Is the 22-23 Calendar designed to be an f-u to parents?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Why the f are Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur and Diwali holidays now?

EXACTLY - this is so f'ing ridiculous. I am not jewish, indian nor muslim. My kids shoudn't be taking off for other holidays. I would never want to force other parents/kids to take off on my cultural holidays.

I am beyond livid at this new calendar.

My kids were just forced to take off for Presidents Day, and we don’t celebrate that.

People need to chill. There is still the same number of total school days.

That it starts early and gets out late is a valid complaint IMO.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:There never will be happy parents in FCPS. I, for one, am happy that for once my family's holidays (Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur) are recognized and that at least my youngest child won't have to endure tests and quizzes on the Holy Days. This year, despite that BS thing called "Religious Observance", my middle child had to take THREE tests on Yom Kippur. No one gave a shit that it was a religious holiday. And dear me, we will have 9 weeks of summer break and not 10. Are you people filthy rich? Aren't you tired of paying for summer care week after week.

No one cared because there was no secular reason for Yom Kippur to be a day off at school. Religion is completely optional and has no place in public schools. If you want your child to take off religious holidays without disruption then go to one of the many private religious schools out there.

+100% YES

+1. Agreed. If you want to take off a religious holiday, take your kids out of school. The rest of us do not have to miss school or claim holidays for the myriad of religious or cultural holidays that people want off. Secular schools please!!

YES - I have no desire to take two weeks off in December. PLEASE just take your kids out of school for Christmas and let us have normal school those weeks. So sick of Christians thinking they own this country. Christmas should also NOT be a federal holiday. It's total BS.

[Anonymous]

We are a two parent working household and I prefer more days off school during the year for the kids and a shorter summer break. 9 weeks off is not a short break anyways. The total number of school days remains the same, but kids get more days off during the longer school year to rest, recuperate, and re-energize. The money I am saving for having one week less summer break, I will put towards more care during the year on the days off. The better approach for students is to have a school year with more breaks. There is no need for a long summer break, which is counter-productive as lots of material needs to be retaught at the beginning of the following year.

Personally I would prefer a year-round approach to school (i.e,., with 2-3 weeks off after each trimester). Sure, school functions as childcare for kids, but ultimately the primary purpose is to benefit the kids education and that is what a calendar with more frequent breaks does.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We are a two parent working household and I prefer more days off school during the year for the kids and a shorter summer break. 9 weeks off is not a short break anyways. The total number of school days remains the same, but kids get more days off during the longer school year to rest, recuperate, and re-energize. The money I am saving for having one week less summer break, I will put towards more care during the year on the days off. The better approach for students is to have a school year with more breaks. There is no need for a long summer break, which is counter-productive as lots of material needs to be retaught at the beginning of the following year.

Personally I would prefer a year-round approach to school (i.e,., with 2-3 weeks off after each trimester). Sure, school functions as childcare for kids, but ultimately the primary purpose is to benefit the kids education and that is what a calendar with more frequent breaks does.

Good thing you’re not in charge.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why the f are Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur and Diwali holidays now?

EXACTLY - this is so f'ing ridiculous. I am not jewish, indian nor muslim. My kids shoudn't be taking off for other holidays. I would never want to force other parents/kids to take off on my cultural holidays.

I am beyond livid at this new calendar.

My kids were just forced to take off for Presidents Day, and we don’t celebrate that.

People need to chill. There is still the same number of total school days.

President's Day and Christmas are federal holidays.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We are a two parent working household and I prefer more days off school during the year for the kids and a shorter summer break. 9 weeks off is not a short break anyways. The total number of school days remains the same, but kids get more days off during the longer school year to rest, recuperate, and re-energize. The money I am saving for having one week less summer break, I will put towards more care during the year on the days off. The better approach for students is to have a school year with more breaks. There is no need for a long summer break, which is counter-productive as lots of material needs to be retaught at the beginning of the following year.

Personally I would prefer a year-round approach to school (i.e,., with 2-3 weeks off after each trimester). Sure, school functions as childcare for kids, but ultimately the primary purpose is to benefit the kids education and that is what a calendar with more frequent breaks does.

Good thing you’re not in charge.

I agree with the first PP. Kids forget material over the long summer.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We are a two parent working household and I prefer more days off school during the year for the kids and a shorter summer break. 9 weeks off is not a short break anyways. The total number of school days remains the same, but kids get more days off during the longer school year to rest, recuperate, and re-energize. The money I am saving for having one week less summer break, I will put towards more care during the year on the days off. The better approach for students is to have a school year with more breaks. There is no need for a long summer break, which is counter-productive as lots of material needs to be retaught at the beginning of the following year.

Personally I would prefer a year-round approach to school (i.e,., with 2-3 weeks off after each trimester). Sure, school functions as childcare for kids, but ultimately the primary purpose is to benefit the kids education and that is what a calendar with more frequent breaks does.

Good thing you’re not in charge.

I agree with the first PP. Kids forget material over the long summer.

All this Sturm und Drang over basically shifting ONE WEEK of a long summer break to a series of days off throughout the year. Opponents don't seem to care it's better for their kids learning outcomes, can you imagine the uproar if we tried to truly shorten the summer or move to year-round school? No thanks. But at least we got this one TINY step in right direction.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why the f are Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur and Diwali holidays now?

EXACTLY - this is so f'ing ridiculous. I am not jewish, indian nor muslim. My kids shoudn't be taking off for other holidays. I would never want to force other parents/kids to take off on my cultural holidays.

I am beyond livid at this new calendar.

My kids were just forced to take off for Presidents Day, and we don’t celebrate that.

People need to chill. There is still the same number of total school days.

President's Day and Christmas are federal holidays.

So is Veterans Day and we didn’t have it off til this year. We don’t have to follow all federal holidays.

[Anonymous]

I'm just excited summer break is shorter! One less week of $$$ camps works for me.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We are a two parent working household and I prefer more days off school during the year for the kids and a shorter summer break. 9 weeks off is not a short break anyways. The total number of school days remains the same, but kids get more days off during the longer school year to rest, recuperate, and re-energize. The money I am saving for having one week less summer break, I will put towards more care during the year on the days off. The better approach for students is to have a school year with more breaks. There is no need for a long summer break, which is counter-productive as lots of material needs to be retaught at the beginning of the following year.

Personally I would prefer a year-round approach to school (i.e,., with 2-3 weeks off after each trimester). Sure, school functions as childcare for kids, but ultimately the primary purpose is to benefit the kids education and that is what a calendar with more frequent breaks does.

Good thing you’re not in charge.

Its ok, we know change is hard to grasp. Even good change is hard to grasp, particularly at lower IQs.

[Anonymous]

I thought routine was supposed to be good for kids? I'd love to have the teachers weigh in on this. Especially at the elementary school level, doesn't a regular schedule make classroom management and routines easier?

My main problem with this calendar is that it's so choppy. But if the dedicated teachers think that is easier for teaching, then I'm happy to defer to their experience. My sense is that teachers weren't consulted on this calendar any more than parents were.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We are a two parent working household and I prefer more days off school during the year for the kids and a shorter summer break. 9 weeks off is not a short break anyways. The total number of school days remains the same, but kids get more days off during the longer school year to rest, recuperate, and re-energize. The money I am saving for having one week less summer break, I will put towards more care during the year on the days off. The better approach for students is to have a school year with more breaks. There is no need for a long summer break, which is counter-productive as lots of material needs to be retaught at the beginning of the following year.

Personally I would prefer a year-round approach to school (i.e,., with 2-3 weeks off after each trimester). Sure, school functions as childcare for kids, but ultimately the primary purpose is to benefit the kids education and that is what a calendar with more frequent breaks does.

Good thing you’re not in charge.

Angry, much? A survey was sent out and the calendar reflects the results of the survey. Are you just angry that the majority does not agree with you? You will have to learn to deal. I’m sure you will survive the change - moving 5 days off to the school year instead of having those days off in the summer. Bunch of people in uproar without stopping to see what the actual change is.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I thought routine was supposed to be good for kids? I'd love to have the teachers weigh in on this. Especially at the elementary school level, doesn't a regular schedule make classroom management and routines easier?

My main problem with this calendar is that it's so choppy. But if the dedicated teachers think that is easier for teaching, then I'm happy to defer to their experience. My sense is that teachers weren't consulted on this calendar any more than parents were.

I’ve been yea hung for over 20 years. A few 3 day weekends won’t cause them to forget how to line up, push in their chairs, or be kind to a classmate. If they forgot some content over the weekend, then they didn’t have it down pat to begin with.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I thought routine was supposed to be good for kids? I'd love to have the teachers weigh in on this. Especially at the elementary school level, doesn't a regular schedule make classroom management and routines easier?

My main problem with this calendar is that it's so choppy. But if the dedicated teachers think that is easier for teaching, then I'm happy to defer to their experience. My sense is that teachers weren't consulted on this calendar any more than parents were.

Teacher here. While I am happy to have these new holidays off, they should have moved some of the TWD to make less choppy weeks. There were a few things they could have done to add more full weeks without getting rid of the new holidays. I sent my suggestions to SB and obviously they did not listen.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm just excited summer break is shorter! One less week of $$$ camps works for me.

How are you handeling all of the random days off? Paying for drop-in daycare is going to be more expensive than one week of camp.