Risk of snow days in APS this week (2/10 - 2/14)

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Anonymous wrote:Early release is a mistake. They just need to close.

No. They really don't. Students an still have a significant school day tomorrow.

Tomorrow will be a totally wasted day. It’s babysitting

Not in high school.

Yes also in high school. My school made classes 31 minutes each to account for all the lunches. I can’t do anything meaningful in 31 minutes. It’s a wasted day instructionally.

That’s too bad for your school. My kid in an APS HS gets a lot done of early release days.

A lot? In 31 minutes?

I'm pretty sure the 31 minute poster isn't from NoVa or they are purposely trying to mislead people. In HS, the block schedule means only 4 classes a day. They drop their advisory period, give 30 mins for lunch and spend about an hour in each their 4 regular classes. An early release is a valid school day in APS where students have plenty of time to learn.

No the 30 min is accurate, it's not the same in all APS schools

That seems pretty unfair to those kids. You should email your school and tell them to do it like the others.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Early release is a mistake. They just need to close.

No. They really don't. Students an still have a significant school day tomorrow.

Tomorrow will be a totally wasted day. It’s babysitting

Not in high school.

Yes also in high school. My school made classes 31 minutes each to account for all the lunches. I can’t do anything meaningful in 31 minutes. It’s a wasted day instructionally.

That’s too bad for your school. My kid in an APS HS gets a lot done of early release days.

A lot? In 31 minutes?

Kids in APS high schools have 4 classes a day, plus homeroom. On early release days, they’re at school for almost 5 hours. So if they have 4 classes for 31 min each, that’s just over 2 hours. You are telling me they spend another 2.5-3 hours eating lunch, changing classes, and in homeroom? That can’t be true.

Maybe a high school teacher can clarify, but I'm not sure they hold to that 4 classes/day schedule on early release days. It makes more sense if they go to every class for 31 minutes, and then another 45-60 minutes for lunch, passing time, and homeroom.

Are you even a parent??

[Anonymous]

There is no homeroom on early release days.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Early release is a mistake. They just need to close.

No. They really don't. Students an still have a significant school day tomorrow.

Tomorrow will be a totally wasted day. It’s babysitting

Not in high school.

Yes also in high school. My school made classes 31 minutes each to account for all the lunches. I can’t do anything meaningful in 31 minutes. It’s a wasted day instructionally.

That’s too bad for your school. My kid in an APS HS gets a lot done of early release days.

A lot? In 31 minutes?

I'm pretty sure the 31 minute poster isn't from NoVa or they are purposely trying to mislead people. In HS, the block schedule means only 4 classes a day. They drop their advisory period, give 30 mins for lunch and spend about an hour in each their 4 regular classes. An early release is a valid school day in APS where students have plenty of time to learn.

No the 30 min is accurate, it's not the
same in all APS schools

Which APS high school? And what are the kids doing during the other 2+ hours of the early release school day?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Early release is a mistake. They just need to close.

No. They really don't. Students an still have a significant school day tomorrow.

Tomorrow will be a totally wasted day. It’s babysitting

Not in high school.

Yes also in high school. My school made classes 31 minutes each to account for all the lunches. I can’t do anything meaningful in 31 minutes. It’s a wasted day instructionally.

That’s too bad for your school. My kid in an APS HS gets a lot done of early release days.

A lot? In 31 minutes?

Kids in APS high schools have 4 classes a day, plus homeroom. On early release days, they’re at school for almost 5 hours. So if they have 4 classes for 31 min each, that’s just over 2 hours. You are telling me they spend another 2.5-3 hours eating lunch, changing classes, and in homeroom? That can’t be true.

Maybe a high school teacher can clarify, but I'm not sure they hold to that 4 classes/day schedule on early release days. It makes more sense if they go to every class for 31 minutes, and then another 45-60 minutes for lunch, passing time, and homeroom.

Are you even a parent??

Why are you so angry?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Early release is a mistake. They just need to close.

No. They really don't. Students an still have a significant school day tomorrow.

Tomorrow will be a totally wasted day. It’s babysitting

Not in high school.

Yes also in high school. My school made classes 31 minutes each to account for all the lunches. I can’t do anything meaningful in 31 minutes. It’s a wasted day instructionally.

That’s too bad for your school. My kid in an APS HS gets a lot done of early release days.

A lot? In 31 minutes?

Kids in APS high schools have 4 classes a day, plus homeroom. On early release days, they’re at school for almost 5 hours. So if they have 4 classes for 31 min each, that’s just over 2 hours. You are telling me they spend another 2.5-3 hours eating lunch, changing classes, and in homeroom? That can’t be true.

Maybe a high school teacher can clarify, but I'm not sure they hold to that 4 classes/day schedule on early release days. It makes more sense if they go to every class for 31 minutes, and then another 45-60 minutes for lunch, passing time, and homeroom.

Are you even a parent??

Why are you so angry?

I think we have our answer, folks.

[Anonymous]

With snow totals lowering, are we thinking just a delay for tomorrow???

[Anonymous]

With the grave situation unfolding outside, I for one am glad those kids had early release today. Hope everyone makes it home in one piece.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Early release is a mistake. They just need to close.

No. They really don't. Students an still have a significant school day tomorrow.

Tomorrow will be a totally wasted day. It’s babysitting

Not in high school.

Yes also in high school. My school made classes 31 minutes each to account for all the lunches. I can’t do anything meaningful in 31 minutes. It’s a wasted day instructionally.

FCCPS gets around that by not having lunch on early dismissal days. I’m not sure how they do it but they have longer classes, no lunch in HS.

Maybe they just give them a bagged lunch on the way out but it’s VDOE policy that you MUST serve lunch on an instructional day.

Maybe it’s available for the students who get free lunch but there is definitely not a lunch period. Mine alway complains they are hungry because they have to wait until they get home for lunch on early release days. They have one each month, not just for weather.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Early release is a mistake. They just need to close.

No. They really don't. Students an still have a significant school day tomorrow.

Tomorrow will be a totally wasted day. It’s babysitting

Not in high school.

Yes also in high school. My school made classes 31 minutes each to account for all the lunches. I can’t do anything meaningful in 31 minutes. It’s a wasted day instructionally.

That’s too bad for your school. My kid in an APS HS gets a lot done of early release days.

A lot? In 31 minutes?

I'm pretty sure the 31 minute poster isn't from NoVa or they are purposely trying to mislead people. In HS, the block schedule means only 4 classes a day. They drop their advisory period, give 30 mins for lunch and spend about an hour in each their 4 regular classes. An early release is a valid school day in APS where students have plenty of time to learn.

No the 30 min is accurate, it's not the same in all APS schools

That seems pretty unfair to those kids. You should email your school and tell them to do it like the others.

You're funny. What are they supposed to do, skip some classes altogether? There's only so much time in the day.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Normally, APS HS block classes are 90 minutes. They shave 30 off per class and get out 2 hours early. That's how math works. I'm literally looking at the schedule. Readers, please disregard the 30 minute class report. It is misinformation.

30 is accurate. not all high schools have the same schedule you know. just because it's not 30 in your kid's school doesn't mean it's not 30 in someone else's.

Yes it is accurate because today was a 3 hour early release in nova not 2. Normally it’s 2 hour so classes are a little longer. Our classes were 31/31/90/31 to accommodate 4 lunches and to to leave 3 hours early.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Normally, APS HS block classes are 90 minutes. They shave 30 off per class and get out 2 hours early. That's how math works. I'm literally looking at the schedule. Readers, please disregard the 30 minute class report. It is misinformation.

30 is accurate. not all high schools have the same schedule you know. just because it's not 30 in your kid's school doesn't mean it's not 30 in someone else's.

Yes it is accurate because today was a 3 hour early release in nova not 2. Normally it’s 2 hour so classes are a little longer. Our classes were 31/31/90/31 to accommodate 4 lunches and to to leave 3 hours early.

Are you in Loudoun? This thread is about APS which had a standard early release like (we had last Wednesday for professional development).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Normally, APS HS block classes are 90 minutes. They shave 30 off per class and get out 2 hours early. That's how math works. I'm literally looking at the schedule. Readers, please disregard the 30 minute class report. It is misinformation.

30 is accurate. not all high schools have the same schedule you know. just because it's not 30 in your kid's school doesn't mean it's not 30 in someone else's.

Yes it is accurate because today was a 3 hour early release in nova not 2. Normally it’s 2 hour so classes are a little longer. Our classes were 31/31/90/31 to accommodate 4 lunches and to to leave 3 hours early.

Fairfax did this. You are on an APS thread. APS followed their normal early release schedule.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Normally, APS HS block classes are 90 minutes. They shave 30 off per class and get out 2 hours early. That's how math works. I'm literally looking at the schedule. Readers, please disregard the 30 minute class report. It is misinformation.

30 is accurate. not all high schools have the same schedule you know. just because it's not 30 in your kid's school doesn't mean it's not 30 in someone else's.

Yes it is accurate because today was a 3 hour early release in nova not 2. Normally it’s 2 hour so classes are a little longer. Our classes were 31/31/90/31 to accommodate 4 lunches and to to leave 3 hours early.

Fairfax did this. You are on an APS thread. APS followed their normal early release schedule.

Simmer down, my APS kid had 30 min classes today.

[Anonymous]

Which school has 30 min classes?