Reply to Is APS closed for Juneteenth?

Forum Index » VA Public Schools other than FCPS

Reply to "Is APS closed for Juneteenth?"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why does APS still have school?[/quote]

Because after this crap show of a year it would be really messed up to not give the elementary and middle school kids the closure of a last day. Feel free to keep yours home if you want. [/quote]

Thanks, hon. We’re in Loudoun, so we’ve been done since last Tuesday.[/quote]

NP. Weird, then, that you're posting on an APS thread.[/quote]

What’s weird (for around here, at least) is that APS doesn’t finish school until after the middle of June.[/quote]

It’s because APS couldn’t get a Kings Dominion waiver when the rest of you did.  This is the first school year we’ve been eligible, and the school board decided to ease us into the transition after so many parents pitched a fit that starting two weeks earlier than usual would run their vacation plans.[/quote]

APS doesn’t need a waiver any longer. The state voted to let school systems start before Labor Day last year. They were all set to, but the pandemic pushed the start of the school year back. [/quote]

It wasn't because APS couldn't get a waiver before - they never asked for one.  They were going to do so two years ago but "the community"  cried "You can't do that! You can't shorten our summer with only six months' notice!  We've made vacation plans!"  So they decided to postpone the earlier start to the next year, which would have been this past school year.  But then COVID and they decided they needed more time to prepare for opening virtually. For what good that did.  So it's APS who is finally getting around to starting before Labor Day; not finally getting permission to.[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics