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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]BTW the teachers union in NYC is amazingly powerful but even they don’t advocate for schedule disruptions/more “work days”[/quote]

Perhaps they advocate for better conditions in other ways: teaching fewer classes, a cap on the number of total students, a reasonable retake/retest policy, more dedicated planning time, fewer non-teaching duties, fewer meetings.

There are many ways to show support to teachers. [/quote]

And you’ve listed a few that aren’t at the expense of students. Pushing for more disruption and workdays, in addition to (clearly) alienating parents, also shows teachers as wholly out for themselves and not at all interested in whats best for their students— even when its things like missed meals, or whole days alone/unsupervised. Advocating a smaller classroom size at least has the appearance of recognizing that schools are supposed to care about students.[/quote]

Smaller classroom size means more teachers, which means more funding, which means higher taxes.  And the public already balks at that.  So, direct your anger at those who deserve it - everyone.[/quote]

The CBA isn’t making classroom size their issue, they’re making “planning time” their issue. They should focus on something that is better for students not clearly bad for students and families to benefit teachers.

Also, this schedule has higher costs for families. Higher costs spread across all of Fairfax is a lot saner than higher costs concentrated on households with children.

New Jersey has preferential hiring for residents into public jobs, that would be another change that would align teachers and parents better.[/quote]

[b]1- planning time benefits your child and you more than you think.  Teachers can be trained in new techniques, or ways to identify disabilities or answer you emails with more planning time.  They can grade papers and give more meaningful feedback etc, etc.[/b]

2- No teachers aren’t the ones pushing for this- it is coming from new curriculum initiatives and science of reading training.

3- If all you are concerned about is the amount you pay for camps, angle to get taxpayers to pay for school aged camp subsidies.  ACPS used to sponsor minicamps.  I”m going to bet you see that would be impossible, so instead you are choosing to pick on teachers who are the low hanging fruit for you.  A group of women who don’t have much power and dedicated themselves to trying to teach your kids should be easy for you to steam roll. It is very maddening that you have to pay for camps and can’t tell them what to do.[/quote]

You are hilarious if you think teachers in Greenwich don’t respond to emails, grade papers, etc. They just manage it without shutting down schools eight extra days every year. And their outcomes suggest their training is as good or better than what Fairfax gets.[/quote]

Greenwich has Tuesday march 24th 2026 as an early release for professional development.  They had an earlier March half day as well. Their test scores are better because of higher income families make up the single high school district.  My sister lives in Brookline MA which is very high performing.  My Kindergarten niece is being taught using Lucy Caulkins. As a teacher who taught in VA vs Brookline she reports the teachers there are very out of date as is the overall curriculum.  The district does well because the parents are rich. [/quote]

Two early release vs. quarterly early release and monthly early. Your niece isn’t in Connecticut which updated its reading curriculum in the last three years.

And still has five day weeks, and two full days vs Fairfax’s ELEVEN training days. We are an embarassment.[/quote]

One. High. School. [/quote]

How many High Schools in the NYC public system? [/quote]

NYC schools are closed a LOT.  Did you look at their calendar?  2 days off just for Rosh Hashanah, Days off for EID, Diwali, Election Day, Italian heritage day, Veterans Day a mid winter recess…. On and on.

So you are now fine with all of those, just not teachers being trained?

Good lord, you are presenting as an angry person.[/quote]

did you count up the days off? [/quote]

Seriously. Fewer days off than FCPS, starts in September, two teacher workdays that are holidays for students. Oh and a couple of the best schools in the country in addition to profound cultural and economic diversity.

Yes, I’m just fine with a calendar that doesn’t include 9 extra days off, and monthly half days. [/quote]

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