Stop the surveys

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why would you even want the survey results? It’s not like the school board is going to change what they already decided. Plus the survey itself was garbage questions and useless.

It would be interesting to compare the survey results to the new “policy” and they should be published since it was taxpayer funded.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is what happens when there is one party (any party) rule.

+1. Republic don't function without 2 (possibly more, but in the US usually 2) functional parties.

Functional being key here. Maybe the other side should have options that are not associated with Moms for Liberty type BS.

[Anonymous]

Does anyone know what 6 holidays they are recognizing?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Does anyone know what 6 holidays they are recognizing?

My guess is it follows the 6 religious holidays we currently have: Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kipper, Dwali, Christmas (even though it’s also a federal holiday), and both Eids.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So basically they voted not to change anything except taking away Veterans Day as a holiday. Great job FCPS!

Veterans Day has been a school day for most of the recent past. And it was great because the kids actually learned about a veterans.

I don’t disagree with making it a school day again as it was in the past. I’m more just pointing out that they voted to change nothing else despite public outcry. If they keep all those religious holidays and the mandatory 2 weeks for winter break and the Wednesday before Thanksgiving and 2 TW/SP days at the end of every quarter … it’s only going to be a matter of time before we get another bad calendar like there was this year. Next school year and I believe the one after that have the religious holidays mostly falling on weekends.

I'm all for keeping 2 weeks of winter break, 3 days at Thanksgiving, and TW/SP days at the end of every quarter. I just wish that they would stop having the religious holidays off.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Nothing changes. They voted to end school before Juneteenth. It already was ending before June 19. They voted not to start 2 weeks before Labor Day. They have started exactly 2 weeks before Labor Day for the last couple of years, so no change there. They voted to keep 2 weeks winter break, thanksgiving and spring break. No changes. It preserves 6 religious holidays and observes all federal holidays except Veterans Day. So no changes there either.

I can’t get over them patting themselves on the back for creating stability in the calendar with this motion when they are literally codifying the same parameters for a calendar that created this hellish school year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is what happens when there is one party (any party) rule.

+1. Republic don't function without 2 (possibly more, but in the US usually 2) functional parties.

Functional being key here. Maybe the other side should have options that are not associated with Moms for Liberty type BS.

PP who said +1 here and no argument that both sides are to blame. None at all.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Nothing changes. They voted to end school before Juneteenth. It already was ending before June 19. They voted not to start 2 weeks before Labor Day. They have started exactly 2 weeks before Labor Day for the last couple of years, so no change there. They voted to keep 2 weeks winter break, thanksgiving and spring break. No changes. It preserves 6 religious holidays and observes all federal holidays except Veterans Day. So no changes there either.

I can’t get over them patting themselves on the back for creating stability in the calendar with this motion when they are literally codifying the same parameters for a calendar that created this hellish school year.

Agree!

[Anonymous]

Aaaaaand yet another email request to fill out calendar survey today.
Millions of $ wasted on data collection and analysis only to just do whatever the heck they want.
Waste.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Aaaaaand yet another email request to fill out calendar survey today.
Millions of $ wasted on data collection and analysis only to just do whatever the heck they want.
Waste.

They have been doing this since at least 2019 and probably earlier (I just don't remember).

The only way to effect change is to make it so our elected leaders worry about more than just getting thrown out by the fringes in the primary.