MoCo 24-25 calendar feedback

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:October 3rd is listed as a PD day on both calendars and that’s Rosh Hashanah!

Good grief, I hope it was an accident they quickly fix not a new idea someone had.

Hmm, they did not mention this at the meeting as a change they intended to make. (It has been a non-instructional day on past calendars.)

Oops.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:October 3rd is listed as a PD day on both calendars and that’s Rosh Hashanah!

Good grief, I hope it was an accident they quickly fix not a new idea someone had.

Hmm, they did not mention this at the meeting as a change they intended to make. (It has been a non-instructional day on past calendars.)

Oops.

It is actually listed as professional development/makeup. Not that there is anything to make up usually at that time of year ...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:October 3rd is listed as a PD day on both calendars and that’s Rosh Hashanah!

Good grief, I hope it was an accident they quickly fix not a new idea someone had.

Hmm, they did not mention this at the meeting as a change they intended to make. (It has been a non-instructional day on past calendars.)

Oops.

It is actually listed as professional development/makeup. Not that there is anything to make up usually at that time of year ...

Yes, that is how it's listed on the current drafts, but in years past it has been listed as NI, a non-instructional day.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Let’s close school for everyone’s religious holidays: Christian, Jewish, Muslim, Hindu and Chinese New year. And given the big Persian population in Moco, we should add Persian new year to the list!

I don’t know if you meant any of this seriously, but —as a teacher and parent— I think we should. At least for holidays that require weekday daytime observance. It’s possible with year round schooling.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Note that for Sample B, the last day of school is Friday, June 20, the day after the Thursday Juneteenth holiday. So there would be three days of school, a Thursday holiday, then an early release day on the last day.

That is pretty dumb. They can't find a half day somewhere earlier to at least end on Wed 6/18?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Does anyone think there is a chance we will start after Labor Day?

I hope not. Way too late

Labor Day is September 2. Not even close to way too late.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I want to start after labor day and end before memorial day. Plenty of time to get 180 instruction days in then.

Sure. Let's change state laws on requiring that school be closed on Good Friday, Eastern Monday, and Christmas to New Years.

Now laws requiring we take Jewish holidays off

First, no law requires this. MCPS has Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur off because too many teachers are absent/not enough subs to cover those who take off to observe the holidays. Second, it’s not “now.” I graduated from MCPS in the mid-1990s and we had those two days off.

+1 I’m class of ‘90 so I started MCPS in the 70s. Always had RH and YK off.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:October 3rd is listed as a PD day on both calendars and that’s Rosh Hashanah!

Oh, fukc them. I'm too tired to even explain how enraged I am. Fukc them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I want to start after labor day and end before memorial day. Plenty of time to get 180 instruction days in then.

If we have school on Saturdays...

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I think Option A looks pretty good, except that I think it's weird that the first semester is 10 days longer than the second semester (Q1, 46 days + Q2, 50 days = 96 for Sem 1; Q3, 44 days + Q4, 42 edays = 86 days for Sem 2). Semester 2 also loses so many days to testing (AP, MCAP, etc.). It seems like they could do a better job of balancing that.

Good point. Seems like they could have the first semester end a few days earlier to make it more even.

The uneven semesters was one if my feedback comments. I’m annoyed they didn’t fix it.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I think Option A looks pretty good, except that I think it's weird that the first semester is 10 days longer than the second semester (Q1, 46 days + Q2, 50 days = 96 for Sem 1; Q3, 44 days + Q4, 42 edays = 86 days for Sem 2). Semester 2 also loses so many days to testing (AP, MCAP, etc.). It seems like they could do a better job of balancing that.

Good point. Seems like they could have the first semester end a few days earlier to make it more even.

The uneven semesters was one if my feedback comments. I’m annoyed they didn’t fix it.

There are often uneven quarters and semesters.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I think Option A looks pretty good, except that I think it's weird that the first semester is 10 days longer than the second semester (Q1, 46 days + Q2, 50 days = 96 for Sem 1; Q3, 44 days + Q4, 42 edays = 86 days for Sem 2). Semester 2 also loses so many days to testing (AP, MCAP, etc.). It seems like they could do a better job of balancing that.

Good point. Seems like they could have the first semester end a few days earlier to make it more even.

The uneven semesters was one if my feedback comments. I’m annoyed they didn’t fix it.

There are often uneven quarters and semesters.

But why? Is there any compelling reason?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:I think Option A looks pretty good, except that I think it's weird that the first semester is 10 days longer than the second semester (Q1, 46 days + Q2, 50 days = 96 for Sem 1; Q3, 44 days + Q4, 42 edays = 86 days for Sem 2). Semester 2 also loses so many days to testing (AP, MCAP, etc.). It seems like they could do a better job of balancing that.

Good point. Seems like they could have the first semester end a few days earlier to make it more even.

The uneven semesters was one if my feedback comments. I’m annoyed they didn’t fix it.

There are often uneven quarters and semesters.

But why? Is there any compelling reason?

Do they line up with professional days on various holidays?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:I think Option A looks pretty good, except that I think it's weird that the first semester is 10 days longer than the second semester (Q1, 46 days + Q2, 50 days = 96 for Sem 1; Q3, 44 days + Q4, 42 edays = 86 days for Sem 2). Semester 2 also loses so many days to testing (AP, MCAP, etc.). It seems like they could do a better job of balancing that.

Good point. Seems like they could have the first semester end a few days earlier to make it more even.

The uneven semesters was one if my feedback comments. I’m annoyed they didn’t fix it.

There are often uneven quarters and semesters.

Uneven quarters are fine, but they should have even semesters -- in HS classes are semester long.

[Anonymous]

When looking at this I felt I was given choices that didn't matter mostly. What I'd vote for is fewer half days.