Proposed APS Calendar Policy

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:School board voting on this at next meeting. Send some emails if you want to send a message!

I sent a message but it’s obvious they DGAF

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:School board voting on this at next meeting. Send some emails if you want to send a message!

Any suggestions on a message that will get through? It seems like if they are willing to completely discount over 1,000 ranked community opinions, a few emails don’t stand a chance.

Teachers should show up in protest at the next meeting. Why has the AEA been silent on this?

There’s a lot of differing opinions on the ideal calendar among staff

That's funny, because the staff seem to keep bringing up the same ideas time after time after time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:School board voting on this at next meeting. Send some emails if you want to send a message!

I sent a message but it’s obvious they DGAF

I sent a message, and Mary Kadera, to her credit, was the only one to respond. Reid's checked out, Dave Priddy and CDT are jokes, and I don't know what Sutton's problem is.

[Anonymous]

I sent a message and no one responded

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I sent a message and no one responded

NoVA Democrats consider it racist to complain about adding religious holidays to a public school calendar.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:School board voting on this at next meeting. Send some emails if you want to send a message!

I sent a message but it’s obvious they DGAF

I sent a message, and Mary Kadera, to her credit, was the only one to respond. Reid's checked out, Dave Priddy and CDT are jokes, and I don't know what Sutton's problem is.

Sutton is a disappointment. She never asks the difficult questions and just spouts nonsense DIA buzzwords that don’t mean anything substantive.

[Anonymous]

There was an AEM post today detailing the 12 mos v 10 mos employee inequity. Just crazy this isn’t being covered by the press.

Also saw this posted online: https://www.gazetteleader.com/arlington/opinion/letter-aps-calendar-proposal-does-not-prioritize-learning-7471776

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There was an AEM post today detailing the 12 mos v 10 mos employee inequity. Just crazy this isn’t being covered by the press.

Also saw this posted online: https://www.gazetteleader.com/arlington/opinion/letter-aps-calendar-proposal-does-not-prioritize-learning-7471776

Oh that letter! It's from one of the notorious APEs. Now they are attacking religious minorities who finally got their holidays.

Personally my kids benefit from the holidays. They are appreciated as mental health breaks from a hectic intense schedule.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There was an AEM post today detailing the 12 mos v 10 mos employee inequity. Just crazy this isn’t being covered by the press.

Also saw this posted online: https://www.gazetteleader.com/arlington/opinion/letter-aps-calendar-proposal-does-not-prioritize-learning-7471776

Oh that letter! It's from one of the notorious APEs. Now they are attacking religious minorities who finally got their holidays.

Personally my kids benefit from the holidays. They are appreciated as mental health breaks from a hectic intense schedule.

Oh please. Read the letter before you start in on your ridiculous attacks. Nothing about it is attacking religious minorities. Plenty of people have said “why isn’t my observance on the list”. Are they not religious minorities too? That’s one reason falls church abandoned the policy.

“Unlike APS, Fairfax County Public Schools based its holiday-closure decisions on data regarding staff and student absences, offering Extended Day child care during closures. Falls Church City abandoned religious-holiday closures due to their adverse impact on education, working families and religious equity.”

[Anonymous]

APS parent who is VERY happy about the religious observance days, although I think there are too many conference / prof development days in the calendar, and would like to see the kids in school on Election Day since most of the rest of the world has to work then as well. About to go comment on Mary's page.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There was an AEM post today detailing the 12 mos v 10 mos employee inequity. Just crazy this isn’t being covered by the press.

Also saw this posted online: https://www.gazetteleader.com/arlington/opinion/letter-aps-calendar-proposal-does-not-prioritize-learning-7471776

Oh that letter! It's from one of the notorious APEs. Now they are attacking religious minorities who finally got their holidays.

Personally my kids benefit from the holidays. They are appreciated as mental health breaks from a hectic intense schedule.

Ewww.

They still polluting APS education email lists with their ignorance and aggression. Zero self-awareness.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:APS parent who is VERY happy about the religious observance days, although I think there are too many conference / prof development days in the calendar, and would like to see the kids in school on Election Day since most of the rest of the world has to work then as well. About to go comment on Mary's page.

Are any of the schools used as voting locations? Is that the rationale for having election day off? I could see that being a security challenge, to have all kinds of people in the building.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There was an AEM post today detailing the 12 mos v 10 mos employee inequity. Just crazy this isn’t being covered by the press.

Also saw this posted online: https://www.gazetteleader.com/arlington/opinion/letter-aps-calendar-proposal-does-not-prioritize-learning-7471776

Oh that letter! It's from one of the notorious APEs. Now they are attacking religious minorities who finally got their holidays.

Personally my kids benefit from the holidays. They are appreciated as mental health breaks from a hectic intense schedule.

Your kids' schedule is so intense they can only handle 7 of the first 16 weeks being five days in a row?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There was an AEM post today detailing the 12 mos v 10 mos employee inequity. Just crazy this isn’t being covered by the press.

Also saw this posted online: https://www.gazetteleader.com/arlington/opinion/letter-aps-calendar-proposal-does-not-prioritize-learning-7471776

Oh that letter! It's from one of the notorious APEs. Now they are attacking religious minorities who finally got their holidays.

Personally my kids benefit from the holidays. They are appreciated as mental health breaks from a hectic intense schedule.

Hardly a hectic intense schedule with so many days off, early releases, and long weekends. Please.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:APS parent who is VERY happy about the religious observance days, although I think there are too many conference / prof development days in the calendar, and would like to see the kids in school on Election Day since most of the rest of the world has to work then as well. About to go comment on Mary's page.

Are any of the schools used as voting locations? Is that the rationale for having election day off? I could see that being a security challenge, to have all kinds of people in the building.

Yes- most are used. However, we don’t close for Super Tuesday or the VA June primary, so it isn’t clear what makes the November election more dangerous from a security perspective. Except for a presidential election year, the number of voters is not that different in the primary vs the general, now that early voting is available to everyone.