2025-26 school calendar first drafts

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Anonymous wrote:I want names on whoever put Monday June 22 half day as the last day of school! That is cray-cray

No need to worry since all teachers will start encouraging kids not to show up that day (like they do for certain other days throughout the year).

“Remember, kids: next Tuesday is take your kid to work day. Tell your parents that you will be the only kid in class since everyone else is going to work with their parents or staying home.”

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't see why they can't have the transition day on the Thursday before school starts like they've been doing for years. They can invite more categories of students to attend than they have in the past, and still provide bus transportation. Then the following Monday can be an instructional day.

This isn’t an option because the teacher contract requires 5 days of pre-service (the days teachers work prior to children attending school). They would have to renegotiate the contract to have the transition day during that week.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't see why they can't have the transition day on the Thursday before school starts like they've been doing for years. They can invite more categories of students to attend than they have in the past, and still provide bus transportation. Then the following Monday can be an instructional day.

This isn’t an option because the teacher contract requires 5 days of pre-service (the days teachers work prior to children attending school). They would have to renegotiate the contract to have the transition day during that week.

They have done this for years at middle and high schools on the Thursday of pre-service week.

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Anonymous wrote:The board meets Tuesday to discuss the 25-26 calendar. These new drafts have the 10-day winter break version with a last day of school on a Monday half-day following a three day weekend. Which seems absurd to me. How they could even draw up an option like that is ridiculous.

https://go.boarddocs.com/mabe/mcpsmd/Board.nsf/files/DA2QU36AEFCC/$file/Draft%202025%E2%80%932026%20SY%20Calendar%20241022%20PPT.pdf

The survey results showed a clear preference for the 10-day winter break. I think they need to come up with a version of that that ends on Thursday 6/18/26 at the latest. Even if it means eliminating the new transition day before the first day of school.

Which actually was what was in the survey they sent for people to vote on. The two survey calendars had last days on June 18th (10 day winter break) or 16th (8 day winter break). Now they have June 22nd as the last day for the 10-day break option.

Looks like they added October 20 (Diwali) as a day off since the original survey, which leads to this stupid half-day Monday (June 22) situation.

Serious question: do the people who celebrate Diwali normally stay home from work and school to do daytime observation of this holiday?

Many won’t solely because they don’t want to pull their kids from school. If you give the kids the day off school, they will.

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Anonymous wrote:The board meets Tuesday to discuss the 25-26 calendar. These new drafts have the 10-day winter break version with a last day of school on a Monday half-day following a three day weekend. Which seems absurd to me. How they could even draw up an option like that is ridiculous.

https://go.boarddocs.com/mabe/mcpsmd/Board.nsf/files/DA2QU36AEFCC/$file/Draft%202025%E2%80%932026%20SY%20Calendar%20241022%20PPT.pdf

The survey results showed a clear preference for the 10-day winter break. I think they need to come up with a version of that that ends on Thursday 6/18/26 at the latest. Even if it means eliminating the new transition day before the first day of school.

Which actually was what was in the survey they sent for people to vote on. The two survey calendars had last days on June 18th (10 day winter break) or 16th (8 day winter break). Now they have June 22nd as the last day for the 10-day break option.

Looks like they added October 20 (Diwali) as a day off since the original survey, which leads to this stupid half-day Monday (June 22) situation.

Serious question: do the people who celebrate Diwali normally stay home from work and school to do daytime observation of this holiday?

Many won’t solely because they don’t want to pull their kids from school. If you give the kids the day off school, they will.

It's not celebrated during the day.

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Anonymous wrote:The board meets Tuesday to discuss the 25-26 calendar. These new drafts have the 10-day winter break version with a last day of school on a Monday half-day following a three day weekend. Which seems absurd to me. How they could even draw up an option like that is ridiculous.

https://go.boarddocs.com/mabe/mcpsmd/Board.nsf/files/DA2QU36AEFCC/$file/Draft%202025%E2%80%932026%20SY%20Calendar%20241022%20PPT.pdf

The survey results showed a clear preference for the 10-day winter break. I think they need to come up with a version of that that ends on Thursday 6/18/26 at the latest. Even if it means eliminating the new transition day before the first day of school.

Which actually was what was in the survey they sent for people to vote on. The two survey calendars had last days on June 18th (10 day winter break) or 16th (8 day winter break). Now they have June 22nd as the last day for the 10-day break option.

Looks like they added October 20 (Diwali) as a day off since the original survey, which leads to this stupid half-day Monday (June 22) situation.

Serious question: do the people who celebrate Diwali normally stay home from work and school to do daytime observation of this holiday?

Many won’t solely because they don’t want to pull their kids from school. If you give the kids the day off school, they will.

It's not celebrated during the day.

I mean, technically, it’s several days long, right? And there are likely many daytime preparations.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The board meets Tuesday to discuss the 25-26 calendar. These new drafts have the 10-day winter break version with a last day of school on a Monday half-day following a three day weekend. Which seems absurd to me. How they could even draw up an option like that is ridiculous.

https://go.boarddocs.com/mabe/mcpsmd/Board.nsf/files/DA2QU36AEFCC/$file/Draft%202025%E2%80%932026%20SY%20Calendar%20241022%20PPT.pdf

The survey results showed a clear preference for the 10-day winter break. I think they need to come up with a version of that that ends on Thursday 6/18/26 at the latest. Even if it means eliminating the new transition day before the first day of school.

Which actually was what was in the survey they sent for people to vote on. The two survey calendars had last days on June 18th (10 day winter break) or 16th (8 day winter break). Now they have June 22nd as the last day for the 10-day break option.

Looks like they added October 20 (Diwali) as a day off since the original survey, which leads to this stupid half-day Monday (June 22) situation.

Serious question: do the people who celebrate Diwali normally stay home from work and school to do daytime observation of this holiday?

Many won’t solely because they don’t want to pull their kids from school. If you give the kids the day off school, they will.

It's not celebrated during the day.

Then why on Earth would this need to be a day off of school? At the very least, could it not be combined with the teacher workday? I would never want to stand in the way of a group celebrating their religious holiday but if it’s not celebrated during the day, what are we doing here??

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Anonymous wrote:The board meets Tuesday to discuss the 25-26 calendar. These new drafts have the 10-day winter break version with a last day of school on a Monday half-day following a three day weekend. Which seems absurd to me. How they could even draw up an option like that is ridiculous.

https://go.boarddocs.com/mabe/mcpsmd/Board.nsf/files/DA2QU36AEFCC/$file/Draft%202025%E2%80%932026%20SY%20Calendar%20241022%20PPT.pdf

The survey results showed a clear preference for the 10-day winter break. I think they need to come up with a version of that that ends on Thursday 6/18/26 at the latest. Even if it means eliminating the new transition day before the first day of school.

Which actually was what was in the survey they sent for people to vote on. The two survey calendars had last days on June 18th (10 day winter break) or 16th (8 day winter break). Now they have June 22nd as the last day for the 10-day break option.

Looks like they added October 20 (Diwali) as a day off since the original survey, which leads to this stupid half-day Monday (June 22) situation.

Serious question: do the people who celebrate Diwali normally stay home from work and school to do daytime observation of this holiday?

Many won’t solely because they don’t want to pull their kids from school. If you give the kids the day off school, they will.

It's not celebrated during the day.

Then why on Earth would this need to be a day off of school? At the very least, could it not be combined with the teacher workday? I would never want to stand in the way of a group celebrating their religious holiday but if it’s not celebrated during the day, what are we doing here??

Has there been a community effort to have no school on Diwali? I don't recall board testimony about this. There was some awhile back about Eid, and that was adopted.

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Anonymous wrote:The board meets Tuesday to discuss the 25-26 calendar. These new drafts have the 10-day winter break version with a last day of school on a Monday half-day following a three day weekend. Which seems absurd to me. How they could even draw up an option like that is ridiculous.

https://go.boarddocs.com/mabe/mcpsmd/Board.nsf/files/DA2QU36AEFCC/$file/Draft%202025%E2%80%932026%20SY%20Calendar%20241022%20PPT.pdf

The survey results showed a clear preference for the 10-day winter break. I think they need to come up with a version of that that ends on Thursday 6/18/26 at the latest. Even if it means eliminating the new transition day before the first day of school.

Which actually was what was in the survey they sent for people to vote on. The two survey calendars had last days on June 18th (10 day winter break) or 16th (8 day winter break). Now they have June 22nd as the last day for the 10-day break option.

Looks like they added October 20 (Diwali) as a day off since the original survey, which leads to this stupid half-day Monday (June 22) situation.

Serious question: do the people who celebrate Diwali normally stay home from work and school to do daytime observation of this holiday?

Many won’t solely because they don’t want to pull their kids from school. If you give the kids the day off school, they will.

It's not celebrated during the day.

Then why on Earth would this need to be a day off of school? At the very least, could it not be combined with the teacher workday? I would never want to stand in the way of a group celebrating their religious holiday but if it’s not celebrated during the day, what are we doing here??

Has there been a community effort to have no school on Diwali? I don't recall board testimony about this. There was some awhile back about Eid, and that was adopted.

They need to be fair. If they have Jewish and Muslim holidays off, why not Hindu holidays?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The board meets Tuesday to discuss the 25-26 calendar. These new drafts have the 10-day winter break version with a last day of school on a Monday half-day following a three day weekend. Which seems absurd to me. How they could even draw up an option like that is ridiculous.

https://go.boarddocs.com/mabe/mcpsmd/Board.nsf/files/DA2QU36AEFCC/$file/Draft%202025%E2%80%932026%20SY%20Calendar%20241022%20PPT.pdf

The survey results showed a clear preference for the 10-day winter break. I think they need to come up with a version of that that ends on Thursday 6/18/26 at the latest. Even if it means eliminating the new transition day before the first day of school.

Which actually was what was in the survey they sent for people to vote on. The two survey calendars had last days on June 18th (10 day winter break) or 16th (8 day winter break). Now they have June 22nd as the last day for the 10-day break option.

Looks like they added October 20 (Diwali) as a day off since the original survey, which leads to this stupid half-day Monday (June 22) situation.

Serious question: do the people who celebrate Diwali normally stay home from work and school to do daytime observation of this holiday?

Many won’t solely because they don’t want to pull their kids from school. If you give the kids the day off school, they will.

It's not celebrated during the day.

Then why on Earth would this need to be a day off of school? At the very least, could it not be combined with the teacher workday? I would never want to stand in the way of a group celebrating their religious holiday but if it’s not celebrated during the day, what are we doing here??

Has there been a community effort to have no school on Diwali? I don't recall board testimony about this. There was some awhile back about Eid, and that was adopted.

They need to be fair. If they have Jewish and Muslim holidays off, why not Hindu holidays?

It's based on whether a significant number of students or staff would miss school or work to observe the holiday.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The board meets Tuesday to discuss the 25-26 calendar. These new drafts have the 10-day winter break version with a last day of school on a Monday half-day following a three day weekend. Which seems absurd to me. How they could even draw up an option like that is ridiculous.

https://go.boarddocs.com/mabe/mcpsmd/Board.nsf/files/DA2QU36AEFCC/$file/Draft%202025%E2%80%932026%20SY%20Calendar%20241022%20PPT.pdf

The survey results showed a clear preference for the 10-day winter break. I think they need to come up with a version of that that ends on Thursday 6/18/26 at the latest. Even if it means eliminating the new transition day before the first day of school.

Which actually was what was in the survey they sent for people to vote on. The two survey calendars had last days on June 18th (10 day winter break) or 16th (8 day winter break). Now they have June 22nd as the last day for the 10-day break option.

Looks like they added October 20 (Diwali) as a day off since the original survey, which leads to this stupid half-day Monday (June 22) situation.

Serious question: do the people who celebrate Diwali normally stay home from work and school to do daytime observation of this holiday?

Many won’t solely because they don’t want to pull their kids from school. If you give the kids the day off school, they will.

It's not celebrated during the day.

Then why on Earth would this need to be a day off of school? At the very least, could it not be combined with the teacher workday? I would never want to stand in the way of a group celebrating their religious holiday but if it’s not celebrated during the day, what are we doing here??

They do the same with Passover. Celebrated evenings, Passover lasts a week, but they give one day off for cedars, which are also not in the daytime

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Anonymous wrote:The board meets Tuesday to discuss the 25-26 calendar. These new drafts have the 10-day winter break version with a last day of school on a Monday half-day following a three day weekend. Which seems absurd to me. How they could even draw up an option like that is ridiculous.

https://go.boarddocs.com/mabe/mcpsmd/Board.nsf/files/DA2QU36AEFCC/$file/Draft%202025%E2%80%932026%20SY%20Calendar%20241022%20PPT.pdf

The survey results showed a clear preference for the 10-day winter break. I think they need to come up with a version of that that ends on Thursday 6/18/26 at the latest. Even if it means eliminating the new transition day before the first day of school.

Which actually was what was in the survey they sent for people to vote on. The two survey calendars had last days on June 18th (10 day winter break) or 16th (8 day winter break). Now they have June 22nd as the last day for the 10-day break option.

Looks like they added October 20 (Diwali) as a day off since the original survey, which leads to this stupid half-day Monday (June 22) situation.

Serious question: do the people who celebrate Diwali normally stay home from work and school to do daytime observation of this holiday?

Many won’t solely because they don’t want to pull their kids from school. If you give the kids the day off school, they will.

It's not celebrated during the day.

Then why on Earth would this need to be a day off of school? At the very least, could it not be combined with the teacher workday? I would never want to stand in the way of a group celebrating their religious holiday but if it’s not celebrated during the day, what are we doing here??

They do the same with Passover. Celebrated evenings, Passover lasts a week, but they give one day off for cedars, which are also not in the daytime

No they don’t. They attempt to time a teacher professional day if possible but they have never had a full day off for everyone for Passover. And they don’t have any days off for Hanukkah because there is no religious observance taking place during the day/school hours.

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Anonymous wrote:The board meets Tuesday to discuss the 25-26 calendar. These new drafts have the 10-day winter break version with a last day of school on a Monday half-day following a three day weekend. Which seems absurd to me. How they could even draw up an option like that is ridiculous.

https://go.boarddocs.com/mabe/mcpsmd/Board.nsf/files/DA2QU36AEFCC/$file/Draft%202025%E2%80%932026%20SY%20Calendar%20241022%20PPT.pdf

The survey results showed a clear preference for the 10-day winter break. I think they need to come up with a version of that that ends on Thursday 6/18/26 at the latest. Even if it means eliminating the new transition day before the first day of school.

Which actually was what was in the survey they sent for people to vote on. The two survey calendars had last days on June 18th (10 day winter break) or 16th (8 day winter break). Now they have June 22nd as the last day for the 10-day break option.

Looks like they added October 20 (Diwali) as a day off since the original survey, which leads to this stupid half-day Monday (June 22) situation.

Serious question: do the people who celebrate Diwali normally stay home from work and school to do daytime observation of this holiday?

Many won’t solely because they don’t want to pull their kids from school. If you give the kids the day off school, they will.

It's not celebrated during the day.

Then why on Earth would this need to be a day off of school? At the very least, could it not be combined with the teacher workday? I would never want to stand in the way of a group celebrating their religious holiday but if it’s not celebrated during the day, what are we doing here??

They do the same with Passover. Celebrated evenings, Passover lasts a week, but they give one day off for cedars, which are also not in the daytime

Passover often overlaps with spring break.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The board meets Tuesday to discuss the 25-26 calendar. These new drafts have the 10-day winter break version with a last day of school on a Monday half-day following a three day weekend. Which seems absurd to me. How they could even draw up an option like that is ridiculous.

https://go.boarddocs.com/mabe/mcpsmd/Board.nsf/files/DA2QU36AEFCC/$file/Draft%202025%E2%80%932026%20SY%20Calendar%20241022%20PPT.pdf

The survey results showed a clear preference for the 10-day winter break. I think they need to come up with a version of that that ends on Thursday 6/18/26 at the latest. Even if it means eliminating the new transition day before the first day of school.

Which actually was what was in the survey they sent for people to vote on. The two survey calendars had last days on June 18th (10 day winter break) or 16th (8 day winter break). Now they have June 22nd as the last day for the 10-day break option.

Looks like they added October 20 (Diwali) as a day off since the original survey, which leads to this stupid half-day Monday (June 22) situation.

Serious question: do the people who celebrate Diwali normally stay home from work and school to do daytime observation of this holiday?

Many won’t solely because they don’t want to pull their kids from school. If you give the kids the day off school, they will.

It's not celebrated during the day.

Then why on Earth would this need to be a day off of school? At the very least, could it not be combined with the teacher workday? I would never want to stand in the way of a group celebrating their religious holiday but if it’s not celebrated during the day, what are we doing here??

Has there been a community effort to have no school on Diwali? I don't recall board testimony about this. There was some awhile back about Eid, and that was adopted.

They need to be fair. If they have Jewish and Muslim holidays off, why not Hindu holidays?

It's based on whether a significant number of students or staff would miss school or work to observe the holiday.

Don't be absurd. If they cared about absences they wouldn't put two early release days before a five day break.

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Anonymous wrote:The board meets Tuesday to discuss the 25-26 calendar. These new drafts have the 10-day winter break version with a last day of school on a Monday half-day following a three day weekend. Which seems absurd to me. How they could even draw up an option like that is ridiculous.

https://go.boarddocs.com/mabe/mcpsmd/Board.nsf/files/DA2QU36AEFCC/$file/Draft%202025%E2%80%932026%20SY%20Calendar%20241022%20PPT.pdf

The survey results showed a clear preference for the 10-day winter break. I think they need to come up with a version of that that ends on Thursday 6/18/26 at the latest. Even if it means eliminating the new transition day before the first day of school.

Which actually was what was in the survey they sent for people to vote on. The two survey calendars had last days on June 18th (10 day winter break) or 16th (8 day winter break). Now they have June 22nd as the last day for the 10-day break option.

Looks like they added October 20 (Diwali) as a day off since the original survey, which leads to this stupid half-day Monday (June 22) situation.

Serious question: do the people who celebrate Diwali normally stay home from work and school to do daytime observation of this holiday?

Many won’t solely because they don’t want to pull their kids from school. If you give the kids the day off school, they will.

It's not celebrated during the day.

Then why on Earth would this need to be a day off of school? At the very least, could it not be combined with the teacher workday? I would never want to stand in the way of a group celebrating their religious holiday but if it’s not celebrated during the day, what are we doing here??

Has there been a community effort to have no school on Diwali? I don't recall board testimony about this. There was some awhile back about Eid, and that was adopted.

They need to be fair. If they have Jewish and Muslim holidays off, why not Hindu holidays?

It's based on whether a significant number of students or staff would miss school or work to observe the holiday.

Oh look- the central office staff found the thread.

Don't you have bribes to accept from MCEA? What are you doing here?