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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I didn't like the calendar this year at all.

Some of it was outside of the school's control. The [b]snowcrete [/b]never-ending closure was an anomaly that frustrated me, but I can't [i]really [/i]blame on FCPS. This was the second year in a row of pretty bad snow and the county has got to develop a better plan to clear it if snow is going to be a more regular occurrence in our region. The closures for [b]special elections[/b] were also frustrating. I appreciated that they at least tried to combine them with TWs, but they just felt like one more thing on top of a bad situation.

Overall, though, there were entirely too many [b]TWs[/b]/SPs. Do teachers really need 2.5 days at the end of every quarter? On top of that, as an elementary parent, we had these completely unjustified monthly half-days. I was annoyed last year when they introduced them to help teachers learn a last-minute new curriculum, but at least there was a reason for them. This year they just...decided to keep them for fun?

I really don't mind a few extra student holidays to allow minority religion families to celebrate some of their major holidays. Part of what I like about living in Fairfax is how diverse it is and I liked that the days off prompted my kid to ask why and learn a little bit about Yom Kippur and Ramadan and Diwali, in addition to Christmas and Easter. It doesn't cover every holiday, nor is that feasible, but I like the message that it sends. And since sometimes those holidays fall on weekends or over the summer, I would leave them alone. This year happened to fall a lot mid-week and was exacerbated by the other closures, but generally-speaking, if we reigned in the TWs and monthly half-days, I think the calendar could be a lot better without having to throw holidays under the bus. [/quote]

I hear you. I’m the high school parent who liked the calendar. We didn’t have the monthly early releases though. But we do get some releases throughout the year. We will be getting them during final exams. And we also had modified schedules on PSAT/SAT day as well as 3 SOL days and AP exam days. On the SOL days we could come in late because they only held afternoon classes. On AP exam day, kids leave early after their exam.[/quote]

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