or grading day. There's no school for students and teachers.

Tuesday Feb 17 is a non-instructional day. Why would they have Monday Feb 16 President's Day as a school day, but not have Feb 17 as an instructional day?

I don’t understand this. Why is it possible to designate a federal holiday as a makeup day but not the day after?

Yeah this is super weird. Also if we are going to go on a Federal holiday I think Juneteenth is one that I’d pick, not President’s Day, since I think finding teacher coverage for a major holiday in less than a month is going to be problematic.

Juneteenth is June 19. How much teaching do you think is going to go on at the end of marking period 4? Days should be added earlier if McPS is serious about instruction.

None, but you are wildly unrealistic if you think meaningful instruction will/can/should be conducted on President’s Day given the extreme lack of advance notice and the precedent that the day has always been off for everyone since the dawn of time. Don’t be like those posters who insist you shouldn’t plan a vacation the week after school ends in case it is extended, etc. President’s Day is a Federal holiday that has never been and is still not designated as a make up day. If they somehow negotiate to use this day, which is a long shot, it’ll be a throwaway day, not a meaningful instruction day.

Very few people take trips over Presidents' Day. Attendance would be fine. Certainly far higher than the days late in June, and probably much higher than days adjacent to major holiday breaks.

How on earth could you possibly know this information?

Because despite the Bethesda contingent here, most people don’t have the disposable income for a random trip every long weekend

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:But there are two days off that week. Presidents’ Day and Tuesday is also a day off for teacher development or something.


So McPS is going to use both of them to get back the snow days?

Tuesday is Lunar new year. If you want to respect religious holidays, you should respect lunar new year too.

They do, that's why it wasn't marked as a designated makeup day.

Asians didn't lobby much for Lunar New Year as a day off.

Teachers lobbied hard for additional teacher development days/grading days to be added into the schedule, and it was easier to add those in if you could say a certain ethnic group or religion was asking for additional days off to be on par with the Christians and the Jews.

Feb 17 is not a professional development or grading day. There's no school for students and teachers.

Tuesday Feb 17 is a non-instructional day. Why would they have Monday Feb 16 President's Day as a school day, but not have Feb 17 as an instructional day?

I don’t understand this. Why is it possible to designate a federal holiday as a makeup day but not the day after?

Yeah this is super weird. Also if we are going to go on a Federal holiday I think Juneteenth is one that I’d pick, not President’s Day, since I think finding teacher coverage for a major holiday in less than a month is going to be problematic.

Juneteenth is June 19. How much teaching do you think is going to go on at the end of marking period 4? Days should be added earlier if McPS is serious about instruction.

None, but you are wildly unrealistic if you think meaningful instruction will/can/should be conducted on President’s Day given the extreme lack of advance notice and the precedent that the day has always been off for everyone since the dawn of time. Don’t be like those posters who insist you shouldn’t plan a vacation the week after school ends in case it is extended, etc. President’s Day is a Federal holiday that has never been and is still not designated as a make up day. If they somehow negotiate to use this day, which is a long shot, it’ll be a throwaway day, not a meaningful instruction day.

Very few people take trips over Presidents' Day. Attendance would be fine. Certainly far higher than the days late in June, and probably much higher than days adjacent to major holiday breaks.

How on earth could you possibly know this information?

Wow... You really don't know?

I'd love to know your HHI and zip code...

[Anonymous]

Why can’t mcps hold school over zoom this Wed and Thursday?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Im traveling that weekend so will have to get a sub if they make it a school day

And then MCPS will say they can't open school because not enough staff...just like these snow days. Or they could act more responsibly and add snow days to the calendar like a normal school district.

Orrrrr… md could just accept hours of instruction and this would all be a moot point.

We don't get through the curriculum as it is. Reducing the number of instructional days would just make that worse.

Sorry, your summer vacation plans are not more important than school.

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Anonymous wrote:But there are two days off that week. Presidents’ Day and Tuesday is also a day off for teacher development or something.


So McPS is going to use both of them to get back the snow days?

Tuesday is Lunar new year. If you want to respect religious holidays, you should respect lunar new year too.

They do, that's why it wasn't marked as a designated makeup day.

Asians didn't lobby much for Lunar New Year as a day off.

Teachers lobbied hard for additional teacher development days/grading days to be added into the schedule, and it was easier to add those in if you could say a certain ethnic group or religion was asking for additional days off to be on par with the Christians and the Jews.

Feb 17 is not a professional development or grading day. There's no school for students and teachers.

Tuesday Feb 17 is a non-instructional day. Why would they have Monday Feb 16 President's Day as a school day, but not have Feb 17 as an instructional day?

I don’t understand this. Why is it possible to designate a federal holiday as a makeup day but not the day after?

Yeah this is super weird. Also if we are going to go on a Federal holiday I think Juneteenth is one that I’d pick, not President’s Day, since I think finding teacher coverage for a major holiday in less than a month is going to be problematic.

Juneteenth is June 19. How much teaching do you think is going to go on at the end of marking period 4? Days should be added earlier if McPS is serious about instruction.

None, but you are wildly unrealistic if you think meaningful instruction will/can/should be conducted on President’s Day given the extreme lack of advance notice and the precedent that the day has always been off for everyone since the dawn of time. Don’t be like those posters who insist you shouldn’t plan a vacation the week after school ends in case it is extended, etc. President’s Day is a Federal holiday that has never been and is still not designated as a make up day. If they somehow negotiate to use this day, which is a long shot, it’ll be a throwaway day, not a meaningful instruction day.

Very few people take trips over Presidents' Day. Attendance would be fine. Certainly far higher than the days late in June, and probably much higher than days adjacent to major holiday breaks.

How on earth could you possibly know this information?

Because despite the Bethesda contingent here, most people don’t have the disposable income for a random trip every long weekend

I think you’d be very surprised to know many people who you consider poor do still save up money and travel.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:But there are two days off that week. Presidents’ Day and Tuesday is also a day off for teacher development or something.


So McPS is going to use both of them to get back the snow days?

Tuesday is Lunar new year. If you want to respect religious holidays, you should respect lunar new year too.

They do, that's why it wasn't marked as a designated makeup day.

Asians didn't lobby much for Lunar New Year as a day off.

Teachers lobbied hard for additional teacher development days/grading days to be added into the schedule, and it was easier to add those in if you could say a certain ethnic group or religion was asking for additional days off to be on par with the Christians and the Jews.

Feb 17 is not a professional development or grading day. There's no school for students and teachers.

Tuesday Feb 17 is a non-instructional day. Why would they have Monday Feb 16 President's Day as a school day, but not have Feb 17 as an instructional day?

I don’t understand this. Why is it possible to designate a federal holiday as a makeup day but not the day after?

MCPS didn't designate either one as a makeup day on the original calendar because the state doesn't usually allow them to have school on Presidents Day. But the state just changed that and now it is allowable, so the Board could vote to make either or both of those days school days.