Year around schools VA

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I cannot believe how suddenly important pools are.

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Anonymous wrote:It is hard to staff camps for year round school breaks. College kids are in school during the school year. Many people will want to get hired for 8-10 weeks in the summer but it is challenging to staff for 2 weeks here and 3 weeks there

Where I am from teachers often staff the "intersession" likely the same who have summer jobs in a traditional schedule.

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I'm a hospital nurse and only get one week off per summer max. I would if there were breaks throughout the year.

[Anonymous]

Does anyone think this will be mandatory? My kids don’t need it. We have supplemented and they are working above grade. I want my kids to have camps, sports, vacations and all of the things that they missed out on last summer vs sitting in a hot classroom in masks doing remedial work. Have all students take a test and offer to only those who need it.

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Anonymous wrote:I cannot believe how suddenly important pools are.

I guess you weren't around for the discussions to open schools one week prior to Labor Day! That's when I realized what a big deal private pool clubs are to people in Fairfax County. The financial solvency of these private pool clubs is WAY more important than the education of the 40% of kids who get free lunch and have no membership in private pool clubs or the other 30% who don't belong to a private pool club.

Priorities on display.

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Anonymous wrote:Does anyone think this will be mandatory? My kids don’t need it. We have supplemented and they are working above grade. I want my kids to have camps, sports, vacations and all of the things that they missed out on last summer vs sitting in a hot classroom in masks doing remedial work. Have all students take a test and offer to only those who need it.

It will definitely not be mandatory if it does even happen.

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Anonymous wrote:A lot of people have family across the country or overseas, and want extended time to travel in summer. I think those families would be against year round school.

6 weeks is not enough?

No, especially for those of us with family overseas. Sit down.

This is disingenuous because you and I both know for families who travel overseas to see family they often go during the school year sometimes for a month or so at a time. Particularly my students who are from Asian countries. That is expensive travel and they make a whole thing of it. You don’t need summer break exclusively when many families will travel to Asia for 4-5 weeks during school as it is. I have one student there now in fact.

Disingenuous you say and then write about people taking off a whole summer??? What world do you live in.

It ain’t the same for an Asian kid with a rich azz parent who can still work online than a teacher. A teacher can’t take a whole month off. One for job reasons. Two because were poor and can’t afford to skip two paychecks and pay bills. On top of the expenditures incurred from that supposed travel.


My god some of you are so high up your rear you spew any random stupidity that crosses your ‘brain’

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Anonymous wrote:Does anyone think this will be mandatory? My kids don’t need it. We have supplemented and they are working above grade. I want my kids to have camps, sports, vacations and all of the things that they missed out on last summer vs sitting in a hot classroom in masks doing remedial work. Have all students take a test and offer to only those who need it.

It will definitely not be mandatory if it does even happen.

Exactly. It ain’t gonna be mandatory because it ain’t gonna happen. It’s a facade move by northam. All for the gallery. He looks cool and like he even cares an iota but he’s terms up in a year and he’s just polishing his career position.

Like the legalizing weed move. Is it gonna happen? In Virginia? lol

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Anonymous wrote:I cannot believe how suddenly important pools are.

I guess you weren't around for the discussions to open schools one week prior to Labor Day! That's when I realized what a big deal private pool clubs are to people in Fairfax County. The financial solvency of these private pool clubs is WAY more important than the education of the 40% of kids who get free lunch and have no membership in private pool clubs or the other 30% who don't belong to a private pool club.

Priorities on display.

Pp here. Here’s what’s so funny to me. I’m a teacher who said I’d teach hybrid so even when my pool opened I didn’t take my kids. I didn’t trust it and knew I needed to be healthy because I was “going in to school” as far as I knew. I prioritized school over the pool. Duh.

Now, I support year round schedule because I think the work ahead of us to assess any gaps and address them is daunting. This really would help prevent further summer slide and help kids retain info better. But parents who SWEAR we are lazy and don’t care about kids and don’t want to do our jobs and don’t think education is important are fighting instead for those damn pools lololol.

All this time they’ve been attacking teachers like we didn’t care about education or school but when it comes down to it they actually don’t want to change or improve anything if it interrupts the POOL!

[Anonymous]

This thread is 7 pages long. Has it been determined whether we are talking about summer school or a modified calendar (aka year round) or some other plan? Do we know if it is for all or some, mandatory or optional? Seems like a lot of panty bunching over something that was briefly mentioned in a news conference.

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Anonymous wrote:I cannot believe how suddenly important pools are.

I guess you weren't around for the discussions to open schools one week prior to Labor Day! That's when I realized what a big deal private pool clubs are to people in Fairfax County. The financial solvency of these private pool clubs is WAY more important than the education of the 40% of kids who get free lunch and have no membership in private pool clubs or the other 30% who don't belong to a private pool club.

Priorities on display.

Pp here. Here’s what’s so funny to me. I’m a teacher who said I’d teach hybrid so even when my pool opened I didn’t take my kids. I didn’t trust it and knew I needed to be healthy because I was “going in to school” as far as I knew. I prioritized school over the pool. Duh.

Now, I support year round schedule because I think the work ahead of us to assess any gaps and address them is daunting. This really would help prevent further summer slide and help kids retain info better. But parents who SWEAR we are lazy and don’t care about kids and don’t want to do our jobs and don’t think education is important are fighting instead for those damn pools lololol.

All this time they’ve been attacking teachers like we didn’t care about education or school but when it comes down to it they actually don’t want to change or improve anything if it interrupts the POOL!

Two teacher household here and we went to the pool almost every day this summer. It was well organized and we never felt as though anything was not safe. We both also were willing to do hybrid. I admit I’d like to be able to use the pool again this summer.

My guess is any extended school year this summer will be suggested for certain students and teachers will apply to teach, similar to summer programs of the past. I used to teach summer school, but then they basically did away with it for Gen Ed. Anyhow, their max hourly rate for other summer jobs is always lower than my regular rate if you figure it out by contract. Maybe they’ll raise the pay rate.

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Anonymous wrote:Does anyone think this will be mandatory? My kids don’t need it. We have supplemented and they are working above grade. I want my kids to have camps, sports, vacations and all of the things that they missed out on last summer vs sitting in a hot classroom in masks doing remedial work. Have all students take a test and offer to only those who need it.

"OUR KIDS ARE BEHIND!"

[someone mentions school during the summer]

"NO NOT LIKE THAT!"

[Anonymous]

All members of Open School
Now should be required to enroll their kids in mandatory summer school. All the clamoring about how their kids aren’t learning anything. They can have the spots in place of everyone who feels DL is adequate.

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Anonymous wrote:No I want summer.

There are still bound to be several three week long breaks and such.

So three weeks off at spring break, summer and Christmas? No thanks. It’s the same thing. I’d rather be off when it’s warm out.

Yeah, no thanks. My kids really benefit from summer. They do some academic camps too so they don't lose skills. the beach communities will suffer tremendously. Makes much more sense to offer summer school to those who need it.

As it should be. But no, it’s equity era. So now downplay everything to look nice but truthfully it sucks. That’s what big tech, politicians and lawmakers alike want for our lives.

Ok there. Sounding an awful lot like your brethren on the wrong side of history but you do you boo

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Anonymous wrote:A lot of people have family across the country or overseas, and want extended time to travel in summer. I think those families would be against year round school.

6 weeks is not enough?

No, especially for those of us with family overseas. Sit down.

Good point.