School Opening Predictions for Tuesday?

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Anonymous wrote:I wish MD didn’t take away the virtual option. At this rate they’re going to have to extend the school year. But, many (like me) will not be able to do that. Kid is already registered for sleepaway camp starting the Sunday after school ends.

The calendar should be one week longer

Most wealthy countries don't take 2 months off of school.

You know how I know you haven't spent any time schools lately? Students are checked out by mid-May. Extending the school year would be absolutely pointless for both students and teachers.

Other countries have different calendars. In France, for example, the summer vacation is shorter (kids are out for July and August), but the school year breaks are longer. I find that so much more rational, since the reason the children here are checked out in May is that they don't have enough rest time during the school year, and it starts to weigh on them. In France, they have two weeks in the fall, two weeks in the winter, two weeks in the spring.

In Japan they don't have a long summer vacation. Their school year starts in April and they get more consistent breaks throughout the year. That way they can power through and get a lot done.

The US school calendar isn't very smart, to be honest.

It's probably a function of farm families needing the labor of their older kids during the growing season.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I wish MD didn’t take away the virtual option. At this rate they’re going to have to extend the school year. But, many (like me) will not be able to do that. Kid is already registered for sleepaway camp starting the Sunday after school ends.

The calendar should be one week longer

Most wealthy countries don't take 2 months off of school.

You know how I know you haven't spent any time schools lately? Students are checked out by mid-May. Extending the school year would be absolutely pointless for both students and teachers.

Other countries have different calendars. In France, for example, the summer vacation is shorter (kids are out for July and August), but the school year breaks are longer. I find that so much more rational, since the reason the children here are checked out in May is that they don't have enough rest time during the school year, and it starts to weigh on them. In France, they have two weeks in the fall, two weeks in the winter, two weeks in the spring.

In Japan they don't have a long summer vacation. Their school year starts in April and they get more consistent breaks throughout the year. That way they can power through and get a lot done.

The US school calendar isn't very smart, to be honest.

It's probably a function of farm families needing the labor of their older kids during the growing season.

But other countries managed to modernize their calendars. Why can't the US?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I wish MD didn’t take away the virtual option. At this rate they’re going to have to extend the school year. But, many (like me) will not be able to do that. Kid is already registered for sleepaway camp starting the Sunday after school ends.

The calendar should be one week longer

Most wealthy countries don't take 2 months off of school.

You know how I know you haven't spent any time schools lately? Students are checked out by mid-May. Extending the school year would be absolutely pointless for both students and teachers.

Other countries have different calendars. In France, for example, the summer vacation is shorter (kids are out for July and August), but the school year breaks are longer. I find that so much more rational, since the reason the children here are checked out in May is that they don't have enough rest time during the school year, and it starts to weigh on them. In France, they have two weeks in the fall, two weeks in the winter, two weeks in the spring.

In Japan they don't have a long summer vacation. Their school year starts in April and they get more consistent breaks throughout the year. That way they can power through and get a lot done.

The US school calendar isn't very smart, to be honest.

It's probably a function of farm families needing the labor of their older kids during the growing season.

But other countries managed to modernize their calendars. Why can't the US?

Politicians are lobbied by tourism industry not to. Look at Hogan and OC, MD.

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Anonymous wrote:Make hot chocolate. Put in large thermos. Get a few cups. Get a shovel. Walk to local school. Clear off 1000 sf of parking lot/driveway and 20 feet of sidewalk. Get 50 other parents to do the same. Bring your kids to help or play while you clear. Enjoy hot chocolate. Get the same word to the next neighboring school parents before you go.

Enjoy schools being open on Tuesday when the MCPS effort can focus on making sure the busses start.

This would be great except at the Title 1 school where I teach, many kids are responsible for getting themselves up, dressed, and walking to school by themselves. We’ve given away more heavy winter jackets than I can count yet still have kids comping to school with light jackets or thin zip up hoodies. I’ve spent money buying hats and gloves for my students yet we still have many that go without. Most of the sidewalks are still icy with huge compacted snow mountains on the curbs and sometimes sidewalks. Not sure what the answer is but it’s not as simple as fixing a thermos of hot cocoa to have on the walk to school.

Same. DCUM is delusion to think that our kids all have coats, let alone gloves. And quite a few are leaving under heated homes walking a mile to our under-heated building. If they arrive too early, they must stand outside until the entry bell.

If you're concerned about it, let them in the building early.

It’s sad that you think an individual teacher can make that decision.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I wish MD didn’t take away the virtual option. At this rate they’re going to have to extend the school year. But, many (like me) will not be able to do that. Kid is already registered for sleepaway camp starting the Sunday after school ends.

The calendar should be one week longer

Most wealthy countries don't take 2 months off of school.

You know how I know you haven't spent any time schools lately? Students are checked out by mid-May. Extending the school year would be absolutely pointless for both students and teachers.

Lol okay, in that case let's end the school year one month earlier and lower teacher salaries accordingly. Sounds like a huge waste to make teachers work an extra month.

Gtfooh

Teacher here. PLEASE give me year-round school. Then my salary can also increase and I won’t have to find summer work.

And while we are comparing US education to other countries: teachers are actually respected in many countries. I’m all for doing whatever it’ll take to get some more respect. Raise certification requirements? Bring it. Require a Masters? Bring that, too. But also give me time like other countries get. I have a teacher friend in Germany who only teaches for 12 hours a week. 2/3rds her time at work is for grading and planning. That sure beats the 2 hours I occasionally get a week if I’m not subbing!

So don’t assume we’ll all be upset with your suggestions.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I wish MD didn’t take away the virtual option. At this rate they’re going to have to extend the school year. But, many (like me) will not be able to do that. Kid is already registered for sleepaway camp starting the Sunday after school ends.

The calendar should be one week longer

Most wealthy countries don't take 2 months off of school.

You know how I know you haven't spent any time schools lately? Students are checked out by mid-May. Extending the school year would be absolutely pointless for both students and teachers.

Other countries have different calendars. In France, for example, the summer vacation is shorter (kids are out for July and August), but the school year breaks are longer. I find that so much more rational, since the reason the children here are checked out in May is that they don't have enough rest time during the school year, and it starts to weigh on them. In France, they have two weeks in the fall, two weeks in the winter, two weeks in the spring.

In Japan they don't have a long summer vacation. Their school year starts in April and they get more consistent breaks throughout the year. That way they can power through and get a lot done.

The US school calendar isn't very smart, to be honest.

It's probably a function of farm families needing the labor of their older kids during the growing season.

But other countries managed to modernize their calendars. Why can't the US?

Politicians are lobbied by tourism industry not to. Look at Hogan and OC, MD.

With climate change, you'd think they'd wake up to the fact that tourism can happen all year round. We could have so-called year-round school, with longer breaks at different seasons, so people can choose to take their one annual vacation at another time than the dog days of summer. Daycares and camps can still cover the various breaks.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I wish MD didn’t take away the virtual option. At this rate they’re going to have to extend the school year. But, many (like me) will not be able to do that. Kid is already registered for sleepaway camp starting the Sunday after school ends.

The calendar should be one week longer

Most wealthy countries don't take 2 months off of school.

You know how I know you haven't spent any time schools lately? Students are checked out by mid-May. Extending the school year would be absolutely pointless for both students and teachers.

Lol okay, in that case let's end the school year one month earlier and lower teacher salaries accordingly. Sounds like a huge waste to make teachers work an extra month.

Gtfooh

Teacher here. PLEASE give me year-round school. Then my salary can also increase and I won’t have to find summer work.

And while we are comparing US education to other countries: teachers are actually respected in many countries. I’m all for doing whatever it’ll take to get some more respect. Raise certification requirements? Bring it. Require a Masters? Bring that, too. But also give me time like other countries get. I have a teacher friend in Germany who only teaches for 12 hours a week. 2/3rds her time at work is for grading and planning. That sure beats the 2 hours I occasionally get a week if I’m not subbing!

So don’t assume we’ll all be upset with your suggestions.

NP. Isn't year-round school the same number of days distributed differently, so you have more breaks throughout the year and as shorter summer? I don't think teachers would get paid more.

[Anonymous]

Open.

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Anonymous wrote:I wish MD didn’t take away the virtual option. At this rate they’re going to have to extend the school year. But, many (like me) will not be able to do that. Kid is already registered for sleepaway camp starting the Sunday after school ends.

The calendar should be one week longer

Most wealthy countries don't take 2 months off of school.

You know how I know you haven't spent any time schools lately? Students are checked out by mid-May. Extending the school year would be absolutely pointless for both students and teachers.

Lol okay, in that case let's end the school year one month earlier and lower teacher salaries accordingly. Sounds like a huge waste to make teachers work an extra month.

Gtfooh

Teacher here. PLEASE give me year-round school. Then my salary can also increase and I won’t have to find summer work.

And while we are comparing US education to other countries: teachers are actually respected in many countries. I’m all for doing whatever it’ll take to get some more respect. Raise certification requirements? Bring it. Require a Masters? Bring that, too. But also give me time like other countries get. I have a teacher friend in Germany who only teaches for 12 hours a week. 2/3rds her time at work is for grading and planning. That sure beats the 2 hours I occasionally get a week if I’m not subbing!

So don’t assume we’ll all be upset with your suggestions.

NP. Isn't year-round school the same number of days distributed differently, so you have more breaks throughout the year and as shorter summer? I don't think teachers would get paid more.

Regardless. The year is less fatiguing, physically and psychologically, on both students and teachers, if the breaks are spread out evenly through the instructional time. I mean, it's a no brainer!

[Anonymous]

Open on time.

[Anonymous]

This snow was a nothingburger. They should open on time on Tuesday.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I wish MD didn’t take away the virtual option. At this rate they’re going to have to extend the school year. But, many (like me) will not be able to do that. Kid is already registered for sleepaway camp starting the Sunday after school ends.

The calendar should be one week longer

Most wealthy countries don't take 2 months off of school.

You know how I know you haven't spent any time schools lately? Students are checked out by mid-May. Extending the school year would be absolutely pointless for both students and teachers.

Lol okay, in that case let's end the school year one month earlier and lower teacher salaries accordingly. Sounds like a huge waste to make teachers work an extra month.

Gtfooh

Teacher here. PLEASE give me year-round school. Then my salary can also increase and I won’t have to find summer work.

And while we are comparing US education to other countries: teachers are actually respected in many countries. I’m all for doing whatever it’ll take to get some more respect. Raise certification requirements? Bring it. Require a Masters? Bring that, too. But also give me time like other countries get. I have a teacher friend in Germany who only teaches for 12 hours a week. 2/3rds her time at work is for grading and planning. That sure beats the 2 hours I occasionally get a week if I’m not subbing!

So don’t assume we’ll all be upset with your suggestions.

NP. Isn't year-round school the same number of days distributed differently, so you have more breaks throughout the year and as shorter summer? I don't think teachers would get paid more.

Regardless. The year is less fatiguing, physically and psychologically, on both students and teachers, if the breaks are spread out evenly through the instructional time. I mean, it's a no brainer!

If only MCPS had tried this in a couple of schools and we had a way to know how that went...

Lfmao do you guys even live anywhere near MoCo?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I wish MD didn’t take away the virtual option. At this rate they’re going to have to extend the school year. But, many (like me) will not be able to do that. Kid is already registered for sleepaway camp starting the Sunday after school ends.

The calendar should be one week longer

Most wealthy countries don't take 2 months off of school.

You know how I know you haven't spent any time schools lately? Students are checked out by mid-May. Extending the school year would be absolutely pointless for both students and teachers.

Other countries have different calendars. In France, for example, the summer vacation is shorter (kids are out for July and August), but the school year breaks are longer. I find that so much more rational, since the reason the children here are checked out in May is that they don't have enough rest time during the school year, and it starts to weigh on them. In France, they have two weeks in the fall, two weeks in the winter, two weeks in the spring.

In Japan they don't have a long summer vacation. Their school year starts in April and they get more consistent breaks throughout the year. That way they can power through and get a lot done.

The US school calendar isn't very smart, to be honest.

Japan is hardly a model to emulate. Their society has made childhood and life in general so onerous that no one wants to reproduce and they're in total demographic collapse.

France also has half days every Wednesday. Want to sign up for that?

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Anonymous wrote:I wish MD didn’t take away the virtual option. At this rate they’re going to have to extend the school year. But, many (like me) will not be able to do that. Kid is already registered for sleepaway camp starting the Sunday after school ends.

The calendar should be one week longer

Most wealthy countries don't take 2 months off of school.

You know how I know you haven't spent any time schools lately? Students are checked out by mid-May. Extending the school year would be absolutely pointless for both students and teachers.

Lol okay, in that case let's end the school year one month earlier and lower teacher salaries accordingly. Sounds like a huge waste to make teachers work an extra month.

Gtfooh

Teacher here. PLEASE give me year-round school. Then my salary can also increase and I won’t have to find summer work.

And while we are comparing US education to other countries: teachers are actually respected in many countries. I’m all for doing whatever it’ll take to get some more respect. Raise certification requirements? Bring it. Require a Masters? Bring that, too. But also give me time like other countries get. I have a teacher friend in Germany who only teaches for 12 hours a week. 2/3rds her time at work is for grading and planning. That sure beats the 2 hours I occasionally get a week if I’m not subbing!

So don’t assume we’ll all be upset with your suggestions.

NP. Isn't year-round school the same number of days distributed differently, so you have more breaks throughout the year and as shorter summer? I don't think teachers would get paid more.

Regardless. The year is less fatiguing, physically and psychologically, on both students and teachers, if the breaks are spread out evenly through the instructional time. I mean, it's a no brainer!

If only MCPS had tried this in a couple of schools and we had a way to know how that went...

Lfmao do you guys even live anywhere near MoCo?

One school loved it and continued; the other hated it and stopped. What does that tell us?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I wish MD didn’t take away the virtual option. At this rate they’re going to have to extend the school year. But, many (like me) will not be able to do that. Kid is already registered for sleepaway camp starting the Sunday after school ends.

The calendar should be one week longer

Most wealthy countries don't take 2 months off of school.

You know how I know you haven't spent any time schools lately? Students are checked out by mid-May. Extending the school year would be absolutely pointless for both students and teachers.

Lol okay, in that case let's end the school year one month earlier and lower teacher salaries accordingly. Sounds like a huge waste to make teachers work an extra month.

Gtfooh

Teacher here. PLEASE give me year-round school. Then my salary can also increase and I won’t have to find summer work.

And while we are comparing US education to other countries: teachers are actually respected in many countries. I’m all for doing whatever it’ll take to get some more respect. Raise certification requirements? Bring it. Require a Masters? Bring that, too. But also give me time like other countries get. I have a teacher friend in Germany who only teaches for 12 hours a week. 2/3rds her time at work is for grading and planning. That sure beats the 2 hours I occasionally get a week if I’m not subbing!

So don’t assume we’ll all be upset with your suggestions.

NP. Isn't year-round school the same number of days distributed differently, so you have more breaks throughout the year and as shorter summer? I don't think teachers would get paid more.

Regardless. The year is less fatiguing, physically and psychologically, on both students and teachers, if the breaks are spread out evenly through the instructional time. I mean, it's a no brainer!

If only MCPS had tried this in a couple of schools and we had a way to know how that went...

Lfmao do you guys even live anywhere near MoCo?

One school loved it and continued; the other hated it and stopped. What does that tell us?

It says to us "good f-ing luck implementing this systemwide"