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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Well this new way is a great non example of equity that DCPS goes on and on about. Don’t have a computer?  Too bad. Can’t figure out excel?  Too bad.  Who outside highly educated people are going to mess with this?  Definitely not the engagement DCPS claimed to care so much about. [/quote]

This is not the only way to provide feedback on the calendar. It is simply a new way to do it, in addition to the way it's always been done, which is that they will put out a proposed calendar and there will be a period for comments/feedback before they finalize. You can still provide comments/feedback during the review period.

But now ALSO if you are so convinced you can put together a calendar that works, go ahead and do it. The number of people who do this will be quite small, not for equity reasons, but because the vast majority of people don't actually want to deal with the logistical nightmare that is trying to compose a school year calendar. I also bet that 100% of the calendars that do get submitted will be impossible to implement because they will lack adequate in-service days, PD days, raise major objections from the teachers union, or otherwise have fundamental issues making them unworkable. Even if some submitted schedules meet all those requirements, the people who complain about schedules will also complain about those schedules (there are simply divisions within the district on certain aspects of scheduling, especially the timing, duration, and frequency of breaks).

There is no equity issue here. The people claiming there is one are like Twitter bots and will scream equity about literally everything.[/quote]

OP here:
Download the Excel template. It forces you to fill it out in such a way that meets requirements for service days (min 180, max 185), requisite PD and record days, PTC days, etc. It's pretty cool. But no way in hell does this meet any of DCPS's equity goals.

I'll post up my completed calendar if anyone else wants to download and submit it to DCPS.

My revised big rock issues: 
-Return of February break
-Moving up spring break by a week or two
-Last day of school later in the week (either Thursday or Friday)
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