Will your kids be attending 6/22-6/25?

[Anonymous]

Rec center camp doesn't start until the 29th, so my ES kids will go to school and enjoy whatever it is they will be doing.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I did not yet have camp booked for that week so my elementary schooler and high schooler will be in school.

Maybe they can watch all 8 of the "main" Harry Potter movies and possibly others!

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Or they can make a car and race it in the classroom in an activity that involves math and science and do word puzzles in teams.

You seem to want to think that teachers are going out of their way to actively not teach. Lots of kids attended my kids' classes last year on the June half days.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I did not yet have camp booked for that week so my elementary schooler and high schooler will be in school.

Maybe they can watch all 8 of the "main" Harry Potter movies and possibly others!

'

Or they can make a car and race it in the classroom in an activity that involves math and science and do word puzzles in teams.

You seem to want to think that teachers are going out of their way to actively not teach. Lots of kids attended my kids' classes last year on the June half days.

This may be the case in elementary schools. My current 9th grader went on the last days of school last year since it was his last hurrah in middle school and they did NOTHING academic. Watched movies, goofed off, played video games. Even the teachers told them not to come. And that was when the last day was the 17th. June 25th is absolutely ridiculous (for middle and high schoolers anyway).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I did not yet have camp booked for that week so my elementary schooler and high schooler will be in school.

Maybe they can watch all 8 of the "main" Harry Potter movies and possibly others!

'

Or they can make a car and race it in the classroom in an activity that involves math and science and do word puzzles in teams.

You seem to want to think that teachers are going out of their way to actively not teach. Lots of kids attended my kids' classes last year on the June half days.

This may be the case in elementary schools. My current 9th grader went on the last days of school last year since it was his last hurrah in middle school and they did NOTHING academic. Watched movies, goofed off, played video games. Even the teachers told them not to come. And that was when the last day was the 17th. June 25th is absolutely ridiculous (for middle and high schoolers anyway).

And you think every kid had the same experience as your 9th grader? How narcisstic of you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I did not yet have camp booked for that week so my elementary schooler and high schooler will be in school.

Maybe they can watch all 8 of the "main" Harry Potter movies and possibly others!

'

Or they can make a car and race it in the classroom in an activity that involves math and science and do word puzzles in teams.

You seem to want to think that teachers are going out of their way to actively not teach. Lots of kids attended my kids' classes last year on the June half days.

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What do you think is going to happen on June 22 onwards?
What happened last year was NOTHING compared to this oh and BTW winter isn't over yet! March 20 apparently was reversed to be closed and they are too stubborn to use April 15 which could have at least avoided the weird election day "hopeover" and limited the "dead week" to one day. If Monday or anything else is bad weather will they finally go virtual? Or will they go to June 26 or daresay June 29 and 30?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I did not yet have camp booked for that week so my elementary schooler and high schooler will be in school.

Maybe they can watch all 8 of the "main" Harry Potter movies and possibly others!

'

Or they can make a car and race it in the classroom in an activity that involves math and science and do word puzzles in teams.

You seem to want to think that teachers are going out of their way to actively not teach. Lots of kids attended my kids' classes last year on the June half days.

Lady, it’s great that your small children had teachers who came up with crafts and puzzles your kids enjoyed. My high schooler is not missing a week of an important program to do “word puzzles” and race Legos in late June.

[Anonymous]

My kids will be in school - I unfortunately dont have thousands to blow on my kids sleep away camps for that week.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I did not yet have camp booked for that week so my elementary schooler and high schooler will be in school.

Maybe they can watch all 8 of the "main" Harry Potter movies and possibly others!

'

Or they can make a car and race it in the classroom in an activity that involves math and science and do word puzzles in teams.

You seem to want to think that teachers are going out of their way to actively not teach. Lots of kids attended my kids' classes last year on the June half days.

Lady, it’s great that your small children had teachers who came up with crafts and puzzles your kids enjoyed. My high schooler is not missing a week of an important program to do “word puzzles” and race Legos in late June.

Congratulations. We can all sleep easy now that you have shared that thought.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I did not yet have camp booked for that week so my elementary schooler and high schooler will be in school.

Maybe they can watch all 8 of the "main" Harry Potter movies and possibly others!

'

Or they can make a car and race it in the classroom in an activity that involves math and science and do word puzzles in teams.

You seem to want to think that teachers are going out of their way to actively not teach. Lots of kids attended my kids' classes last year on the June half days.

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What do you think is going to happen on June 22 onwards?
What happened last year was NOTHING compared to this oh and BTW winter isn't over yet! March 20 apparently was reversed to be closed and they are too stubborn to use April 15 which could have at least avoided the weird election day "hopeover" and limited the "dead week" to one day. If Monday or anything else is bad weather will they finally go virtual? Or will they go to June 26 or daresay June 29 and 30?

McPS can’t go virtual if a snowstorm happens next week because they never submitted the required virtual learning during weather emergency plan that they said they would do in 2024. They can’t do it without state of Maryland authorization.

Whoopsie.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I did not yet have camp booked for that week so my elementary schooler and high schooler will be in school.

Maybe they can watch all 8 of the "main" Harry Potter movies and possibly others!

'

Or they can make a car and race it in the classroom in an activity that involves math and science and do word puzzles in teams.

You seem to want to think that teachers are going out of their way to actively not teach. Lots of kids attended my kids' classes last year on the June half days.

Lady, it’s great that your small children had teachers who came up with crafts and puzzles your kids enjoyed. My high schooler is not missing a week of an important program to do “word puzzles” and race Legos in late June.

Did anyone ask about your HS student and their "important program"? Tell your kid to skip school if that's what you want to do. No one is telling you what to do. School is available for those who want it.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I feel like the BOE needs to read this thread. Opening schools that week seems like a huge waste of money...

Based upon a bunch of privileged parents who booked sleepaway camps in January for the second school let out? Um, no. You need to go back to school and learn about biased samples, and corrupt data (it could be one angry teacher posting here over and over again).

My kids will attend. I knew from last year that there was a good possibility that school would be extended and didn't make summer camp plans yet for end June. They went last year, and said it was fun, and I'm happy for them to learn (and not pay for camp).

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Everyone can feel free to skip the last week of school- nobody cares. But if they are the same people who were begging for virtual school and critical of the snow days then they are ridiculous people.

There’s a huge difference between adding a school day back when instruction is actually happening and not closing school while teachers actually have lesson plans and tacking on extra meaningless days at the end of the year. With the number of kids who will be out and the number of teachers who are checked out, my kid will get no value out of those days. They’ll get far more value from the educational camp they’re signed up for. The thing I care most about is education, and tacking days at the end doesn’t do it.

And that’s fine. It’s just silly to give MCPS a bunch of grief saying we need virtual school just so we can check the box that we had an instructional day. Obviously everyone is moving on with their summer plans regardless

Right but there's no actual learning that will happen that added last week if school. At least if there were virtual days, at a time of year when learning is actually happening, kids could learn something and make some progress, rather than just throwing 3 days of academic content/learning in the trash (being generous here and assuming there'll actually be real education happening on 6/18.)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I did not yet have camp booked for that week so my elementary schooler and high schooler will be in school.

Hey, it works out for you!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I did not yet have camp booked for that week so my elementary schooler and high schooler will be in school.

Maybe they can watch all 8 of the "main" Harry Potter movies and possibly others!

'

Or they can make a car and race it in the classroom in an activity that involves math and science and do word puzzles in teams.

You seem to want to think that teachers are going out of their way to actively not teach. Lots of kids attended my kids' classes last year on the June half days.

Lady, it’s great that your small children had teachers who came up with crafts and puzzles your kids enjoyed. My high schooler is not missing a week of an important program to do “word puzzles” and race Legos in late June.

Did anyone ask about your HS student and their "important program"? Tell your kid to skip school if that's what you want to do. No one is telling you what to do. School is available for those who want it.

NP. Noted. But the subject of the thread is "will your kids be attending" and people are responding that they will not. You can send your kids, fine, but others are responding with their response. You seem insistent that there will be actual instruction when there will not be. At least at the MS and HS level when kids are old enough to just stay home.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I did not yet have camp booked for that week so my elementary schooler and high schooler will be in school.

Maybe they can watch all 8 of the "main" Harry Potter movies and possibly others!

'

Or they can make a car and race it in the classroom in an activity that involves math and science and do word puzzles in teams.

You seem to want to think that teachers are going out of their way to actively not teach. Lots of kids attended my kids' classes last year on the June half days.

Lady, it’s great that your small children had teachers who came up with crafts and puzzles your kids enjoyed. My high schooler is not missing a week of an important program to do “word puzzles” and race Legos in late June.

Did anyone ask about your HS student and their "important program"? Tell your kid to skip school if that's what you want to do. No one is telling you what to do. School is available for those who want it.

NP. Noted. But the subject of the thread is "will your kids be attending" and people are responding that they will not. You can send your kids, fine, but others are responding with their response. You seem insistent that there will be actual instruction when there will not be. At least at the MS and HS level when kids are old enough to just stay home.

Not sure who the "you" you're addressing is. Or how you know that no actual instruction will take place. Do you have magical powers?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I did not yet have camp booked for that week so my elementary schooler and high schooler will be in school.

Maybe they can watch all 8 of the "main" Harry Potter movies and possibly others!

'

Or they can make a car and race it in the classroom in an activity that involves math and science and do word puzzles in teams.

You seem to want to think that teachers are going out of their way to actively not teach. Lots of kids attended my kids' classes last year on the June half days.

-----------------------------
What do you think is going to happen on June 22 onwards?
What happened last year was NOTHING compared to this oh and BTW winter isn't over yet! March 20 apparently was reversed to be closed and they are too stubborn to use April 15 which could have at least avoided the weird election day "hopeover" and limited the "dead week" to one day. If Monday or anything else is bad weather will they finally go virtual? Or will they go to June 26 or daresay June 29 and 30?

McPS can’t go virtual if a snowstorm happens next week because they never submitted the required virtual learning during weather emergency plan that they said they would do in 2024. They can’t do it without state of Maryland authorization.

Whoopsie.

That's not a mistake. Virtual would be a mistake.