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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We would jump for joy if APS did more of a spring, fall, winter and then summer break with just federal holidays off. The amount of other holidays they are off is so disruptive. And, we are a family that technically celebrates one of the "other" religious holidays. We use to just pull our kiddos out if we wanted to, otherwise, they stayed in school. [/quote]

I hope you send in a comment. Have heard from other parents that all of these days off are equally disruptive for their children and they really just want to have excused absences and no tests/due date and make sure those expectations are enforced.

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The amount of days off and holidays outpaces any other working profession. No working parent can reasonably match the days that require care. [/quote]
Exactly - there are more days off during the school year than I get in holidays and paid time off (where sick leave and vacation time are combined).  Even if I used up ALL of my annual leave, I STILL wouldn't have enough to cover all of the days off that students have during the school year, let alone summer break.  Also hope that no one gets sick because that means I would have even less leave available for school year childcare during scheduled closings.  And I'm lucky -- I actually GET paid leave.  [/quote]

So you pay for alternate child care.  There are always camps for all these days off.  If you don't make enough money to pay for these things, time to re-evaluate the cost-benefit analysis of both parents working and the rest of your budget.[/quote]

Cool story. Why is ok to tell APS parents “figure it out or quit your job”, but APS can’t say the same to its own employees? [/quote]

Because adequate staffing is an operational need for the school system. YOUR childcare issues are YOUR problem. [/quote]

If the FCPS calendar causes childcare issues for APS teacher who live there, that is THEIR problem. Literally. Because they can actually vote in FCPS elections and I can’t. And whatever childcare issues the calendar imposed on them are being shared by all of the other working families of FFX county. So rather than acting superior like your problems are special and other people with the EXACT SAME problem are not, you could show some solidarity and work to make a better schedule for everyone.

But no. Instead you’re making a special claim that everyone else has to live with FCPS’ bad decision making, rather than putting the onus on people who could actually do something about it. [/quote]

Are you completely unaware of the teacher shortages? the sub shortages?

Teacher issues are not THEIR problem, they are OUR problem. Our kids suffer when teachers call in sick, especially when there are no subs, or when they quit to go work in Fairfax where they live, because then they are on the same calendar as their kids and have a shorter commute. And don't have to deal with entitled Arlington parents who don't care about teachers' needs. We saw a lot of this during the pandemic too. I'm betting the same people who complained about teachers then don't care about them now.  [/quote]

Ok so it seems clear that someone in this thread is either an APS teacher or is channeling their own caricatured version of one. I’m sure very few APS teachers think this way because it’s so comical when it’s all laid out.

APS parent: this proposed calendar would create unnecessary childcare burdens and has so many random days off it’s disruptive to student learning.

APS teacher: Any other calendar would create unnecessary childcare burdens on me and I might quit if I’m not accommodated.

APS parent: i can’t change other districts’ calendars, as I am not a resident. Surely parents in those other districts are facing the same issue. Maybe you could join your voice with theirs?

APS teacher: I’m not going to raise my voice to help all of the other working parents in my home district by getting my home school district to fix its calendar. Parents who are not able to meet the childcare burdens imposed by this calendar should just quit their jobs. Except me. I should be accommodated by my employer and every other APS parent. Oh and if you disagree you’re entitled. [/quote]

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