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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][i][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’d be happy enough with the 26-27 calendar as is, as long as the dumb 3 hour early releases are going the way of the dodo. My kids’ ES has given up on any instruction on those days. They use them for class test makeups if a kid was sick and then spend the rest of the time for all the other kids on “team building activities” and playing games. Meanwhile SOL’s are sneaking up on us … only March, April, and maybe a week of May left to go and we have to get through spring break in there … [/quote]

My guess is, if they can get rid of the early release, Meren can declare victory. It’s an intensely unpopular policy.

Hopefully, they can draw some guidelines for commonsense reformed to the calendar going forward: [b]TW/SD days only permitted on Monday or Friday[/b], teacher training moved virtual and [b]carried out to some extent during snow days[/b], [b]TW days layered on top of either federal or religious holidays, whichever makes more sense.[/b][/quote]

None of your ideas make sense and/or are feasible. Get real.
 
TW/PD on a Friday? Never going to happen. Fridays are not productive. No one ever schedules meetings for Friday afternoons. By then, teachers are exhausted.

Virtual teacher training on snow days. doesn’t make sense as teachers’ own children would be at home. A snow day means teachers are off period.

[b]TW on a religious or federal holiday? I don’t think so.[/b]

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Bad news, this already exists. It’s called indigenous peoples day, and it’s a federal holiday.

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Worse news, Indigenous Peoples Day is NOT formally recognized as a federal holiday.

I swear people forget that literally everything they attempt to spew as fact can be easily verified. Google exists, use it. [/quote]

Columbus Day is a Federal holiday. It’s just called indigenous peoples day in some constituencies. It is still a federal holiday. Teachers in Fairfax still work . The world continues to spin. Put down the wine. [/quote]

But just so we’re clear, this is what was written:

“It’s called indigenous peoples day, and it’s a federal holiday.”

And that is a false statement. But by all means, move the goalposts! [/quote]

Ok. You’re right. By using the nomenclature on the FCPS calendar I confused you.

October 13, 2025, a TW Day, was a federal holiday. And yet still a TW day. And that is an excellent precedent for how we can create a more effective calendar. [/quote]

I was not confused. I responded to what YOU said. Nothing to do with the nomenclature on the calendar. Based on your original statement, it appears that you were the confused one and are still quite confused.

October 13, 2025, FCPS had a TW/SP day on Indigenous People’s Day. For some reason you’re now doubling down that it’s a federal holiday (thought we cleared that up).

If you notice, the 2019-2020 calendar has the second Monday in October as Columbus Day. Starting in 2020, at the direction of the governor, the STATE of Virginia (see how I said STATE bc it’s not a FEDERAL holiday) decided to shift away from the federal holiday of Columbus Day. You’ll see the non-federal holiday of Indigenous People’s Day reflected on the FCPS calendars from 2020-2021 and onward.

The more ya know! [/quote]

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