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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]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]

No one has shown a connection between additional TW/SP days leading to a 300 day school year and higher teacher morale. Maybe we get higher teacher morale by having a longer summer than having President’s Day off. The other thread (and Dunne’s email) show a whole lot of schools with only two TW days— do you have data showing FCPS has higher morale?[/quote]
There’s a lot of measurable data missing that has nothing to do with morale. I’d like a breakdown of how schools operating on 2 teacher workdays distribute planning time throughout the year before we determine it’s something FCPS can emulate. They likely can do it but I doubt the solution is as simple as “have fewer days.” Something else might have to give. [/quote]

No data was presented to anyone before adopting this irrational schedule. FCPS can emulate it, because in years past, it is similar to schedules we already had. [/quote]
Okay, but I’m looking at FCPS calendars from 20 years ago and they still have 5 student holidays throughout the school year. In the 26-27 school year they’ll have 7 (6 if Indigenous People day is removed) and in 27-28 year they would have 8 (which I’m sure will also be whittled down to 6 because Oct 1 is off for seemingly no reason and March 6 is only off because it’s the day before the presidential primary.) Never have they had only 2 planning days. [/quote]

Two may not be the ultimate goal. There were 11 this year, not counting the ones before the school year started. A post suggested doubling two with federal holidays (not removing them) and  a response had hysterics. [/quote]

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