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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It seems only voucher enthusiastics are vocal on this debate.

I, as a FCPS parent, do not support vouchers. They are not going to solve problems in public education.  If you don't like the politics (DEI, empathy, religious neutral) of FCPS, then spend your own money to find the school you like.  I support your right to choose but not your right to take the money out. [/quote]

I actually align pretty closely with the politics you laid out above and I still think FCPS is going the way of vouchers.  What you lay out I think really motivates about 5% of people.

But most parents have jobs. All the narrative about school not being childcare is fine— but most parents have jobs and want their kids in school five days per week. Early dismissal Monday’s [b]when no other local district did that[/b] totally ruined FCPS’ credibility for me.[/quote]

Falls Church City has early release Wednesdays almost every week in elementary school and once a month in middle school.
https://www.fccps.org/page/calendars

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Ok. But Arlington and Loudoun and other systems of size do not. Loudoun even specifically backed off such a plan because they took parent inputs.[/quote]

Arlington had early release Wednesdays for years. 
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And now does not. Presumably because they understand that their parent population overwhelmingly works outside the home and expecting adults to be home at noon on Wednesday is intensely disrespectful. Almost as disrespectful as the claim that warehousing kids in the auditorium doesn’t detract from instructional time. Truly it’s insulting. And when you point these very basic things out you’re told you’re MAGA.[/quote]

Uh yeah we do.  We got rid of early release EVERY Wednesday around the same time FCPS did but we have always had at least 5 early release days in the calendar for professional development.

If this truth insults you, I’m sorry, but I try to post the truth. 
-15+ year APS teacher, FCPS parent[/quote]

Yes, you don’t have eight (I just checked) and they’re not announced at the beginning of school and they’re not blamed on the state “dropping” requirements on you, which is what FCPS did last year. [/quote]

We have 7 for elementary (5 PDs and 2 parent conferences) and 5 for secondary.  To be pendantic, when you said “now does not” you did not say that they have lessened the number of days to 5-7, but said we do not. And to be specific about last year, we had entire days off added to the calendar, not half days, but the half days were there as well.

You seem to be acting out of emotion rather than logic as you are simultaneously arguing that FCPS is warehousing kids in an auditorium (which was proven wrong earlier by posting a schedule of activities) and that expecting parents to pick kids up early is awful, but 7 times a year is okay where as 5 times is fine.  In short, r “argument” is not logical.  [/quote]

Kids who actually attended the “childcare” reported being sent to the cafeteria with the Chromebook's and told to be quiet. That’s warehousing no matter what you put on the website as the “schedule”.

The argument is as follows: lying to parents that early release was about DOE requirements in 2025, lying to parents that early release in 2025 was a limited event, and then lying to parents about what the kids are doing does not make you a credible party. Arlington did not claim that they were forced to do early release, and as you say they used early release that was already in their schedule long before VDOE requirements came down to do the training. [/quote]

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