Making up our snow days

[Anonymous]

I'm getting ready to book tickets for right when school gets out. Do you think we will make up the two extra snow days then, or will it be through getting rid of professional development days and/or the parent-teacher conference day? Any thoughts on when they will decide? I have gotten in touch with them a few times but haven't heard anything back.

[Anonymous]

I still say that the correct way (and the way it has been every year) to interpret the DCPS calendar is that they 3 days built in and with 3 days taken, they will not change the calendar at all.

[Anonymous]

I'm confused because if you look at the calendar and add up the days for each term, it comes out to 181. So I don't think that they have three days built in, just one, unless the half days in the calendar count as full days.

[Anonymous]

Half days count as full days. Silly but true when little or nothing is accomplished with lunch being served.

[Anonymous]

Ok, that explains how they are able to say they have three extra days--it's that I was adding half days together. Thanks!

[Anonymous]

Emailed dcps asking if we'd have to make them up and got this response:

Good afternoon,

A final decision on the make-up days will be made by early next week. I will be in touch then with an answer!

Office of the Chief of Schools
District of Columbia Public Schools
1200 First Street, NE
Washington, DC 20002

[Anonymous]

No one is going to show up for school on June 22. Vacations and camps are booked. Worst case scenario: as with last year, OSSE declares that school ends on June 19.

[Anonymous]

Could you imagine the outcry if Kaya took away Easter Momday with less than two week's notice? It's not like those out looking for trouble at the Zoo are going to be in class anyway.

[Anonymous]

This is such a trivial matter... the school calendar is not interrupted...so go on your merry little way...stop bragging...who gives a frog....where you are hopping off too....sheesh.