How to fit school days into Gov Larry Hogan's ridiculous policy on school start and stop dates

[Anonymous]

MCPS should ask for a waiver for Presodemts Day and MLK day and Easter Monday. Those three days could then be used for other purposes such as professional days or a guaranteed spring break.

[Anonymous]

MCPS should ask for a waiver for Presodemts Day and MLK day and Easter Monday. Those three days could then be used for other purposes such as professional days or a guaranteed spring break.

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yes, no more easter Monday, good Friday, MLK, Prez Day, Columbus Day, Professional goof-off days, Yom Kippur, Rosh Hashanah, Eid off for the whole school district.

If Good Friday or Rosh Hashanah is important to you, take a vacation day to pray, worship, fast, celebrate with your family in your homes and churches and temples. There should not be pushback for that, plus in most cases the parents are taking off of work as well. Now instead you can't "blame" the public school district for not being able to work and having a Fun Day Shopping.

For the gazillionth time -- Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur are not off because they're religious holidays. They're off because MCPS believes, based on information that may or not be valid anymore, that, if there were school on those days, there would be more teacher absences than they can get subs for.

Now, arguably, the same reason might apply for Good Friday (although I think it's unlikely).

HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA. Thanks for the laugh and the illogic.

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Anonymous wrote:The Jewish holidays should be the first to go. If it means that much then pull your kids.
Next should be winter break - only need to have Christmas and New Years off. If you want more days pull your kids
Might as well do away with President's Day as well, soon enough that day will go the way of Columbus Day.

Then you need to change state law, which requires schools to close between December 24 and January 1.

Love how the teachers union lobbied for that.

And here we are. Teachers union paid federal and national and professional holidays versus religious holidays.

Are you an idiot? Those days off are not paid. Teachers get paid based on the number of "working days," whether nonworking days intercede.

Now I'm confused. [b]what days off during non-summer months are not paid for teachers? I assumed all days off during the school year are paid[i]. I also agree with the various PP's this has deliberately gotten political and parties are trying to make trouble with religious groups to fight Hogan over the school calendar puzzle. Yet professional days and Columbus/Martin Luther/President's days are not on the table.

You assumed incorrectly. Teachers are paid for 195 work days. This year there are 182 instructional days which is why preservice week was extended to 8 days. There are two professional days this year--January 26th and June 13th. Then for the additional 3 days of payment teachers have to document 24 hours of time spent working outside the duty day, but the documented work has to be related to the School Improvement Plan. One of those 3 days can be used for planning within the school day (either two half days or one full day) but teachers must get a sub and write sub plans. That brings them to 195 paid days. No holidays or other days off are paid.

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Anonymous wrote:MCPS should ask for a waiver for Presodemts Day and MLK day and Easter Monday. Those three days could then be used for other purposes such as professional days or a guaranteed spring break.

MCPS should ask for a waiver for MLK Day, President's Day, Good Friday, and Easter Monday. Then we'll wait and see how the governor responds.

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Anonymous wrote:MCPS should ask for a waiver for Presodemts Day and MLK day and Easter Monday. Those three days could then be used for other purposes such as professional days or a guaranteed spring break.

MCPS should ask for a waiver for MLK Day, President's Day, Good Friday, and Easter Monday. Then we'll wait and see how the governor responds.

Has the board considered this? Seems more likely to be successful than the June 22 end date.

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Anonymous wrote:And instead of coming up with a rational solution to their "problem", MCPS will instead use it as an opportunity to punish students hoping they can get parents angry enough to vote out the republican governor. The kids are just pawns in the world of politics, power, and money.

Exactly. It is political posturing by liberal Montgomery County leadership to try to turn public opinion against Governor Hogan as he heads toward reelection. It's a wasted and pointless effort since Montgomery County isn't likely to go his way anyway. Fortunately most of the rest of the population of Maryland is more sensible, and Governor Hogan will be able to continue doing all the great things he has been doing for the great state of Maryland for four more years. You all aren't really so naive as to think this has anything to do with education, do you?

[Anonymous]

Gov. Hogan's order certainly has nothing to do with education.

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Anonymous wrote:And instead of coming up with a rational solution to their "problem", MCPS will instead use it as an opportunity to punish students hoping they can get parents angry enough to vote out the republican governor. The kids are just pawns in the world of politics, power, and money.

Exactly. It is political posturing by liberal Montgomery County leadership to try to turn public opinion against Governor Hogan as he heads toward reelection. It's a wasted and pointless effort since Montgomery County isn't likely to go his way anyway. Fortunately most of the rest of the population of Maryland is more sensible, and Governor Hogan will be able to continue doing all the great things he has been doing for the great state of Maryland for four more years. You all aren't really so naive as to think this has anything to do with education, do you?

Education is important for the future of this country. We already have one Moron Dotard in the WH now and you can see the state of this country.

Do you want more idiots to be raised in this country because of poor education? We should kick these Republicans out because they have shortened the academic year AND they are giving vouchers to rich people diverting money from our public schools.

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Anonymous wrote:Gov. Hogan's order certainly has nothing to do with education.

Agreed, but it isn't debilitating to the education process either. It is making Maryland economically stronger without really sacrificing anything.

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Anonymous wrote:Gov. Hogan's order certainly has nothing to do with education.

Agreed, but it isn't debilitating to the education process either. It is making Maryland economically stronger without really sacrificing anything.

Debilitating? No. Good for? Also no.

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Anonymous wrote:Gov. Hogan's order certainly has nothing to do with education.

Agreed, but it isn't debilitating to the education process either. It is making Maryland economically stronger without really sacrificing anything.

It is not making Maryland economically stronger. All these actions are to make the rich, even richer!

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Anonymous wrote:Gov. Hogan's order certainly has nothing to do with education.

Agreed, but it isn't debilitating to the education process either. It is making Maryland economically stronger without really sacrificing anything.

Debilitating? No. Good for? Also no.

I don't think it was ever supposed to be "good for" education. No one is saying that. Proponents are simply saying that it is completely possible (and reasonable) to be able to fit the required days of instruction into a slightly compressed schedule.

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Anonymous wrote:Gov. Hogan's order certainly has nothing to do with education.

Agreed, but it isn't debilitating to the education process either. It is making Maryland economically stronger without really sacrificing anything.

It is not making Maryland economically stronger. All these actions are to make the rich, even richer!

Oh, please. Are you telling me that kid selling french fries on the boardwalk is rich?

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Anonymous wrote:Gov. Hogan's order certainly has nothing to do with education.

Agreed, but it isn't debilitating to the education process either. It is making Maryland economically stronger without really sacrificing anything.

Debilitating? No. Good for? Also no.

I'm THRILLED that the BOE has to eliminate some non instructional days. There have been way too many days frittered away at the expense of our kids education.

I would vote for hogan just on this point alone.