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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Problems with the 2025-26 calendar:

* The third quarter's 47-day length compared to other quarters' 42-45 days creates an imbalanced instructional period, potentially leading to rushed curriculum coverage or uneven pacing of material

* Professional workdays (PW) are frequently placed mid-week rather than on Mondays or Fridays, creating choppy weeks that interrupt learning flow and complicate family scheduling

* The February calendar shows particularly poor planning with multiple interrupted weeks due to holidays and professional workdays, making it difficult to maintain consistent instruction during this period

* The placement of religious and cultural observance days sometimes creates single school days within a week, which typically result in low attendance and reduced instructional effectiveness

* The end of the school year in June includes several partial weeks, making it challenging to maintain student engagement and complete final assessments effectively

* The calendar shows numerous two-hour early release days scattered throughout the year, which can be particularly challenging for working parents who need to arrange alternative childcare

* The clustering of holidays and professional development days in certain months (like November) creates extended periods of interrupted instruction, while other months have minimal breaks, leading to uneven distribution of rest periods throughout the academic year[/quote]

What calendar are you looking at? February 2026 has one week with holidays (16th holiday, 17th teacher pork day) and the rest of the weeks are full 5 day weeks?

O days (religious observance days) are regular school days; teachers just can't give tests/assessments on those days.

The only PW days that are mid week are preceded or followed by a holiday so for students they are  long weekends and not a midweek day off.

There are quite a few midweek holidays - but those are for both students and staff and are tied to a specific holiday. FCPS can't control when a holiday happens. [/quote]

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