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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]4 day weeks!!!!  Just federal holidays [/quote]

You mean 5 day weeks, not 4 day weeks.

The AP classes are receiving [b]several hours less class than the minimum amount of class time recommended by the college board[/b]

This is in spite of FCPS moving the start date into August [b]with the purpose of giving the high school kids an earlier start to have more hours to prepare for AP exams.[/b]

At what point will FCPS start putting academic achievement, literacy, etc before everything else???

Is the purpose of school to educate, combate illiteracy and ensure our young people can maintain a functioning,  successful society?

Or is the purpose to create little political foot soldiers who cannot read or do math beyond a basic level?

What the heck happened to FCPS over the past 2 to 5 years???[/quote]

Are they? Are you positive?[/quote]

Yes.

According to mg kid, the teachers said that with our 3 and 4 day weeks, the AP classes are averaging more than an hour and a half fewer class hours than recommended by the college board.[/quote]

On the 4 day weeks, the AP classes average just 3 hours instruction time per week (if the class begins and ends at the bell).

On the 3 day weeks, the AP classes average a max 90 minutes to 3 hours instruction per week.

On the two day weeks, the AP classes have a maximum of 90 minutes instruction per week.

Most AP classes are recommended to have a minumum 5 to 7 hours of instruction per week just to cover the material.

Some of the more difficult or intensive classes recommend a minimum of 7 to 10 hours of class time per week just to cover the material.

This semester,  my kid has only had 2 weeks in some of ther very rigorous AP classes where they had 3 days of instruction (4.5 hours).

Most of the weeks, they received less than 3 hours of class instruction, around 1/2 to 1/3 of class time recommended by the college board for AP classes.

FCPS is very much screwing over the high school students by making nearly every week this semester a 3 or 4 day week.[/quote]

And this lack of consistent 5 day week is very much an equity issue for poor or recent immigrant families who are depending on successful AP exam completion to help cut back on the cost of college tuition.

It also is an equity issue for poor, ESOL and lower performing demographics at the elementary and early childhood level who tend to struggle or score lower with literacy and math.

By creating a calendar that makes it impossible for these kids to consistently learn, FCPS is guaranteeing that they will have more difficult adult lives, less chance of college success, lower paying jobs and far less social and economic mobility.  Fcps is funneling these kids into a lifetime of poverty or lower earning potential.

They are hindering kids who might be able to afford a college degree by knocking off a year with successful AP exams.  And guaranteeing an income divide for lower performing demographics by preventing early elementary kids from having a productive and consistent 5 day school week to master literacy and math.

For all their talk about "equity" the leadership and school board of fcps are just a bunch of sanctimonious hypocrites. If they really cared about "equity" and wanted all fcps students to succeed, they would give us a normal school schedule that is not full of 3 and 4 day weeks, particularly 1st semester when the weather is good, kids are fresh and ready to learn.[/quote]

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