Will the school year end?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:This is why the calendars don't make sense. These are days that supposedly count towards the legal requirement but yet everyone knows that everyone is checked out. If FCPS cared about education, this wouldn't be happening. We need to have more full weeks during/before SOLs when actual instruction is happening and have the summer start earlier. No one wants to be in school in June. These days shouldn't and don't count.

Actually, what should happen is whole year schooling - there should be no 2+ months off in the summer, have school be year round and have more breaks throughout the year.

AcTuAlLy, no.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:This is why the calendars don't make sense. These are days that supposedly count towards the legal requirement but yet everyone knows that everyone is checked out. If FCPS cared about education, this wouldn't be happening. We need to have more full weeks during/before SOLs when actual instruction is happening and have the summer start earlier. No one wants to be in school in June. These days shouldn't and don't count.

Actually, what should happen is whole year schooling - there should be no 2+ months off in the summer, have school be year round and have more breaks throughout the year.

No thanks! We love out summers.

You'd still get a month in the summer but longer breaks throughout the year and throw in some more 4 day weeks.

Having the whole summer off it an antiquated vestige of slower times that are now long gone, time to move on and improve the model.

It’s not happening, but feel free to move or homeschool.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:This is why the calendars don't make sense. These are days that supposedly count towards the legal requirement but yet everyone knows that everyone is checked out. If FCPS cared about education, this wouldn't be happening. We need to have more full weeks during/before SOLs when actual instruction is happening and have the summer start earlier. No one wants to be in school in June. These days shouldn't and don't count.

Actually, what should happen is whole year schooling - there should be no 2+ months off in the summer, have school be year round and have more breaks throughout the year.

Absolutely not! There’s always one crazy who wants this.

It’s not crazy. It would be wonderful.

Oh well. Too bad for you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:May 12th was DC’s last SOL in elementary school. Teaching abruptly ended. So, NO new learning going on for the last 5 weeks of school. The teachers created busy work for in class with POGPOL and magazines. There’s no new instruction. It’s pathetic. The kids are bored. They sprinkle in picnics, STEAM, games, and field day. They try to make everyone happy with useless Spirit Days and fill out this sheet on why your teacher is your favorite. Blah, blah, blah.

+1 Yes, we teach all standards before SOLs. Then coast to the end!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:This is why the calendars don't make sense. These are days that supposedly count towards the legal requirement but yet everyone knows that everyone is checked out. If FCPS cared about education, this wouldn't be happening. We need to have more full weeks during/before SOLs when actual instruction is happening and have the summer start earlier. No one wants to be in school in June. These days shouldn't and don't count.

Actually, what should happen is whole year schooling - there should be no 2+ months off in the summer, have school be year round and have more breaks throughout the year.

No thanks! We love out summers.

You'd still get a month in the summer but longer breaks throughout the year and throw in some more 4 day weeks.

Having the whole summer off it an antiquated vestige of slower times that are now long gone, time to move on and improve the model.

What a horrible idea.

High school kids would not get a summer vacation at all and would miss all the big summer programs as they are scheduled around all the school districts in the country with competent school boards and normal, sensible school year calendars.

Those aren't "sensible" calendars. Those are historically driven calendars from when we more people's lives revolved around agricultural planting and harvesting demands. We are far removed from this and it's time to update the model to benefit future generations.

Yawwwwn. Still not happening.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't understand why we don't get back unused snow days that were built into the calendar. We had 5 days built in. Why don't the move the year-end date up 5 days since they were not used.

We live in Charles County, MD and this is what we did this year. We got back five days. School ends next Thursday! YAY!

Catholic schools (at least the one my kids go to) also back the un-used snow days. School is out next Thursday.

The schools could at least do half days the last week.

A week of half-days would be a major pain to deal with for working parents.

At that point you might as well end school. Kids show up for 1 hr in the classroom, eat lunch at 1015am , then dismissed?

Right so teachers are babysitting-parent entitlement.

Well I they teach (or at least review parts that most kids struggled with) through the last week it would be called "school" - gasp!

They’re your kids — gasp! — and the schools don’t owe you childcare.

[Anonymous]

No, it’s not ending. They just added 2 more weeks. The kids will be out July 1 now.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don't understand why we don't get back unused snow days that were built into the calendar. We had 5 days built in. Why don't the move the year-end date up 5 days since they were not used.

We live in Charles County, MD and this is what we did this year. We got back five days. School ends next Thursday! YAY!

Catholic schools (at least the one my kids go to) also back the un-used snow days. School is out next Thursday.

The schools could at least do half days the last week.

They do in high school. Why don’t you let your kid stay home then? I let my DD in elementary stay home yesterday since we had company visiting. It’s fine if they aren’t having tests. She’s barely missed all year.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don't understand why we don't get back unused snow days that were built into the calendar. We had 5 days built in. Why don't the move the year-end date up 5 days since they were not used.

We live in Charles County, MD and this is what we did this year. We got back five days. School ends next Thursday! YAY!

Catholic schools (at least the one my kids go to) also back the un-used snow days. School is out next Thursday.

The schools could at least do half days the last week.

They do in high school. Why don’t you let your kid stay home then? I let my DD in elementary stay home yesterday since we had company visiting. It’s fine if they aren’t having tests. She’s barely missed all year.

They’re doing fun stuff now. Kids don’t want to miss their end of year party, Field Day, or game day.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:May 12th was DC’s last SOL in elementary school. Teaching abruptly ended. So, NO new learning going on for the last 5 weeks of school. The teachers created busy work for in class with POGPOL and magazines. There’s no new instruction. It’s pathetic. The kids are bored. They sprinkle in picnics, STEAM, games, and field day. They try to make everyone happy with useless Spirit Days and fill out this sheet on why your teacher is your favorite. Blah, blah, blah.

+1 Yes, we teach all standards before SOLs. Then coast to the end!

Don’t forget Game Day!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don't understand why we don't get back unused snow days that were built into the calendar. We had 5 days built in. Why don't the move the year-end date up 5 days since they were not used.

We live in Charles County, MD and this is what we did this year. We got back five days. School ends next Thursday! YAY!

Catholic schools (at least the one my kids go to) also back the un-used snow days. School is out next Thursday.

The schools could at least do half days the last week.

They do in high school. Why don’t you let your kid stay home then? I let my DD in elementary stay home yesterday since we had company visiting. It’s fine if they aren’t having tests. She’s barely missed all year.

PP here. I’m an ES teacher with no DC in ES.

[Anonymous]

Year around school is going to happen in the future.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Year around school is going to happen in the future.

When robots are teaching it? Because I don’t know a single teacher who wants that. And I wouldn’t want it for my kid either.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Year around school is going to happen in the future.

Yep, at the same time when it’s all online.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Year around school is going to happen in the future.

Yes, please! FCPS HS teacher here. I would LOVE to have year round school. I like the 9 week on 3 week off schedule with a 5 week summer break. That would be wonderful.