Thoughts on the MCPS 2017-2018 calendar?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think it looks fine. I was okay with the old way too. I just don't see the Hogan change as being that dramatic.

I do kind of like the idea of a longer summer. I'll just have to make an effort to get the kids to do some reading and writing during the summer. But I would feel that way whether or not the summer was 10 weeks or 11 weeks long.

You don't see the Hogan change as dramatic? Really??? A week later start. Basically a week earlier end. Fewer full days of school (173 next year). More half days of school (9 next year).

It's not 10-11 weeks next summer. It's actually 12.

Not everyone makes an effort to keep kids reading & writing over summer breaks. If you're an UMC family, chances are far better than for the lower-income families.

Our DC are required to read and do some workbook work over the summer.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Unfortunately, I'm not convinced Hogan will be on his way out in Nov. 2018. I'm hearing he is incredibly popular.

I'm considering changing my voter registration to republican so I can vote against him in the primary.

I'm a Dem and I love Hogan. I voted for him - first time I didn't vote party line - and he's making changes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Looks good to me. But all those half days need to be made into full days.

There should never be a half day or professional day during the week. Kids should be in school 5 days a week.

Meetings can be help after hours.

This person obviously has no concept of how teaching or any other job works. Any meetings in any job field are basically a waste of time after a work day. No one is fully involved in what is going on because everyone wants to go home. If your boss told you that you needed to stay a couple hours after your shift ended because you had to do some training I'm sure you would have a huge problem with that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Looks good to me. But all those half days need to be made into full days.

There should never be a half day or professional day during the week. Kids should be in school 5 days a week.

Meetings can be help after hours.

Really? So you'd prefer to increase teacher salaries to account for weekend professional days?

The half days are there because teachers still need some professional time and they count as full school days. And we have to jam all the days in before June 15.

Teacherd have all summer to train and read. It's time to start looking at teaching like other jobs. You get paid to work 2080 hours.
Want the summer off, then train 1 Saturday a month. It's not my problem.
Half days are disruptive to kids and working families.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Unfortunately, I'm not convinced Hogan will be on his way out in Nov. 2018. I'm hearing he is incredibly popular.

I'm considering changing my voter registration to republican so I can vote against him in the primary.

I'm a Dem and I love Hogan. I voted for him - first time I didn't vote party line - and he's making changes.

Hogan cut funding to MoCo for education and he increased tuition at the state universities.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Looks good to me. But all those half days need to be made into full days.

There should never be a half day or professional day during the week. Kids should be in school 5 days a week.

Meetings can be help after hours.

Really? So you'd prefer to increase teacher salaries to account for weekend professional days?

The half days are there because teachers still need some professional time and they count as full school days. And we have to jam all the days in before June 15.

Teacherd have all summer to train and read. It's time to start looking at teaching like other jobs. You get paid to work 2080 hours.
Want the summer off, then train 1 Saturday a month. It's not my problem.
Half days are disruptive to kids and working families.

Be a teacher for 180 + days then tell me what you think about having summers off to train and read. That's one profession that I feel is always overlooked and someone always has something to say that teachers shouldn't complain blah blah blah. Teachers deserve summers off to tell with kids these days.
Also half days are disruptive for teachers with children as well especially if they work at different levels (high school vs. elementary school) their child.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Looks good to me. But all those half days need to be made into full days.

There should never be a half day or professional day during the week. Kids should be in school 5 days a week.

Meetings can be help after hours.

Really? So you'd prefer to increase teacher salaries to account for weekend professional days?

The half days are there because teachers still need some professional time and they count as full school days. And we have to jam all the days in before June 15.

Teacherd have all summer to train and read. It's time to start looking at teaching like other jobs. You get paid to work 2080 hours.
Want the summer off, then train 1 Saturday a month. It's not my problem.
Half days are disruptive to kids and working families.

Be a teacher for 180 + days then tell me what you think about having summers off to train and read. That's one profession that I feel is always overlooked and someone always has something to say that teachers shouldn't complain blah blah blah. Teachers deserve summers off to tell with kids these days.
Also half days are disruptive for teachers with children as well especially if they work at different levels (high school vs. elementary school) their child.

Teachers are full time employees. 180 days means they are working 640 hours less then most other full time employees.

They can work at night to grade and prepare.

Full time is 2080 hours. They owe 2080 in 10 months in reality.

[Anonymous]

Teachers aren't full year employees.

There is a difference between full time full year and full time part year.

[Anonymous]

Teachers are full time employees for TEN months, they are unemployed for two months over the summer so they are not supposed to work all the hours of a 12 month employee. But of course, they have to work evenings and weekends to be able to do all they are required.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Teachers are full time employees. 180 days means they are working 640 hours less then most other full time employees.

They can work at night to grade and prepare.

Full time is 2080 hours. They owe 2080 in 10 months in reality.

Please don't post when you have no clue about the facts.

1. MoCo teachers are contracted to work 195 days/year, not 180. This IS full time.

2. MoCo teachers are furloughed the rest of the year (summer). No work, no pay.

3. MoCo teachers already work at night to grade and plan. It's just not compensated.

Ignorance is such a sad thing, particularly when advertised in public for all to see...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Teachers are full time employees. 180 days means they are working 640 hours less then most other full time employees.

They can work at night to grade and prepare.

Full time is 2080 hours. They owe 2080 in 10 months in reality.

Please don't post when you have no clue about the facts.

1. MoCo teachers are contracted to work 195 days/year, not 180. This IS full time. Good, with a full time job for a full time salary that the teacher accepted you do what is required to complete your job)

2. MoCo teachers are furloughed the rest of the year (summer). No work, no pay. The 10 month salary is equivalent to a 12 month pay, they just have to save for the off months.

3. MoCo teachers already work at night to grade and plan. It's just not compensated. of course it's compensated - they are a salaried professional - you work as long as it takes to do the job you chose

Ignorance is such a sad thing, particularly when advertised in public for all to see...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Looks good to me. But all those half days need to be made into full days.

There should never be a half day or professional day during the week. Kids should be in school 5 days a week.

Meetings can be help after hours.

Really? So you'd prefer to increase teacher salaries to account for weekend professional days?

The half days are there because teachers still need some professional time and they count as full school days. And we have to jam all the days in before June 15.

Teacherd have all summer to train and read. It's time to start looking at teaching like other jobs. You get paid to work 2080 hours.
Want the summer off, then train 1 Saturday a month. It's not my problem.
Half days are disruptive to kids and working families.

It is your problem, because they need to be paid if you expect more hours. The summer is not off--it's unpaid.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I like this schedule so much better. I found this year's schedule to be much more disruptive with the numerous days off iSeptember through December. I also think spring break is way too long and we should get rid of the Good Friday and Easter Monday holiday. One week is plenty.

Then you need to contact your state legislator to ask them to change the state law that requires schools to close for Good Friday and the Monday after Easter.

I already did that.

And?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Please don't post when you have no clue about the facts.

1. MoCo teachers are contracted to work 195 days/year, not 180. This IS full time. Good, with a full time job for a full time salary that the teacher accepted you do what is required to complete your job)

2. MoCo teachers are furloughed the rest of the year (summer). No work, no pay. The 10 month salary is equivalent to a 12 month pay, they just have to save for the off months.

3. MoCo teachers already work at night to grade and plan. It's just not compensated. of course it's compensated - they are a salaried professional - you work as long as it takes to do the job you chose

Ignorance is such a sad thing, particularly when advertised in public for all to see...

PP, the teachers agreed to work X hours for $X. You can't just say, "Well, now the teachers are going to work (X + whatever) hours for $X, because that's what I think they should do!" Or rather, you can, just like I can say, "I'm going to eat nothing but green olives and oatmeal cookies and be healthy!"

[Anonymous]

Wow, you all should be really impressed with yourselves--managed to make it to the fourth page before everything became the fault of those greedy, lazy teachers.