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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I thought it was only due to Benchmark/VA Literacy Act alao, but if you look at the link below it's more vague and there's language than implies this was always in the works:

"At the end of the 2024-25 school year, we will evaluate the plan’s effectiveness. This includes researching whether staff had enough time to understand their training and whether student learning increased.

The Steering Committee will make their recommendation by June 1, 2025, if not earlier, to determine whether limited early release Mondays should continue."

https://www.fcps.edu/family-resources/safety-and-transportation/limited-early-release-mondays#reasons-for-early-release-mondays[/quote]

It's amazing how this iteration of Gatehouse can't be direct on their plans. If this was always in the works say so and let parents mentally prep. [/quote]

In my young days as a teacher, my school system provided training in the summer with a stipend and graduate credit.  It may have been a grant from Title I as I was a Title I teacher.

Implementing a reading program should not require this much training and disruption.

Possible suggestions:

Cut Gatehouse and give teachers two extra days in August for training. 
Provide Zoom training in summer for some type of recertification credit or a stipend of some type.

I am not familiar with Benchmark, but most programs come with instruction and manuals.  If the teachers cannot understand it, that is a much bigger problem. [/quote]

This is no longer about Benchmark. It's about equity in planning time between elementary teachers and MS/HS teachers. The issue was introduced way back when Garza was superintendent. If they meant to bring back half days for ES teacher planning, though, they should have said so upfront instead of pretending it was just for the training mandated under the VA Literacy Act.[/quote]

Benchmark was always a cover. The fact that so many people fell for it is why they did it. A lot of people have zero critical thinking skills and believe whatever they’re told.

Anyone who goes back to the old threads about the half day Mondays this year will see a ton of people parroting FCPS’ reasonings.

If people start to look around at other neighboring counties they will find out that some other districts (also required to follow the new VA laws) didn’t need an extra 7 half days of extra training. That should get you suspicious as to why FCPS is doing it under the guise that the laws forced them to do it. How come the laws didn’t force Prince William Public Schools to take an extra 7 half days?

They don’t have to hide behind the law anymore, because they can’t. It’s too obvious that it’s a lie.

But they will now say “the schedule is given ahead of time so people need to deal with it.” It’s not like anyone can stop them from doing whatever they want.

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