How DO we get the calendar changed?
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Anonymous
How sad your kid needs days off in order to achieve that outcome. Plenty of kids can do that without needing so many days off. I was one of them. Good luck to your kid competing against the actual high achievers not in public school. |
Anonymous
DP. Summer camps allow a consistent schedule. There are also a multitude of options that allow kids to explore all kinds of interests... music, arts, theater, robotics, sports... you name it. Most parents would much prefer to select summer camps based on their childrens' interests than be at the mercy of whatever crappy one day camp is offered by some random martial arts place. No one is putting on a series of high quality camps for one or two days at a time at random times throughout a school year. Who would work at such a camp? People like you also tend to studiously ignore the parents are saying they prefer a longer summer. Maybe because that goes against your narrative that parents just don't want to deal with their kids. |
Anonymous
Since you found your empathy for people working and supporting their families, now realize it isn’t “4 days off”. Its four more days after the “snow” days, early releases, faux-tornado dismissal… in a hiring environment, where people are making mass layoffs every day. |
Anonymous
People like me have zero say in what happens to the calendar, and I am responding to your calendar comment, so I’m not ignoring you. I just disagree with you about summers. And, yes if taking 4 days off- or just 2 like I do switching off with my partner as necessary to cover those days rather than paying for camps is too hard for you, I do feel sorry for you. FCPS didn’t poll parents this time to ask about summer camps vs. the day off camps, so you have zero clue whether the “majority” agrees with you or me. They should absolutely done some surveys (as they ahve done in the past) before making these changes. But Mateo Dunne and Melanie Meren of the board are ruling by social media and emails rather than better data that could prove your point. |
Anonymous
Oh I do. I think most of you all are angry about the snow days rather than the actual calendar. |
Anonymous
+1 |
Anonymous
It is in fact too hard to just take those days off due to the nature of our jobs. I’m not going to say what I do because I want to be anonymous, but if I did you would understand. It is simply not possible for me to take off work on certain days. My spouse can sometimes take off on those days, but it’s rare. I honestly don’t know too many working professionals for whom every work day is equally easy to just call out. There are busy seasons, days on which important events and conferences are scheduled, etc. It’s not like workplaces plan their calendars around the ridiculous FCPS calendar. It’s much easier to plan summer camps. |
Anonymous
There is nothing wrong with a Wednesday last day, if it was a Monday last day it would be ridiculous but the last day doesn't always have to be on a Friday. End ASAP regardless of day of the week (unless Monday). |
Anonymous
The really weird part is next year Orthodox Good Friday is an O day! lol |
Anonymous
But next year it's an O day! |
Anonymous
BTW, OCA isn’t even the only kind of Orthodox Christian |
Anonymous
People are angry that the school board (really the idiot superintendent, since she’s the one who approves the calendars now) didn’t consider that the total number of days off would be quite high once you add up all the planned days off plus the inevitable unplanned weather days. Did she think we just wouldn’t have any weather days? |
Anonymous
Meren is the worst. She is clearly trying to make a name for herself by promoting whatever cause seems like it will get her the most attention. And her statements at the board meeting? Clueless. Nonsensical. She mugged for the cameras, gave an embarrassingly phony and overly dramatic little speech, and said nothing of substance. She needs to go. |
Anonymous
I am a teacher and have taken only two days off all year. Each time I had to either stay late at school and do about 3 hours extra work, or actually work while I was sick in bed. |
Anonymous
And what did you do to help any of Meren’s constituents who were dissatisfied with the calendar? You don’t have to like her but she delivered for the people she works for. |