Two MCPS Make-Up Days Announced

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Staff is going to expect to be paid if they have to work until June 25.

Don’t even think of goi g there with “well they got paid for the snowcrete days.”

Juneteenth is going to have to be a paid holiday.

This is gonna be expensive.

I'm not sure what you mean. Make up days are already covered by the contracts of salaried staff. Many hourly staff weren't paid during the closures.

[Anonymous]

Omg this is so so messed up

[Anonymous]

My rising senior has a job to start on 6/18 there’s no way she’s missing a week of work. This is going to screw up so many local summer camps who rely on high schoolers to work.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Staff is going to expect to be paid if they have to work until June 25.

Don’t even think of goi g there with “well they got paid for the snowcrete days.”

Juneteenth is going to have to be a paid holiday.

This is gonna be expensive.

I don't think they need to pay them any more than previously negotiated. The contract is for a specific number of working days. They did not actually work the snow days.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I've worked for MCPS for 25 years. We never had off for Diwali, Eid, Lunar New year etc. I agree that everyone should be able to celebrate their religious holiday. But in doing so, we are using up more days in the calendar. It's not so easy to just add 4 or 5 more days as makeup days. School would be in session until late June every year. Unless they remove days from Winter and Spring Break.

This isn't true. I don't know when they started but in the years my kids have been in MCPS the many religious holidays have been days off but called something else like teacher development.

I’ve also works for mcps for 25 years and it is true. we used to have winter and spring break and 1-2 Jewish holidays in the fall. The stated reason for those days off was that the system could not run if every Jewish employee took the day off. We need to use that as the metric for deciding which days are off. It is insane to have every holiday (and Wednesday before thanksgiving) off, one snow day and be in school until late June.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Staff is going to expect to be paid if they have to work until June 25.

Don’t even think of goi g there with “well they got paid for the snowcrete days.”

Juneteenth is going to have to be a paid holiday.

This is gonna be expensive.

I don't think they need to pay them any more than previously negotiated. The contract is for a specific number of working days. They did not actually work the snow days.

But we got paid for them. So teachers will not get paid for the make up days.
So if you are a teacher who has summer job starting June 21, which are you going to do…work for free or earn a paycheck? Not a tough decision there.

[Anonymous]

So March 20 is now a day off again? I can’t keep up.

My kid has sleepaway camp starting 6/21. We’re not going the last week.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Staff is going to expect to be paid if they have to work until June 25.

Don’t even think of goi g there with “well they got paid for the snowcrete days.”

Juneteenth is going to have to be a paid holiday.

This is gonna be expensive.

I don't think they need to pay them any more than previously negotiated. The contract is for a specific number of working days. They did not actually work the snow days.

But we got paid for them. So teachers will not get paid for the make up days.
So if you are a teacher who has summer job starting June 21, which are you going to do…work for free or earn a paycheck? Not a tough decision there.

How lovely. Hope you enjoyed your extra week of snow days vacation while the rest of Maryland went to work.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Staff is going to expect to be paid if they have to work until June 25.

Don’t even think of goi g there with “well they got paid for the snowcrete days.”

Juneteenth is going to have to be a paid holiday.

This is gonna be expensive.

I don't think they need to pay them any more than previously negotiated. The contract is for a specific number of working days. They did not actually work the snow days.

But we got paid for them. So teachers will not get paid for the make up days.
So if you are a teacher who has summer job starting June 21, which are you going to do…work for free or earn a paycheck? Not a tough decision there.

Right. So you got paid for days you didn’t work. Then you can make up days where you won’t get paid.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Staff is going to expect to be paid if they have to work until June 25.

Don’t even think of goi g there with “well they got paid for the snowcrete days.”

Juneteenth is going to have to be a paid holiday.

This is gonna be expensive.

I don't think they need to pay them any more than previously negotiated. The contract is for a specific number of working days. They did not actually work the snow days.

But we got paid for them. So teachers will not get paid for the make up days.
So if you are a teacher who has summer job starting June 21, which are you going to do…work for free or earn a paycheck? Not a tough decision there.

How lovely. Hope you enjoyed your extra week of snow days vacation while the rest of Maryland went to work.

THIS.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So March 20 is now a day off again? I can’t keep up.

My kid has sleepaway camp starting 6/21. We’re not going the last week.

Yes

[Anonymous]

Who do we contact to advocate for the state legislation to count instructional hours vs. days? This extra WEEK will cost our county so. much. money for the benefit of so few who will actually attend the week of 6/22 (with ridiculous half days 6/24 and 6/25!?).

"As a result, extending the school year is the only option (at this time) that ensures MCPS meets state instructional requirements. However, our Montgomery County state legislative delegation in the State General Assembly is working on a bill that would provide relief by allowing school systems to meet a minimum number of instructional hours instead of having to make up all the days. Good news! MCPS already exceeds the minimum hours requirement each year and this year is no exception. We currently meet the required learning hours as set forth by the state department of education. Special thanks to our state legislative partners from Montgomery County for supporting our schools and our families. If the bill passes successfully, we will re-adjust the end of the school year."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Who do we contact to advocate for the state legislation to count instructional hours vs. days? This extra WEEK will cost our county so. much. money for the benefit of so few who will actually attend the week of 6/22 (with ridiculous half days 6/24 and 6/25!?).

"As a result, extending the school year is the only option (at this time) that ensures MCPS meets state instructional requirements. However, our Montgomery County state legislative delegation in the State General Assembly is working on a bill that would provide relief by allowing school systems to meet a minimum number of instructional hours instead of having to make up all the days. Good news! MCPS already exceeds the minimum hours requirement each year and this year is no exception. We currently meet the required learning hours as set forth by the state department of education. Special thanks to our state legislative partners from Montgomery County for supporting our schools and our families. If the bill passes successfully, we will re-adjust the end of the school year."

Can someone please send the names of the state legislature/general assembly members to contact. As per Taylor (in yesterday's meeting), each day MCPS stays open costs 2 million per day in taxpayer money.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Who do we contact to advocate for the state legislation to count instructional hours vs. days? This extra WEEK will cost our county so. much. money for the benefit of so few who will actually attend the week of 6/22 (with ridiculous half days 6/24 and 6/25!?).

"As a result, extending the school year is the only option (at this time) that ensures MCPS meets state instructional requirements. However, our Montgomery County state legislative delegation in the State General Assembly is working on a bill that would provide relief by allowing school systems to meet a minimum number of instructional hours instead of having to make up all the days. Good news! MCPS already exceeds the minimum hours requirement each year and this year is no exception. We currently meet the required learning hours as set forth by the state department of education. Special thanks to our state legislative partners from Montgomery County for supporting our schools and our families. If the bill passes successfully, we will re-adjust the end of the school year."

Can someone please send the names of the state legislature/general assembly members to contact. As per Taylor (in yesterday's meeting), each day MCPS stays open costs 2 million per day in taxpayer money.

Hopefully the MoCo delegation can/will do something. https://www.montgomerycountydelegation.com/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Who do we contact to advocate for the state legislation to count instructional hours vs. days? This extra WEEK will cost our county so. much. money for the benefit of so few who will actually attend the week of 6/22 (with ridiculous half days 6/24 and 6/25!?).

"As a result, extending the school year is the only option (at this time) that ensures MCPS meets state instructional requirements. However, our Montgomery County state legislative delegation in the State General Assembly is working on a bill that would provide relief by allowing school systems to meet a minimum number of instructional hours instead of having to make up all the days. Good news! MCPS already exceeds the minimum hours requirement each year and this year is no exception. We currently meet the required learning hours as set forth by the state department of education. Special thanks to our state legislative partners from Montgomery County for supporting our schools and our families. If the bill passes successfully, we will re-adjust the end of the school year."

Can someone please send the names of the state legislature/general assembly members to contact. As per Taylor (in yesterday's meeting), each day MCPS stays open costs 2 million per day in taxpayer money.

Yeah, that's why MCPS should have planned better.