Proposed APS Calendar Policy

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Anonymous wrote:Two weeks off for winter break sounds BRUTAL. Whhhhhyyyyy?

So people can go on an actual vacation and still see family for Christmas.

Some of us can’t take a vacation and piecing together childcare is $$$$.

Finding childcare for a contiguous two weeks is easier than for random days scattered throughout the school year. Days off need to be clumped to create actual long weekends, longer holiday breaks or a longer summer.

Why? What do you use for childcare? All of the Kindercare type of places cover thr days off. All of the Tae Kwon Do after school program type of places cover the extra days off. Are you hiring babysitters for the days off, and they are only willing to book with you for a long week rather than a random day?

Not PP, but I’m guessing PP means something like camps. There are always more options for camps during the longer breaks. One random Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday? Maybe not, especially if you typically use extended day for childcare during the school year.

Extended day care covers the random school days off. I'm not really seeing thr childcare issue here.

This is wrong. It doesn't in Arlington. Which you would know if your children were in Arlington.

It does in Fairfax.

I had no idea that Arlington leaves you in the lurch. We get coverage here in Prince William.

There's a new APS proposal that they will also close Extended Day on early release days. Right now they close early, but APS is proposing not to provide any coverage on early release days. It's insane.

I've heard nothing and seen nothing about this. Provide a source or it isn't true.

It's being discussed by our PTA. It's under Closings/Delayed Openings. The new proposed text states: "When schools close early, the Program is closed."

https://go.boarddocs.com/vsba/arlington/Board.nsf/files/CTAJWG4F2817/$file/M-7%20Combined.pdf

You are misrepresenting this. It's what the person above said.

Closings / Delayed Openings35
When Arlington Public Schools schools are closed due to inclement weather, the Program is closed.36
When the schools announce delayed opening, the opening of the Program is delayed the same37
amount of time. When schools close early, the Program is closed.

When the entire school system closes early due to weather, extended day will close.

Are you sure? That's not what it says.

What are you talking about? That is what it says. "When Arlington Public Schools are closed due to inclement weather..." The rest of the section pertains to that scenario and the section has a clear header that says Closings/Delayed Openings. Early release days are not closed or delayed openings and APS is not closed on early release days.

There are two different sentences. It's basic drafting that if they meant the same thing, the sentence wouldn't be repeated. The first sentence is about weather closings. The second sentence addresses early release days.

When Arlington Public Schools schools are closed due to inclement weather, the Program is closed.
When the schools announce delayed opening, the opening of the Program is delayed the same amount of time. When schools close early, the Program is closed.

No, the second sentence is about inclement weather early release days - not regular early release days. So like if weather changes substantially after school opens and they decide to close early to get everyone home.

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Anonymous wrote:Two weeks off for winter break sounds BRUTAL. Whhhhhyyyyy?

So people can go on an actual vacation and still see family for Christmas.

Some of us can’t take a vacation and piecing together childcare is $$$$.

Finding childcare for a contiguous two weeks is easier than for random days scattered throughout the school year. Days off need to be clumped to create actual long weekends, longer holiday breaks or a longer summer.

Why? What do you use for childcare? All of the Kindercare type of places cover thr days off. All of the Tae Kwon Do after school program type of places cover the extra days off. Are you hiring babysitters for the days off, and they are only willing to book with you for a long week rather than a random day?

Not PP, but I’m guessing PP means something like camps. There are always more options for camps during the longer breaks. One random Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday? Maybe not, especially if you typically use extended day for childcare during the school year.

Extended day care covers the random school days off. I'm not really seeing thr childcare issue here.

This is wrong. It doesn't in Arlington. Which you would know if your children were in Arlington.

It does in Fairfax.

I had no idea that Arlington leaves you in the lurch. We get coverage here in Prince William.

Fairfax and PWC both offer extended day on school days off? APS parents, how do we get that here in Arlington? It is maddening and expensive to arrange for more childcare with all these days off on top of paying for extended day.

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Anonymous wrote:Two weeks off for winter break sounds BRUTAL. Whhhhhyyyyy?

So people can go on an actual vacation and still see family for Christmas.

Some of us can’t take a vacation and piecing together childcare is $$$$.

Finding childcare for a contiguous two weeks is easier than for random days scattered throughout the school year. Days off need to be clumped to create actual long weekends, longer holiday breaks or a longer summer.

Why? What do you use for childcare? All of the Kindercare type of places cover thr days off. All of the Tae Kwon Do after school program type of places cover the extra days off. Are you hiring babysitters for the days off, and they are only willing to book with you for a long week rather than a random day?

Not PP, but I’m guessing PP means something like camps. There are always more options for camps during the longer breaks. One random Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday? Maybe not, especially if you typically use extended day for childcare during the school year.

Extended day care covers the random school days off. I'm not really seeing thr childcare issue here.

I don't know about PW but in Fairfax it is not run by the Schools and they limit who is in it. Extended Day is run by APS and they are school employees and while occasionally kids are shut out of it, historically and currently they a lot more kids in.

This is wrong. It doesn't in Arlington. Which you would know if your children were in Arlington.

It does in Fairfax.

I had no idea that Arlington leaves you in the lurch. We get coverage here in Prince William.

Fairfax and PWC both offer extended day on school days off? APS parents, how do we get that here in Arlington? It is maddening and expensive to arrange for more childcare with all these days off on top of paying for extended day.

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Anonymous wrote:Two weeks off for winter break sounds BRUTAL. Whhhhhyyyyy?

So people can go on an actual vacation and still see family for Christmas.

Some of us can’t take a vacation and piecing together childcare is $$$$.

Finding childcare for a contiguous two weeks is easier than for random days scattered throughout the school year. Days off need to be clumped to create actual long weekends, longer holiday breaks or a longer summer.

Why? What do you use for childcare? All of the Kindercare type of places cover thr days off. All of the Tae Kwon Do after school program type of places cover the extra days off. Are you hiring babysitters for the days off, and they are only willing to book with you for a long week rather than a random day?

Not PP, but I’m guessing PP means something like camps. There are always more options for camps during the longer breaks. One random Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday? Maybe not, especially if you typically use extended day for childcare during the school year.

Extended day care covers the random school days off. I'm not really seeing thr childcare issue here.

This is wrong. It doesn't in Arlington. Which you would know if your children were in Arlington.

It does in Fairfax.

I had no idea that Arlington leaves you in the lurch. We get coverage here in Prince William.

Fairfax and PWC both offer extended day on school days off? APS parents, how do we get that here in Arlington? It is maddening and expensive to arrange for more childcare with all these days off on top of paying for extended day.

sorry buried my comment...


I don't know about PW but in Fairfax it is not run by the Schools and they limit who is in it. Extended Day is run by APS and they are school employees and while occasionally kids are shut out of it, historically and currently they a lot more kids in.

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Anonymous wrote:Two weeks off for winter break sounds BRUTAL. Whhhhhyyyyy?

So people can go on an actual vacation and still see family for Christmas.

Some of us can’t take a vacation and piecing together childcare is $$$$.

Finding childcare for a contiguous two weeks is easier than for random days scattered throughout the school year. Days off need to be clumped to create actual long weekends, longer holiday breaks or a longer summer.

Why? What do you use for childcare? All of the Kindercare type of places cover thr days off. All of the Tae Kwon Do after school program type of places cover the extra days off. Are you hiring babysitters for the days off, and they are only willing to book with you for a long week rather than a random day?

Not PP, but I’m guessing PP means something like camps. There are always more options for camps during the longer breaks. One random Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday? Maybe not, especially if you typically use extended day for childcare during the school year.

Extended day care covers the random school days off. I'm not really seeing thr childcare issue here.

This is wrong. It doesn't in Arlington. Which you would know if your children were in Arlington.

It does in Fairfax.

I had no idea that Arlington leaves you in the lurch. We get coverage here in Prince William.

Fairfax and PWC both offer extended day on school days off? APS parents, how do we get that here in Arlington? It is maddening and expensive to arrange for more childcare with all these days off on top of paying for extended day.

sorry buried my comment...


I don't know about PW but in Fairfax it is not run by the Schools and they limit who is in it. Extended Day is run by APS and they are school employees and while occasionally kids are shut out of it, historically and currently they a lot more kids in.

"Occasionally kids are shut out of it" doesn't begin to describe what has happened this year... waiting lists everywhere.

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Anonymous wrote:Two weeks off for winter break sounds BRUTAL. Whhhhhyyyyy?

So people can go on an actual vacation and still see family for Christmas.

Some of us can’t take a vacation and piecing together childcare is $$$$.

Finding childcare for a contiguous two weeks is easier than for random days scattered throughout the school year. Days off need to be clumped to create actual long weekends, longer holiday breaks or a longer summer.

Why? What do you use for childcare? All of the Kindercare type of places cover thr days off. All of the Tae Kwon Do after school program type of places cover the extra days off. Are you hiring babysitters for the days off, and they are only willing to book with you for a long week rather than a random day?

Not PP, but I’m guessing PP means something like camps. There are always more options for camps during the longer breaks. One random Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday? Maybe not, especially if you typically use extended day for childcare during the school year.

Extended day care covers the random school days off. I'm not really seeing thr childcare issue here.

This is wrong. It doesn't in Arlington. Which you would know if your children were in Arlington.

It does in Fairfax.

I had no idea that Arlington leaves you in the lurch. We get coverage here in Prince William.

Fairfax and PWC both offer extended day on school days off? APS parents, how do we get that here in Arlington? It is maddening and expensive to arrange for more childcare with all these days off on top of paying for extended day.

sorry buried my comment...


I don't know about PW but in Fairfax it is not run by the Schools and they limit who is in it. Extended Day is run by APS and they are school employees and while occasionally kids are shut out of it, historically and currently they a lot more kids in.

"Occasionally kids are shut out of it" doesn't begin to describe what has happened this year... waiting lists everywhere.

+1

We’re getting all the downsides of turning into Fairfax 2.0 without any of the upsides.

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Anonymous wrote:Two weeks off for winter break sounds BRUTAL. Whhhhhyyyyy?

So people can go on an actual vacation and still see family for Christmas.

Some of us can’t take a vacation and piecing together childcare is $$$$.

Finding childcare for a contiguous two weeks is easier than for random days scattered throughout the school year. Days off need to be clumped to create actual long weekends, longer holiday breaks or a longer summer.

Why? What do you use for childcare? All of the Kindercare type of places cover thr days off. All of the Tae Kwon Do after school program type of places cover the extra days off. Are you hiring babysitters for the days off, and they are only willing to book with you for a long week rather than a random day?

Not PP, but I’m guessing PP means something like camps. There are always more options for camps during the longer breaks. One random Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday? Maybe not, especially if you typically use extended day for childcare during the school year.

Extended day care covers the random school days off. I'm not really seeing thr childcare issue here.

This is wrong. It doesn't in Arlington. Which you would know if your children were in Arlington.

It does in Fairfax.

I had no idea that Arlington leaves you in the lurch. We get coverage here in Prince William.

Fairfax and PWC both offer extended day on school days off? APS parents, how do we get that here in Arlington? It is maddening and expensive to arrange for more childcare with all these days off on top of paying for extended day.

sorry buried my comment...


I don't know about PW but in Fairfax it is not run by the Schools and they limit who is in it. Extended Day is run by APS and they are school employees and while occasionally kids are shut out of it, historically and currently they a lot more kids in.

"Occasionally kids are shut out of it" doesn't begin to describe what has happened this year... waiting lists everywhere.

I don’t even think they are trying to staff this program. You can make better money flipping burgers, and last year they tried ending the benefit eligibility. What’s their target employment market?!

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Anonymous wrote:Two weeks off for winter break sounds BRUTAL. Whhhhhyyyyy?

So people can go on an actual vacation and still see family for Christmas.

Some of us can’t take a vacation and piecing together childcare is $$$$.

Finding childcare for a contiguous two weeks is easier than for random days scattered throughout the school year. Days off need to be clumped to create actual long weekends, longer holiday breaks or a longer summer.

Why? What do you use for childcare? All of the Kindercare type of places cover thr days off. All of the Tae Kwon Do after school program type of places cover the extra days off. Are you hiring babysitters for the days off, and they are only willing to book with you for a long week rather than a random day?

Not PP, but I’m guessing PP means something like camps. There are always more options for camps during the longer breaks. One random Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday? Maybe not, especially if you typically use extended day for childcare during the school year.

Extended day care covers the random school days off. I'm not really seeing thr childcare issue here.

This is wrong. It doesn't in Arlington. Which you would know if your children were in Arlington.

It does in Fairfax.

I had no idea that Arlington leaves you in the lurch. We get coverage here in Prince William.

Fairfax and PWC both offer extended day on school days off? APS parents, how do we get that here in Arlington? It is maddening and expensive to arrange for more childcare with all these days off on top of paying for extended day.

sorry buried my comment...


I don't know about PW but in Fairfax it is not run by the Schools and they limit who is in it. Extended Day is run by APS and they are school employees and while occasionally kids are shut out of it, historically and currently they a lot more kids in.

"Occasionally kids are shut out of it" doesn't begin to describe what has happened this year... waiting lists everywhere.

I don’t even think they are trying to staff this program. You can make better money flipping burgers, and last year they tried ending the benefit eligibility. What’s their target employment market?!

APS seems to value its own management above all right now, and this calendar is no different.

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Anonymous wrote:Two weeks off for winter break sounds BRUTAL. Whhhhhyyyyy?

So people can go on an actual vacation and still see family for Christmas.

Some of us can’t take a vacation and piecing together childcare is $$$$.

Finding childcare for a contiguous two weeks is easier than for random days scattered throughout the school year. Days off need to be clumped to create actual long weekends, longer holiday breaks or a longer summer.

Why? What do you use for childcare? All of the Kindercare type of places cover thr days off. All of the Tae Kwon Do after school program type of places cover the extra days off. Are you hiring babysitters for the days off, and they are only willing to book with you for a long week rather than a random day?

Not PP, but I’m guessing PP means something like camps. There are always more options for camps during the longer breaks. One random Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday? Maybe not, especially if you typically use extended day for childcare during the school year.

Extended day care covers the random school days off. I'm not really seeing thr childcare issue here.

This is wrong. It doesn't in Arlington. Which you would know if your children were in Arlington.

It does in Fairfax.

I had no idea that Arlington leaves you in the lurch. We get coverage here in Prince William.

Fairfax and PWC both offer extended day on school days off? APS parents, how do we get that here in Arlington? It is maddening and expensive to arrange for more childcare with all these days off on top of paying for extended day.

sorry buried my comment...


I don't know about PW but in Fairfax it is not run by the Schools and they limit who is in it. Extended Day is run by APS and they are school employees and while occasionally kids are shut out of it, historically and currently they a lot more kids in.

"Occasionally kids are shut out of it" doesn't begin to describe what has happened this year... waiting lists everywhere.

I don’t even think they are trying to staff this program. You can make better money flipping burgers, and last year they tried ending the benefit eligibility. What’s their target employment market?!

APS seems to value its own management above all right now, and this calendar is no different.

45 paid days off right from the start? Sign me up.

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Anonymous wrote:Two weeks off for winter break sounds BRUTAL. Whhhhhyyyyy?

So people can go on an actual vacation and still see family for Christmas.

Some of us can’t take a vacation and piecing together childcare is $$$$.

Finding childcare for a contiguous two weeks is easier than for random days scattered throughout the school year. Days off need to be clumped to create actual long weekends, longer holiday breaks or a longer summer.

Why? What do you use for childcare? All of the Kindercare type of places cover thr days off. All of the Tae Kwon Do after school program type of places cover the extra days off. Are you hiring babysitters for the days off, and they are only willing to book with you for a long week rather than a random day?

Not PP, but I’m guessing PP means something like camps. There are always more options for camps during the longer breaks. One random Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday? Maybe not, especially if you typically use extended day for childcare during the school year.

Extended day care covers the random school days off. I'm not really seeing thr childcare issue here.

This is wrong. It doesn't in Arlington. Which you would know if your children were in Arlington.

It does in Fairfax.

I had no idea that Arlington leaves you in the lurch. We get coverage here in Prince William.

Fairfax and PWC both offer extended day on school days off? APS parents, how do we get that here in Arlington? It is maddening and expensive to arrange for more childcare with all these days off on top of paying for extended day.

sorry buried my comment...


I don't know about PW but in Fairfax it is not run by the Schools and they limit who is in it. Extended Day is run by APS and they are school employees and while occasionally kids are shut out of it, historically and currently they a lot more kids in.

"Occasionally kids are shut out of it" doesn't begin to describe what has happened this year... waiting lists everywhere.

I don’t even think they are trying to staff this program. You can make better money flipping burgers, and last year they tried ending the benefit eligibility. What’s their target employment market?!

APS seems to value its own management above all right now, and this calendar is no different.

45 paid days off right from the start? Sign me up.

Ditto. I’m a fed and looking for a career change. Syphax sounds perfect. Less work, more days off, not too much of a salary cut from what I can tell.

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Anonymous wrote:Two weeks off for winter break sounds BRUTAL. Whhhhhyyyyy?

So people can go on an actual vacation and still see family for Christmas.

Some of us can’t take a vacation and piecing together childcare is $$$$.

Finding childcare for a contiguous two weeks is easier than for random days scattered throughout the school year. Days off need to be clumped to create actual long weekends, longer holiday breaks or a longer summer.

Why? What do you use for childcare? All of the Kindercare type of places cover thr days off. All of the Tae Kwon Do after school program type of places cover the extra days off. Are you hiring babysitters for the days off, and they are only willing to book with you for a long week rather than a random day?

Not PP, but I’m guessing PP means something like camps. There are always more options for camps during the longer breaks. One random Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday? Maybe not, especially if you typically use extended day for childcare during the school year.

Extended day care covers the random school days off. I'm not really seeing thr childcare issue here.

This is wrong. It doesn't in Arlington. Which you would know if your children were in Arlington.

It does in Fairfax.

I had no idea that Arlington leaves you in the lurch. We get coverage here in Prince William.

Fairfax and PWC both offer extended day on school days off? APS parents, how do we get that here in Arlington? It is maddening and expensive to arrange for more childcare with all these days off on top of paying for extended day.

sorry buried my comment...


I don't know about PW but in Fairfax it is not run by the Schools and they limit who is in it. Extended Day is run by APS and they are school employees and while occasionally kids are shut out of it, historically and currently they a lot more kids in.

"Occasionally kids are shut out of it" doesn't begin to describe what has happened this year... waiting lists everywhere.

I don’t even think they are trying to staff this program. You can make better money flipping burgers, and last year they tried ending the benefit eligibility. What’s their target employment market?!

APS seems to value its own management above all right now, and this calendar is no different.

45 paid days off right from the start? Sign me up.

Ditto. I’m a fed and looking for a career change. Syphax sounds perfect. Less work, more days off, not too much of a salary cut from what I can tell.

What is their salary range. I seriously want to apply. They have a great gig.

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Anonymous wrote:Two weeks off for winter break sounds BRUTAL. Whhhhhyyyyy?

So people can go on an actual vacation and still see family for Christmas.

Some of us can’t take a vacation and piecing together childcare is $$$$.

Finding childcare for a contiguous two weeks is easier than for random days scattered throughout the school year. Days off need to be clumped to create actual long weekends, longer holiday breaks or a longer summer.

Why? What do you use for childcare? All of the Kindercare type of places cover thr days off. All of the Tae Kwon Do after school program type of places cover the extra days off. Are you hiring babysitters for the days off, and they are only willing to book with you for a long week rather than a random day?

Not PP, but I’m guessing PP means something like camps. There are always more options for camps during the longer breaks. One random Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday? Maybe not, especially if you typically use extended day for childcare during the school year.

Extended day care covers the random school days off. I'm not really seeing thr childcare issue here.

This is wrong. It doesn't in Arlington. Which you would know if your children were in Arlington.

It does in Fairfax.

I had no idea that Arlington leaves you in the lurch. We get coverage here in Prince William.

Fairfax and PWC both offer extended day on school days off? APS parents, how do we get that here in Arlington? It is maddening and expensive to arrange for more childcare with all these days off on top of paying for extended day.

sorry buried my comment...


I don't know about PW but in Fairfax it is not run by the Schools and they limit who is in it. Extended Day is run by APS and they are school employees and while occasionally kids are shut out of it, historically and currently they a lot more kids in.

"Occasionally kids are shut out of it" doesn't begin to describe what has happened this year... waiting lists everywhere.

I don’t even think they are trying to staff this program. You can make better money flipping burgers, and last year they tried ending the benefit eligibility. What’s their target employment market?!

APS seems to value its own management above all right now, and this calendar is no different.

45 paid days off right from the start? Sign me up.

Ditto. I’m a fed and looking for a career change. Syphax sounds perfect. Less work, more days off, not too much of a salary cut from what I can tell.

What is their salary range. I seriously want to apply. They have a great gig.

Depends on what you’re doing, but it looks like junior level analyst types in the back office can make six figures. Not bad for working less than 85% of the year! Obviously performance is not a factor in your continued employment, and no one seems to be enforcing the in office policies. Not a bad gig at all!

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Anonymous wrote:Two weeks off for winter break sounds BRUTAL. Whhhhhyyyyy?

So people can go on an actual vacation and still see family for Christmas.

Some of us can’t take a vacation and piecing together childcare is $$$$.

Finding childcare for a contiguous two weeks is easier than for random days scattered throughout the school year. Days off need to be clumped to create actual long weekends, longer holiday breaks or a longer summer.

Why? What do you use for childcare? All of the Kindercare type of places cover thr days off. All of the Tae Kwon Do after school program type of places cover the extra days off. Are you hiring babysitters for the days off, and they are only willing to book with you for a long week rather than a random day?

Not PP, but I’m guessing PP means something like camps. There are always more options for camps during the longer breaks. One random Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday? Maybe not, especially if you typically use extended day for childcare during the school year.

Extended day care covers the random school days off. I'm not really seeing thr childcare issue here.

This is wrong. It doesn't in Arlington. Which you would know if your children were in Arlington.

It does in Fairfax.

I had no idea that Arlington leaves you in the lurch. We get coverage here in Prince William.

Fairfax and PWC both offer extended day on school days off? APS parents, how do we get that here in Arlington? It is maddening and expensive to arrange for more childcare with all these days off on top of paying for extended day.

sorry buried my comment...


I don't know about PW but in Fairfax it is not run by the Schools and they limit who is in it. Extended Day is run by APS and they are school employees and while occasionally kids are shut out of it, historically and currently they a lot more kids in.

"Occasionally kids are shut out of it" doesn't begin to describe what has happened this year... waiting lists everywhere.

I don’t even think they are trying to staff this program. You can make better money flipping burgers, and last year they tried ending the benefit eligibility. What’s their target employment market?!

APS seems to value its own management above all right now, and this calendar is no different.

45 paid days off right from the start? Sign me up.

Ditto. I’m a fed and looking for a career change. Syphax sounds perfect. Less work, more days off, not too much of a salary cut from what I can tell.

What is their salary range. I seriously want to apply. They have a great gig.

Depends on what you’re doing, but it looks like junior level analyst types in the back office can make six figures. Not bad for working less than 85% of the year! Obviously performance is not a factor in your continued employment, and no one seems to be enforcing the in office policies. Not a bad gig at all!

Salary scales for most syphax jobs maxes out at $189k this year, which is greater than the max for federal employees GS15 Step 10 at $183,500 this year.

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Anonymous wrote:Two weeks off for winter break sounds BRUTAL. Whhhhhyyyyy?

So people can go on an actual vacation and still see family for Christmas.

Some of us can’t take a vacation and piecing together childcare is $$$$.

Finding childcare for a contiguous two weeks is easier than for random days scattered throughout the school year. Days off need to be clumped to create actual long weekends, longer holiday breaks or a longer summer.

Why? What do you use for childcare? All of the Kindercare type of places cover thr days off. All of the Tae Kwon Do after school program type of places cover the extra days off. Are you hiring babysitters for the days off, and they are only willing to book with you for a long week rather than a random day?

Not PP, but I’m guessing PP means something like camps. There are always more options for camps during the longer breaks. One random Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday? Maybe not, especially if you typically use extended day for childcare during the school year.

Extended day care covers the random school days off. I'm not really seeing thr childcare issue here.

This is wrong. It doesn't in Arlington. Which you would know if your children were in Arlington.

It does in Fairfax.

I had no idea that Arlington leaves you in the lurch. We get coverage here in Prince William.

Fairfax and PWC both offer extended day on school days off? APS parents, how do we get that here in Arlington? It is maddening and expensive to arrange for more childcare with all these days off on top of paying for extended day.

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I don't know about PW but in Fairfax it is not run by the Schools and they limit who is in it. Extended Day is run by APS and they are school employees and while occasionally kids are shut out of it, historically and currently they a lot more kids in.

"Occasionally kids are shut out of it" doesn't begin to describe what has happened this year... waiting lists everywhere.

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We’re getting all the downsides of turning into Fairfax 2.0 without any of the upsides.

You get to virtue signal about religious holidays just like Fairfax which is the most important factor in setting up the school calendar.

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Anonymous wrote:Two weeks off for winter break sounds BRUTAL. Whhhhhyyyyy?

So people can go on an actual vacation and still see family for Christmas.

Some of us can’t take a vacation and piecing together childcare is $$$$.

Finding childcare for a contiguous two weeks is easier than for random days scattered throughout the school year. Days off need to be clumped to create actual long weekends, longer holiday breaks or a longer summer.

Why? What do you use for childcare? All of the Kindercare type of places cover thr days off. All of the Tae Kwon Do after school program type of places cover the extra days off. Are you hiring babysitters for the days off, and they are only willing to book with you for a long week rather than a random day?

Not PP, but I’m guessing PP means something like camps. There are always more options for camps during the longer breaks. One random Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday? Maybe not, especially if you typically use extended day for childcare during the school year.

Extended day care covers the random school days off. I'm not really seeing thr childcare issue here.

This is wrong. It doesn't in Arlington. Which you would know if your children were in Arlington.

It does in Fairfax.

I had no idea that Arlington leaves you in the lurch. We get coverage here in Prince William.

Fairfax and PWC both offer extended day on school days off? APS parents, how do we get that here in Arlington? It is maddening and expensive to arrange for more childcare with all these days off on top of paying for extended day.

sorry buried my comment...


I don't know about PW but in Fairfax it is not run by the Schools and they limit who is in it. Extended Day is run by APS and they are school employees and while occasionally kids are shut out of it, historically and currently they a lot more kids in.

"Occasionally kids are shut out of it" doesn't begin to describe what has happened this year... waiting lists everywhere.

I don’t even think they are trying to staff this program. You can make better money flipping burgers, and last year they tried ending the benefit eligibility. What’s their target employment market?!

APS seems to value its own management above all right now, and this calendar is no different.

45 paid days off right from the start? Sign me up.

Ditto. I’m a fed and looking for a career change. Syphax sounds perfect. Less work, more days off, not too much of a salary cut from what I can tell.

What is their salary range. I seriously want to apply. They have a great gig.

Depends on what you’re doing, but it looks like junior level analyst types in the back office can make six figures. Not bad for working less than 85% of the year! Obviously performance is not a factor in your continued employment, and no one seems to be enforcing the in office policies. Not a bad gig at all!

Salary scales for most syphax jobs maxes out at $189k this year, which is greater than the max for federal employees GS15 Step 10 at $183,500 this year.

Plus they get way more paid holidays.
How much vacation leave do they earn?