Last Day of School Possibly Changing to June 12th?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Absolutely not. We don’t want school on Columbus Day or Veterans Day.

Who is “we”?

Those days were gifts from God when my kids were in early elementary school. I got the day off and the kids went to school.
Even more important for parents who have to work those days.

We like the 4 day weeks. They help tremendously for our high schoolers and middle school kid.

What has changed about middle and high schoolers that they can't handle 5 day weeks anymore? They sure seem to need a lot of breaks. The teens and twenties are the time to work really hard when you have the energy. If you play your cards right, by your thirties you can have choices that give you flexibility and freedom that have been earned.

It’s a well known fact that adolescents need more sleep. The 7:30 am start time is brutal for the middle schoolers. Any extra chance to sleep in is a blessing. High schoolers start a bit later, but the work load with honors and AP classes is staggering. With after school activities and what not, the time these kids get to start on their homework is late, which makes them have to stay up and be tired and the cycle continues. High schoolers get a ton of work and it’s hard.

Elementary school work is a joke. Do you have a middle schooler or a high schooler? When you go, get back to me. The random days off are a lifesaver.

This is such a small number of kids. Not all high schoolers take 6 AAP courses. Many do not take one. Life is not fair, but young children need consistence and repetition and a reliable schedule. It is Soooooo confusing for them. I have one in each school, and prop for high school do not outweigh the massive cons for the younger children. Also middle school still does not count on permanent record so take a day off if needed.

It’s not about taking 6 AP courses at once. Anyone who wants to be competitive for an in state school in VA needs to be taking AP and honors courses. The amount of homework they get is a lot. They are exhuasted by the end of the week. A 4 day week is a breather for them to stay afloat sometimes.

Little Johnny in 3rd grade is resilient and will be ok. He doesn’t need to be at Art class or Music class or at an assembly trying to get kids to sell wrapping paper. He can do some workbooks at home.

Again, we don't want 4 day school weeks. High school parent here. Teach your kids to manage their load or don't load them up so much.

Stop advocating for this nonsense.

I’m not going to fight what they decide either way. I adapt to what they set. I looked at next year’s calendar and am also very happy with it as well. Lots of 4 day weeks. The teachers will be happy!

No. This year has been too choppy.

ES Teacher

[Anonymous]

I love this idea so much.

Dare to lengthen the break, or keep pretending that iron-clad calendars matter more than the mental health of the kids you claim to champion.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:From Melanie Meren's FB page, there is a good discussion about her upcoming motion on April 10th to limit ERs to four times a year and nd designate Veterans Day and Indigenous Peoples’ Day as instructional days. These changes would provide at least two additional full school weeks for families this fall. Progress!

There is a sub-discussion going on underneath. Loudoun just moved their last day of school up to Friday, June 12th to prioritize a cleaner ending to the school year and add 5 days (including the weekend) to summer. Lots of support in this discussion, especially given we began school on the same date.

Melanie Meren has expressed support for this on her facebook page and said that she would raise it. If you are in support, please contact your school board member.

Nobody is changing this year's calendar and likely also not next year's calendar, which has already been released. You can lobby for this to occur in future years, but nobody is changing calendars that already exist.

You're very wrong. Just like they can and have changed the calendar on us, we can also lobby to have it changed!! Don't be fooled into thinking it can't be changed.

See above comments. The last graduations are scheduled for June 12 and preschool has already extended to June 16. The only possible change for this year is canceling the May ER day for ES. Any changes made will occur for 26-27 SY.

Why does it matter that the last graduations are scheduled for June 12? How is that relevant?

[Anonymous]

The solution is not to take federal holidays, which a lot of dc folk have off, and turn the into instructional days! Get rid of the random days off.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The solution is not to take federal holidays, which a lot of dc folk have off, and turn the into instructional days! Get rid of the random days off.

+100

Those are the days that are the simplest for most parents to cover.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:From Melanie Meren's FB page, there is a good discussion about her upcoming motion on April 10th to limit ERs to four times a year and nd designate Veterans Day and Indigenous Peoples’ Day as instructional days. These changes would provide at least two additional full school weeks for families this fall. Progress!

There is a sub-discussion going on underneath. Loudoun just moved their last day of school up to Friday, June 12th to prioritize a cleaner ending to the school year and add 5 days (including the weekend) to summer. Lots of support in this discussion, especially given we began school on the same date.

Melanie Meren has expressed support for this on her facebook page and said that she would raise it. If you are in support, please contact your school board member.

Would love to see this happen!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:From Melanie Meren's FB page, there is a good discussion about her upcoming motion on April 10th to limit ERs to four times a year and nd designate Veterans Day and Indigenous Peoples’ Day as instructional days. These changes would provide at least two additional full school weeks for families this fall. Progress!

There is a sub-discussion going on underneath. Loudoun just moved their last day of school up to Friday, June 12th to prioritize a cleaner ending to the school year and add 5 days (including the weekend) to summer. Lots of support in this discussion, especially given we began school on the same date.

Melanie Meren has expressed support for this on her facebook page and said that she would raise it. If you are in support, please contact your school board member.

Nobody is changing this year's calendar and likely also not next year's calendar, which has already been released. You can lobby for this to occur in future years, but nobody is changing calendars that already exist.

You're very wrong. Just like they can and have changed the calendar on us, we can also lobby to have it changed!! Don't be fooled into thinking it can't be changed.

See above comments. The last graduations are scheduled for June 12 and preschool has already extended to June 16. The only possible change for this year is canceling the May ER day for ES. Any changes made will occur for 26-27 SY.

Why does it matter that the last graduations are scheduled for June 12? How is that relevant?

A lot of reasons. Teachers go to graduations at high school level and admin in pyramid also go. All graduations happen before the last day due to many people being out of buildings, etc. I am pretty sure classes are canceled on graduation dates. They are also not going to cancel due to fact that preschool was extended and ES end of year planning is done. It isn’t happening.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:From Melanie Meren's FB page, there is a good discussion about her upcoming motion on April 10th to limit ERs to four times a year and nd designate Veterans Day and Indigenous Peoples’ Day as instructional days. These changes would provide at least two additional full school weeks for families this fall. Progress!

There is a sub-discussion going on underneath. Loudoun just moved their last day of school up to Friday, June 12th to prioritize a cleaner ending to the school year and add 5 days (including the weekend) to summer. Lots of support in this discussion, especially given we began school on the same date.

Melanie Meren has expressed support for this on her facebook page and said that she would raise it. If you are in support, please contact your school board member.

Would love to see this happen!

I have seen her page. She said she was aware of it but did not publicly support it. I don’t think parents realize how much planning goes towards end of year. The schedule is a puzzle piece of music concerts, SOLs, other end of year testing, special events, moving up ceremonies and graduations, etc. Every school has already scheduled all of this stuff which is why it is not going to change.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:From Melanie Meren's FB page, there is a good discussion about her upcoming motion on April 10th to limit ERs to four times a year and nd designate Veterans Day and Indigenous Peoples’ Day as instructional days. These changes would provide at least two additional full school weeks for families this fall. Progress!

There is a sub-discussion going on underneath. Loudoun just moved their last day of school up to Friday, June 12th to prioritize a cleaner ending to the school year and add 5 days (including the weekend) to summer. Lots of support in this discussion, especially given we began school on the same date.

Melanie Meren has expressed support for this on her facebook page and said that she would raise it. If you are in support, please contact your school board member.

Nobody is changing this year's calendar and likely also not next year's calendar, which has already been released. You can lobby for this to occur in future years, but nobody is changing calendars that already exist.

You're very wrong. Just like they can and have changed the calendar on us, we can also lobby to have it changed!! Don't be fooled into thinking it can't be changed.

See above comments. The last graduations are scheduled for June 12 and preschool has already extended to June 16. The only possible change for this year is canceling the May ER day for ES. Any changes made will occur for 26-27 SY.

Why does it matter that the last graduations are scheduled for June 12? How is that relevant?

A lot of reasons. Teachers go to graduations at high school level and admin in pyramid also go. All graduations happen before the last day due to many people being out of buildings, etc. I am pretty sure classes are canceled on graduation dates. They are also not going to cancel due to fact that preschool was extended and ES end of year planning is done. It isn’t happening.

These parents are so stupid!!!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:From Melanie Meren's FB page, there is a good discussion about her upcoming motion on April 10th to limit ERs to four times a year and nd designate Veterans Day and Indigenous Peoples’ Day as instructional days. These changes would provide at least two additional full school weeks for families this fall. Progress!

There is a sub-discussion going on underneath. Loudoun just moved their last day of school up to Friday, June 12th to prioritize a cleaner ending to the school year and add 5 days (including the weekend) to summer. Lots of support in this discussion, especially given we began school on the same date.

Melanie Meren has expressed support for this on her facebook page and said that she would raise it. If you are in support, please contact your school board member.

Would love to see this happen!

I have seen her page. She said she was aware of it but did not publicly support it. I don’t think parents realize how much planning goes towards end of year. The schedule is a puzzle piece of music concerts, SOLs, other end of year testing, special events, moving up ceremonies and graduations, etc. Every school has already scheduled all of this stuff which is why it is not going to change.

On top of that, due to snow closures, special elections, and 3 hour early release Wednesdays, elementary schools do not have 3 days to spare in getting to 990 hours.

They can maybe get to June 11 for the 26-27 calendar, but June 12 this year is a non-starter.

[Anonymous]

Title of this thread is misleading. Dates aren’t changing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Absolutely not. We don’t want school on Columbus Day or Veterans Day.

Who is “we”?

Those days were gifts from God when my kids were in early elementary school. I got the day off and the kids went to school.
Even more important for parents who have to work those days.

We like the 4 day weeks. They help tremendously for our high schoolers and middle school kid.

+100

Love the calendar this year

Nobody likes the calendar this year but the few of you on here who are very loud (and out of touch)

Teachers and unemployed moms with young elementary schoolers. That's it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Absolutely not. We don’t want school on Columbus Day or Veterans Day.

Who is “we”?

Those days were gifts from God when my kids were in early elementary school. I got the day off and the kids went to school.
Even more important for parents who have to work those days.

We like the 4 day weeks. They help tremendously for our high schoolers and middle school kid.

+100

Love the calendar this year

Nobody likes the calendar this year but the few of you on here who are very loud (and out of touch)

Teachers and unemployed moms with young elementary schoolers. That's it.

High school students and their families almost universally love the calendar this year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:From Melanie Meren's FB page, there is a good discussion about her upcoming motion on April 10th to limit ERs to four times a year and nd designate Veterans Day and Indigenous Peoples’ Day as instructional days. These changes would provide at least two additional full school weeks for families this fall. Progress!

There is a sub-discussion going on underneath. Loudoun just moved their last day of school up to Friday, June 12th to prioritize a cleaner ending to the school year and add 5 days (including the weekend) to summer. Lots of support in this discussion, especially given we began school on the same date.

Melanie Meren has expressed support for this on her facebook page and said that she would raise it. If you are in support, please contact your school board member.

Would love to see this happen!

I have seen her page. She said she was aware of it but did not publicly support it. I don’t think parents realize how much planning goes towards end of year. The schedule is a puzzle piece of music concerts, SOLs, other end of year testing, special events, moving up ceremonies and graduations, etc. Every school has already scheduled all of this stuff which is why it is not going to change.

And yet LCPS managed to figure it out.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Title of this thread is misleading. Dates aren’t changing.

It’s being discussed by multiple DC school systems in response to the extremely short summer.