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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Shorten winter break!!![/quote]

No, please do not shorten winter break.

[quote]Remove religious holidays that aren't federal holidays.[/quote]

Maybe. YK should still be a holiday.

[quote][b]Cut some federal holidays[/b].
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Which ones?[/quote]

Columbus and Veterans for a start. That already appears to be on the table.

Presidents’ Day could be a teacher workday. As well, the Wednesday before Thanksgiving.[/quote]

And Thanksgiving.  It is a grown ups holiday.  The kids should be there for Christmas for the photos. It looks good to have them there and I have the day off already, but get them back to school new years say- who wants the kids around for that? I need to recover from the party!  [/quote]

I’m sorry this bothers you but we don’t need 40 days off. Doubling a couple teacher workdays to Federal holidays/vacation add-ons doesn’t keep kids in class on Thanksgiving, it keeps them in class on random Tuesdays in February.[/quote]

Oh, now I get it, you still want your kids home, you just think TEACHERS should be working those days.  Yeah, those women should be stuck in the classroom for those long holiday weekends.  They should have to travel on thanksgiving while the rest of their families travel the day before.  Stick to those ladies!  YEAH!  [/quote]

DP. That has been the point on several FCPS threads recently. Teachers can do their planning and grading on federal holidays. The posters’ argument appears to be that will limit the schedule disruptions. Yes, that’s true.

It doesn’t take in teacher morale, which has plummeted because of unreasonable workloads and lack of resources, notably time. But I don’t think these posters see the connection between teacher morale and classroom performance. [/quote]

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