APS 2021-2022 CALENDAR CHANGES

[Anonymous]

APS 2021-2022 CALENDAR ALERT! Be sure to read the email from APS and respond to the survey. They really seem to be trying to push forward quick & dirty without time for parent/staff/community input. The survey is only open through October 30th!
They're adding four religious holidays (Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, one Eid, and Diwali), which do not seem to be up for negotiation.
This necessitates starting school about a week earlier. If you object to an earlier start or later end to the school year, the holidays the survey lets you elect to cut in exchange (you are to pick 5) are Columbus/Peoples Indigenous Day, day before Thanksgiving, Winter Break days, or government/secular holidays like Veterans Day or MLK day, for example.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:APS 2021-2022 CALENDAR ALERT! Be sure to read the email from APS and respond to the survey. They really seem to be trying to push forward quick & dirty without time for parent/staff/community input. The survey is only open through October 30th!
They're adding four religious holidays (Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, one Eid, and Diwali), which do not seem to be up for negotiation.
This necessitates starting school about a week earlier. If you object to an earlier start or later end to the school year, the holidays the survey lets you elect to cut in exchange (you are to pick 5) are Columbus/Peoples Indigenous Day, day before Thanksgiving, Winter Break days, or government/secular holidays like Veterans Day or MLK day, for example.

1) it’s about time that APS recognized that not all of its students are Christian. While I recognize that not all religious holidays are acknowledged by this schedule, it represents a major step forward toward inclusion.
2) the proposed calendar better aligns with calendars of area school systems, which assists staff living in those areas.
3) APS should stop soliciting feedback on the calendar. Tell us what the calendar is and be done with it. Everyone will adjust.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:APS 2021-2022 CALENDAR ALERT! Be sure to read the email from APS and respond to the survey. They really seem to be trying to push forward quick & dirty without time for parent/staff/community input. The survey is only open through October 30th!
They're adding four religious holidays (Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, one Eid, and Diwali), which do not seem to be up for negotiation.
This necessitates starting school about a week earlier. If you object to an earlier start or later end to the school year, the holidays the survey lets you elect to cut in exchange (you are to pick 5) are Columbus/Peoples Indigenous Day, day before Thanksgiving, Winter Break days, or government/secular holidays like Veterans Day or MLK day, for example.

Wow. I thought this post was offensive when you posted it on AEM and I still think so. You seem to be quite annoyed that APS is respecting more major non-Christian holidays. The only thing that disappoints me about this proposed calendar, aside from reactions like yours, is that it took APS so long to do this.

[Anonymous]

If they must include religious holidays, be inclusive FFS.

I’d be fine if you remove them all - including Xmas, Easter, etc. Give breaks at off-peak times.

[Anonymous]

And the calendar start was already going to be before Labor Day.

Whiny Christian.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:APS 2021-2022 CALENDAR ALERT! Be sure to read the email from APS and respond to the survey. They really seem to be trying to push forward quick & dirty without time for parent/staff/community input. The survey is only open through October 30th!
They're adding four religious holidays (Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, one Eid, and Diwali), which do not seem to be up for negotiation.
This necessitates starting school about a week earlier. If you object to an earlier start or later end to the school year, the holidays the survey lets you elect to cut in exchange (you are to pick 5) are Columbus/Peoples Indigenous Day, day before Thanksgiving, Winter Break days, or government/secular holidays like Veterans Day or MLK day, for example.

Wow. I thought this post was offensive when you posted it on AEM and I still think so. You seem to be quite annoyed that APS is respecting more major non-Christian holidays. The only thing that disappoints me about this proposed calendar, aside from reactions like yours, is that it took APS so long to do this.

+1

[Anonymous]

Oh no, you mean to say non-Christians would have a day off to celebrate their religious holiday?? How horrible!

[Anonymous]

Stop being a bigot, Beverly.

[Anonymous]

10 days is plenty of time! This year it works out nicely because Rosh Hashana extends Labor Day weekend. My only gripe with this calendar is that we get out too late. I grew up starting school mid-August and getting out by Memorial Day and prefer that. I felt it was easier when I taught that schedule too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:APS 2021-2022 CALENDAR ALERT! Be sure to read the email from APS and respond to the survey. They really seem to be trying to push forward quick & dirty without time for parent/staff/community input. The survey is only open through October 30th!
They're adding four religious holidays (Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, one Eid, and Diwali), which do not seem to be up for negotiation.
This necessitates starting school about a week earlier. If you object to an earlier start or later end to the school year, the holidays the survey lets you elect to cut in exchange (you are to pick 5) are Columbus/Peoples Indigenous Day, day before Thanksgiving, Winter Break days, or government/secular holidays like Veterans Day or MLK day, for example.

I don't understand your objection to the added holidays. At all.

APS has been trying to start earlier for years. Nothing new there.

I also don't understand why you think you deserve a say in any of this. You're only a parent. It's not like you are an important stakeholder. Take a seat and let them work.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:APS 2021-2022 CALENDAR ALERT! Be sure to read the email from APS and respond to the survey. They really seem to be trying to push forward quick & dirty without time for parent/staff/community input. The survey is only open through October 30th!
They're adding four religious holidays (Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, one Eid, and Diwali), which do not seem to be up for negotiation.
This necessitates starting school about a week earlier. If you object to an earlier start or later end to the school year, the holidays the survey lets you elect to cut in exchange (you are to pick 5) are Columbus/Peoples Indigenous Day, day before Thanksgiving, Winter Break days, or government/secular holidays like Veterans Day or MLK day, for example.

I don't understand your objection to the added holidays. At all.

APS has been trying to start earlier for years. Nothing new there.

I also don't understand why you think you deserve a say in any of this. You're only a parent. It's not like you are an important stakeholder. Take a seat and let them work.

Arlington needs to stop soliciting community input. I’m staff and would be fine if they stopped surveying us too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:APS 2021-2022 CALENDAR ALERT! Be sure to read the email from APS and respond to the survey. They really seem to be trying to push forward quick & dirty without time for parent/staff/community input. The survey is only open through October 30th!
They're adding four religious holidays (Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, one Eid, and Diwali), which do not seem to be up for negotiation.
This necessitates starting school about a week earlier. If you object to an earlier start or later end to the school year, the holidays the survey lets you elect to cut in exchange (you are to pick 5) are Columbus/Peoples Indigenous Day, day before Thanksgiving, Winter Break days, or government/secular holidays like Veterans Day or MLK day, for example.

I don't understand your objection to the added holidays. At all.

APS has been trying to start earlier for years. Nothing new there.

I also don't understand why you think you deserve a say in any of this. You're only a parent. It's not like you are an important stakeholder. Take a seat and let them work.

Kids might realize there are alternatives to Christianity.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:10 days is plenty of time! This year it works out nicely because Rosh Hashana extends Labor Day weekend. My only gripe with this calendar is that we get out too late. I grew up starting school mid-August and getting out by Memorial Day and prefer that. I felt it was easier when I taught that schedule too.

+1. This is my gripe too. Starting earlier (which I prefer) but getting out at the same time. Time to let some of those other holidays go (which I doubt will happen, they've been on the calendar too long), and/or have a slightly shortened winter break.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:10 days is plenty of time! This year it works out nicely because Rosh Hashana extends Labor Day weekend. My only gripe with this calendar is that we get out too late. I grew up starting school mid-August and getting out by Memorial Day and prefer that. I felt it was easier when I taught that schedule too.

+1. This is my gripe too. Starting earlier (which I prefer) but getting out at the same time. Time to let some of those other holidays go (which I doubt will happen, they've been on the calendar too long), and/or have a slightly shortened winter break.

PP
My first year in APS we didn’t have 2 full weeks for Winter break which I thought was weird but I’d gladly give up a few days if we could get out earlier. I’m
Also fine with working Indigenous People’s Day and Veteran’s Day.

[Anonymous]

Wow I fully support this calendar! What an amazing thing for my children to get our religious holidays off. Is this what it's felt like to be Christian all this time?

Thanks for the heads up, OP! I just completed the survey to support the calendar.