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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]Like the fact that FCPS isn’t even accepting applications for new subs because it’s so saturated? The fact that county unemployment is at an all time high?

Fairfax residents should be prioritized for FCPS postings. That will limit how many people are taking advantage of taxpayers while availing themselves of rational schedules for their own families.[/b]

What do sub applications have to do with FCPS full time job positions? Subbing is a much easier gig, especially at the middle and high school level. teachers leave plans/work and the sub monitors to make sure kids are behaving (no planning, no grading). Subs can also pick which days they want to work, making it a super flexible schedule.

Do you honestly think teachers live in other counties and work in FCPS because FCPS has more days off?? I work in FCPS but live in Loudoun because I can't afford to live anywhere near my school. My kids go to LCPS schools and with only 1-2 exceptions have the same days off I do (they are also going to be off 4/21 they just haven't had the official vote yet. [/quote]

If your kids go to Loudoun you:

- didn’t have a nonsensical early release for a tornado which was forecasted to arrive at the same time as early release.
- don’t have elementary school monthly early release releases on Wednesdays to contend with. 
- started school later
- had five day school weeks in September
- combined teacher work days with the Winter break
-have one day off for Memorial day
- finish earlier.

There are quite a few more than “1–2 exceptions” and since the calendars are public, why would you lie about that? If you had to live with the consequences of the calendar, you’re advocating you would feel differently about it. Which is why teachers should be hired out of Fairfax County first.

Subbing is advertised as a route to full-time FCPS employment. So it looks like they have plenty of candidates.[/quote]

You forgot to add: if your  kids go to Loudoun for elementary, you have 7 straight years of a 7:20 or 7:30 am start time. [/quote]

Young kids with an early start time?!!?! Its as though any working parent was consulted in the creation of this schedule.[/quote]

The Fairfax County parents went nuts when presented with that option earlier. They did not want a 7:30 am start time for 7 years. Becuase it also meant kids would be getting out by 2:15 pm and of course that’s not good with their work schedule. They said let the middle schoolers deal with it as it’s only two years. Even though research shows it’s not best for those ages. [/quote]
That’s not what happened. The county was presented with two options. Start elementary school between 7:45 and 8:10, which pushed High School and Middle School to 9AM and 9:30. Parents of older kids didn’t want to start so late because it would interfere with after school activities and sports.

The second option was to push all start times by 30 minutes. Elementary parents strongly opposed this because their 9:20 start times would move to 9:50 and their day would end at 4:35.

https://www.fcps.edu/considering-change-k-12-school-start-times[/quote]

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