Last Day of School Possibly Changing to June 12th?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Just end it after the SOL TEST is not like they do anything. They had 5 SNOW Day + 2 election day =7+5 days early =12 SNOW DAYS

The early relese Wednesdays also came out of the time banked for snow days. There have been 6 of them at 3 hours each. April's has been cancelled, but no announcement about the one in May yet. Gatehouse hasn't been very transparent about how much time we banked, but I think we have used most of it.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Just end it after the SOL TEST is not like they do anything. They had 5 SNOW Day + 2 election day =7+5 days early =12 SNOW DAYS

The early relese Wednesdays also came out of the time banked for snow days. There have been 6 of them at 3 hours each. April's has been cancelled, but no announcement about the one in May yet. Gatehouse hasn't been very transparent about how much time we banked, but I think we have used most of it.

Yes I wish they had a tracker. The closest thing I’ve found is that there are 11 snow days built in, and we can have 12 snow days without requiring a makeup day. That would mean what counts as a school day is slightly less than 6 hours. By my estimate, elementary schools are within 2-9 hours of hitting the 990 threshold, and that’s not including the planned May early release. I wouldn’t be surprised if the May early release is canceled as well if we’re that close.

[Anonymous]

June "school" days are a complete waste. Kids would learn more reading, playing, or at camp. And teachers need the workdays right before or during the SY, not after the kids leave. Just being honest.
- MS (and former ES) teacher, and parent of 3

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:June "school" days are a complete waste. Kids would learn more reading, playing, or at camp. And teachers need the workdays right before or during the SY, not after the kids leave. Just being honest.
- MS (and former ES) teacher, and parent of 3

Not at the high school level. The kids literally have finals the day before the last day.

[Anonymous]

I’m predicting that a lot of ES families won’t return after the 5 day Memorial Day weekend.

[Anonymous]

I think most will return. All of the fun activities are in June. We also will be teaching Benchmark till second week in June. We have Day 15 paced out on June 11. We also will need the time for SS/Science which will also go into June due to the limited time we already have.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:June "school" days are a complete waste. Kids would learn more reading, playing, or at camp. And teachers need the workdays right before or during the SY, not after the kids leave. Just being honest.
- MS (and former ES) teacher, and parent of 3

ES teacher here. With Benchmark there will be new instruction happening in June. We will be finishing Unit 8. We also will be finishing our last SS Unit. Learning will be happening.

[Anonymous]

The last graduations are scheduled on June 12 so the last day will not be moved.

[Anonymous]

When are SOL?

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Anonymous wrote:From Melanie Meren's FB page, there is a good discussion about her upcoming motion on April 10th to limit ERs to four times a year and nd designate Veterans Day and Indigenous Peoples’ Day as instructional days. These changes would provide at least two additional full school weeks for families this fall. Progress!

There is a sub-discussion going on underneath. Loudoun just moved their last day of school up to Friday, June 12th to prioritize a cleaner ending to the school year and add 5 days (including the weekend) to summer. Lots of support in this discussion, especially given we began school on the same date.

Melanie Meren has expressed support for this on her facebook page and said that she would raise it. If you are in support, please contact your school board member.

Nobody is changing this year's calendar and likely also not next year's calendar, which has already been released. You can lobby for this to occur in future years, but nobody is changing calendars that already exist.

You're very wrong. Just like they can and have changed the calendar on us, we can also lobby to have it changed!! Don't be fooled into thinking it can't be changed.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Absolutely not. We don’t want school on Columbus Day or Veterans Day.

Who is “we”?

Those days were gifts from God when my kids were in early elementary school. I got the day off and the kids went to school.
Even more important for parents who have to work those days.

We like the 4 day weeks. They help tremendously for our high schoolers and middle school kid.

+100

Love the calendar this year

Nobody likes the calendar this year but the few of you on here who are very loud (and out of touch)

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Anonymous wrote:Absolutely not. We don’t want school on Columbus Day or Veterans Day.

Who is “we”?

Those days were gifts from God when my kids were in early elementary school. I got the day off and the kids went to school.
Even more important for parents who have to work those days.

We like the 4 day weeks. They help tremendously for our high schoolers and middle school kid.

What has changed about middle and high schoolers that they can't handle 5 day weeks anymore? They sure seem to need a lot of breaks. The teens and twenties are the time to work really hard when you have the energy. If you play your cards right, by your thirties you can have choices that give you flexibility and freedom that have been earned.

It’s a well known fact that adolescents need more sleep. The 7:30 am start time is brutal for the middle schoolers. Any extra chance to sleep in is a blessing. High schoolers start a bit later, but the work load with honors and AP classes is staggering. With after school activities and what not, the time these kids get to start on their homework is late, which makes them have to stay up and be tired and the cycle continues. High schoolers get a ton of work and it’s hard.

Elementary school work is a joke. Do you have a middle schooler or a high schooler? When you go, get back to me. The random days off are a lifesaver.

This is such a small number of kids. Not all high schoolers take 6 AAP courses. Many do not take one. Life is not fair, but young children need consistence and repetition and a reliable schedule. It is Soooooo confusing for them. I have one in each school, and prop for high school do not outweigh the massive cons for the younger children. Also middle school still does not count on permanent record so take a day off if needed.

It’s not about taking 6 AP courses at once. Anyone who wants to be competitive for an in state school in VA needs to be taking AP and honors courses. The amount of homework they get is a lot. They are exhuasted by the end of the week. A 4 day week is a breather for them to stay afloat sometimes.

Little Johnny in 3rd grade is resilient and will be ok. He doesn’t need to be at Art class or Music class or at an assembly trying to get kids to sell wrapping paper. He can do some workbooks at home.

Again, we don't want 4 day school weeks. High school parent here. Teach your kids to manage their load or don't load them up so much.

Stop advocating for this nonsense.

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Anonymous wrote:Absolutely not. We don’t want school on Columbus Day or Veterans Day.

Who is “we”?

Those days were gifts from God when my kids were in early elementary school. I got the day off and the kids went to school.
Even more important for parents who have to work those days.

We like the 4 day weeks. They help tremendously for our high schoolers and middle school kid.

What has changed about middle and high schoolers that they can't handle 5 day weeks anymore? They sure seem to need a lot of breaks. The teens and twenties are the time to work really hard when you have the energy. If you play your cards right, by your thirties you can have choices that give you flexibility and freedom that have been earned.

It’s a well known fact that adolescents need more sleep. The 7:30 am start time is brutal for the middle schoolers. Any extra chance to sleep in is a blessing. High schoolers start a bit later, but the work load with honors and AP classes is staggering. With after school activities and what not, the time these kids get to start on their homework is late, which makes them have to stay up and be tired and the cycle continues. High schoolers get a ton of work and it’s hard.

Elementary school work is a joke. Do you have a middle schooler or a high schooler? When you go, get back to me. The random days off are a lifesaver.

This is such a small number of kids. Not all high schoolers take 6 AAP courses. Many do not take one. Life is not fair, but young children need consistence and repetition and a reliable schedule. It is Soooooo confusing for them. I have one in each school, and prop for high school do not outweigh the massive cons for the younger children. Also middle school still does not count on permanent record so take a day off if needed.

It’s not about taking 6 AP courses at once. Anyone who wants to be competitive for an in state school in VA needs to be taking AP and honors courses. The amount of homework they get is a lot. They are exhuasted by the end of the week. A 4 day week is a breather for them to stay afloat sometimes.

Little Johnny in 3rd grade is resilient and will be ok. He doesn’t need to be at Art class or Music class or at an assembly trying to get kids to sell wrapping paper. He can do some workbooks at home.

Again, we don't want 4 day school weeks. High school parent here. Teach your kids to manage their load or don't load them up so much.

Stop advocating for this nonsense.

+1.
-private school parent whose kids get mostly 5 day weeks

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:From Melanie Meren's FB page, there is a good discussion about her upcoming motion on April 10th to limit ERs to four times a year and nd designate Veterans Day and Indigenous Peoples’ Day as instructional days. These changes would provide at least two additional full school weeks for families this fall. Progress!

There is a sub-discussion going on underneath. Loudoun just moved their last day of school up to Friday, June 12th to prioritize a cleaner ending to the school year and add 5 days (including the weekend) to summer. Lots of support in this discussion, especially given we began school on the same date.

Melanie Meren has expressed support for this on her facebook page and said that she would raise it. If you are in support, please contact your school board member.

Nobody is changing this year's calendar and likely also not next year's calendar, which has already been released. You can lobby for this to occur in future years, but nobody is changing calendars that already exist.

You're very wrong. Just like they can and have changed the calendar on us, we can also lobby to have it changed!! Don't be fooled into thinking it can't be changed.

See above comments. The last graduations are scheduled for June 12 and preschool has already extended to June 16. The only possible change for this year is canceling the May ER day for ES. Any changes made will occur for 26-27 SY.

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Anonymous wrote:Absolutely not. We don’t want school on Columbus Day or Veterans Day.

Who is “we”?

Those days were gifts from God when my kids were in early elementary school. I got the day off and the kids went to school.
Even more important for parents who have to work those days.

We like the 4 day weeks. They help tremendously for our high schoolers and middle school kid.

What has changed about middle and high schoolers that they can't handle 5 day weeks anymore? They sure seem to need a lot of breaks. The teens and twenties are the time to work really hard when you have the energy. If you play your cards right, by your thirties you can have choices that give you flexibility and freedom that have been earned.

It’s a well known fact that adolescents need more sleep. The 7:30 am start time is brutal for the middle schoolers. Any extra chance to sleep in is a blessing. High schoolers start a bit later, but the work load with honors and AP classes is staggering. With after school activities and what not, the time these kids get to start on their homework is late, which makes them have to stay up and be tired and the cycle continues. High schoolers get a ton of work and it’s hard.

Elementary school work is a joke. Do you have a middle schooler or a high schooler? When you go, get back to me. The random days off are a lifesaver.

This is such a small number of kids. Not all high schoolers take 6 AAP courses. Many do not take one. Life is not fair, but young children need consistence and repetition and a reliable schedule. It is Soooooo confusing for them. I have one in each school, and prop for high school do not outweigh the massive cons for the younger children. Also middle school still does not count on permanent record so take a day off if needed.

It’s not about taking 6 AP courses at once. Anyone who wants to be competitive for an in state school in VA needs to be taking AP and honors courses. The amount of homework they get is a lot. They are exhuasted by the end of the week. A 4 day week is a breather for them to stay afloat sometimes.

Little Johnny in 3rd grade is resilient and will be ok. He doesn’t need to be at Art class or Music class or at an assembly trying to get kids to sell wrapping paper. He can do some workbooks at home.

Again, we don't want 4 day school weeks. High school parent here. Teach your kids to manage their load or don't load them up so much.

Stop advocating for this nonsense.

I’m not going to fight what they decide either way. I adapt to what they set. I looked at next year’s calendar and am also very happy with it as well. Lots of 4 day weeks. The teachers will be happy!