Last Day of School Possibly Changing to June 12th?

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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?

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.

There have been a few schools over the past several years who have had graduation the day after school ends. If teachers are still on contract, they can do that.

[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.

And yet LCPS managed to figure it out.

LCPS schedules graduation after the school year and did not have the monthly early release for ES. They have the hours.

[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?

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.

There have been a few schools over the past several years who have had graduation the day after school ends. If teachers are still on contract, they can do that.

Every graduation is before school year ends. This is public info.

[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.

The kids always had school on Veterans Day pre-Covid. I would like to avoid mid-week disruptions and days like Veteran's Day that are not always on a Monday are a huge disruption of flow and a pain for working parents. Most private sector employers do not have this holiday. I've worked for three different federal contractors and all of them offered it as a floating holiday - most people at all three companies work on Veteran's Day and use the floating holiday for the day after Thanksgiving.

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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.

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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.

Yes, your experience and that of your two friends is absolutely "universal".

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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.

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.

LCPS schedules graduation after the school year and did not have the monthly early release for ES. They have the hours.

LCPS schedules them during the school year. Last year my school graduated at 2:30 pm on a school day so our school didn’t have classes that day. The schedule changes so some years your school graduates on a weekend and some years it graduates on a weekday and on that year classes are canceled for your school that day because all staff are required to attend. There are like 30 high schools in Loudoun, they can’t all graduate the same weekend.

[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.

There have been a few schools over the past several years who have had graduation the day after school ends. If teachers are still on contract, they can do that.

Every graduation is before school year ends. This is public info.

You seem overly confident for someone who is mistaken.

In 2024, the school year ended on June 12, 2024.

Herndon High School graduated at 2pm on June 12, 2024.

Lake Braddock Secondary School graduated at 7pm on June 12, 2024.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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.

Not the year ending a week later then the last two years and nearly two weeks after FCCPS!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

There have been a few schools over the past several years who have had graduation the day after school ends. If teachers are still on contract, they can do that.

Every graduation is before school year ends. This is public info.

You seem overly confident for someone who is mistaken.

In 2024, the school year ended on June 12, 2024.

Herndon High School graduated at 2pm on June 12, 2024.

Lake Braddock Secondary School graduated at 7pm on June 12, 2024.

I was responding that graduations don’t occur after school ends. Not that it hasn’t happened on the last day. Regardless, the date won’t change due to ES hours.

[Anonymous]

This calendar change would be very popular. Easily a good idea.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't get it. People have been complaining about all the random holidays, weather delays and closures, early releases, and the answer is to shorten the calendar?

Yup. The wealthy have won this one by complaining about paying for camps during days off. They really don’t care about that issue, they can fund camps in the summer AND during the school year. They are fake arguing for the poors to get a longer summer. I guess that way they can take 2 big vacations instead of one?

As a poor myself, I appreciate the shorter summers and fewer camps, but the squeaky wheel is very loud from the vacation people.

[Anonymous]

I'm not wealthy, I am lucky if my family takes one vacation a year. I just don't want random days off in the middle of the week. I don't think that's too much to ask.

It's also far more affordable to pay for one full week of summer camp vs 5 scattered days of day camp. The cheapest day camp near me is $60/day but I pay $200 for a full week of summer camp.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm not wealthy, I am lucky if my family takes one vacation a year. I just don't want random days off in the middle of the week. I don't think that's too much to ask.

It's also far more affordable to pay for one full week of summer camp vs 5 scattered days of day camp. The cheapest day camp near me is $60/day but I pay $200 for a full week of summer camp.

I can handle splitting the random days with my husband and skip camps for those days, so it is much easier for me to have those.

The scattered weeks of summer camp are confusing for everyone. One week soccer, the next art with different drop offs and pick ups. It is not my favorite. I just want a shorter summers and I don’t think that is too much to ask either.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I don't get it. People have been complaining about all the random holidays, weather delays and closures, early releases, and the answer is to shorten the calendar?

Yup. The wealthy have won this one by complaining about paying for camps during days off. They really don’t care about that issue, they can fund camps in the summer AND during the school year. They are fake arguing for the poors to get a longer summer. I guess that way they can take 2 big vacations instead of one?

As a poor myself, I appreciate the shorter summers and fewer camps, but the squeaky wheel is very loud from the vacation people.

It is because of the wealthy vacationing in summers that we have summer breaks (not becauee of farmers like have been told to believe).

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I'm not wealthy, I am lucky if my family takes one vacation a year. I just don't want random days off in the middle of the week. I don't think that's too much to ask.

It's also far more affordable to pay for one full week of summer camp vs 5 scattered days of day camp. The cheapest day camp near me is $60/day but I pay $200 for a full week of summer camp.

I can handle splitting the random days with my husband and skip camps for those days, so it is much easier for me to have those.

The scattered weeks of summer camp are confusing for everyone. One week soccer, the next art with different drop offs and pick ups. It is not my favorite. I just want a shorter summers and I don’t think that is too much to ask either.

Can't you just alternate days or weeks with your husband during the summer if you don't want to send your child/ren to camp? That said camp is good for entertaining your child/ren during the summer while they probably don't get that on a random day at home especially with homework to do. It's a pain that camp is expensive and I symphonize with that but your child/ren should get entertained on a regular basis.