FCPS Early Release Mondays

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Instead of doing this Monday garbage, why not just move through start of school later? No on wants to start school on Aug 19 anyway. Leave it to FCPS to ruin a good thing (more planning for teachers) by picking the most inconvenient and painful implementation.

Pushing back the start date of school by a week or several days would violate IEPs. The iEPS are all written with services beginning on the first day of school per the calendar that sped teacher had. FCPS cannot do this. I wish they could! But they can't, because of special education services.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Instead of doing this Monday garbage, why not just move through start of school later? No on wants to start school on Aug 19 anyway. Leave it to FCPS to ruin a good thing (more planning for teachers) by picking the most inconvenient and painful implementation.

+1

Based on the few documents I’ve seen from the state, the trainings aren’t all going to be released at the beginning of the year. They will be released throughout the year. I wonder if that’s because all of this is being put together in the fly? All of this is so last minute from the state.

Yeah. These trainings don’t exist. Nobody can do them yet.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What a sh*t show; this is depressing.

LOL....this is what teachers say all year long. It is in fact depressing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What a sh*t show; this is depressing.

LOL....this is what teachers say all year long. It is in fact depressing.

And, I don’t blame them one bit! Teachers should be paid more in total compensation and paid for all PD time without question. And, parents’ voices should be heard. The school calendar needs to change for this year to provide less schedule interruptions for kids and parents and start later or end earlier for the year. Too much time is wasted on busy work and movies.

[Anonymous]

What happened in the meeting?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Instead of doing this Monday garbage, why not just move through start of school later? No on wants to start school on Aug 19 anyway. Leave it to FCPS to ruin a good thing (more planning for teachers) by picking the most inconvenient and painful implementation.

Pushing back the start date of school by a week or several days would violate IEPs. The iEPS are all written with services beginning on the first day of school per the calendar that sped teacher had. FCPS cannot do this. I wish they could! But they can't, because of special education services.

Nonsense. I might think you were a troll, but that's a ridiculous claim even by Dcum troll standards.

[Anonymous]

How much is this training going to cost FCPS? The worst of this is that, 1) the literacy science isn't actually settled 2) this kerfuffle has been created by various for-profit curriculum companies all vying to have different school districts buy their multi-million dollar curriculums and pay for their expensive curriculum training 3) the only people that are going to suffer are the kids that will end up with still less education.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Instead of doing this Monday garbage, why not just move through start of school later? No on wants to start school on Aug 19 anyway. Leave it to FCPS to ruin a good thing (more planning for teachers) by picking the most inconvenient and painful implementation.

Pushing back the start date of school by a week or several days would violate IEPs. The iEPS are all written with services beginning on the first day of school per the calendar that sped teacher had. FCPS cannot do this. I wish they could! But they can't, because of special education services.

Nonsense. I might think you were a troll, but that's a ridiculous claim even by Dcum troll standards.

Girl, are you new here? That comment isn’t even in spitting distance of DCUM troll standards.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Instead of doing this Monday garbage, why not just move through start of school later? No on wants to start school on Aug 19 anyway. Leave it to FCPS to ruin a good thing (more planning for teachers) by picking the most inconvenient and painful implementation.

Because then FCPS wouldn't have enough school days for elementary kids as required by state law.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Instead of doing this Monday garbage, why not just move through start of school later? No on wants to start school on Aug 19 anyway. Leave it to FCPS to ruin a good thing (more planning for teachers) by picking the most inconvenient and painful implementation.

Pushing back the start date of school by a week or several days would violate IEPs. The iEPS are all written with services beginning on the first day of school per the calendar that sped teacher had. FCPS cannot do this. I wish they could! But they can't, because of special education services.

Nonsense. I might think you were a troll, but that's a ridiculous claim even by Dcum troll standards.

Girl, are you new here? That comment isn’t even in spitting distance of DCUM troll standards.

Blaming problems with public schools on children with special needs is an incredibly common pastime of Dcum.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What happened in the meeting?

Anyone?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What happened in the meeting?

Anyone?

What meeting?

[Anonymous]

June 24, 2024

Dear Families,

This message is to update you on Superintendent Dr. Michelle Reid’s upcoming Community Conversations regarding limited early release Mondays for the 2024-25 school year.

As a reminder, events will be held at Gatehouse Administration Center on:

Tuesday, June 25, 5:30-6:30 p.m. (In Person Only)

Wednesday, June 26, 5:30-6:30 p.m. (Virtual and In Person)

Please note that Wednesday’s event will be accessible via Zoom for those who are unable to attend in person. Click one of the dates above to register. Language interpretation and childcare will be available as needed.

For more information, visit the FCPS website or email [e-mail]. Thank you.

Fairfax County Public Schools

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
June 2024 - VDOE Virginia Literacy Updates - page 11 under planning - the scope has been narrowed to K-5 for 24-25 to do the training & implement:
https://www.doe.virginia.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/55434/638544800144830000#page5

6-8 will be added next year.

Does this mean that 6th grade in elementary schools are off the hook for now? We’re signed up for the summer training. But is the implementation being moved to the following year?

Summer training is for basal. Modules will be released 6-8 in fall.

+1, 6th grade is included in the ES plan for Mondays.

Don’t worry they’ll have the 6th graders watch the K-5th graders

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How much is this training going to cost FCPS? The worst of this is that, 1) the literacy science isn't actually settled 2) this kerfuffle has been created by various for-profit curriculum companies all vying to have different school districts buy their multi-million dollar curriculums and pay for their expensive curriculum training 3) the only people that are going to suffer are the kids that will end up with still less education.

This isn’t the curriculum training.

Yeah, it would be sooo much better to skip this training, save the money, and keep those kids in school for 21 hours (out of 1,000 for the year). No need to learn about teaching phonics or fluency. Let’s just keep doing what we’ve been doing for the last 25 years. Because THAT has worked so well. /s