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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]For all the parents saying screw this, I did. I had a kid at TJ who had to be back for summer classes, then sport and a kid at the base school with a similar situation. And one week for vacation. And I decided we were doing a big family trip to Europe before my older kid graduated.  So, I talked to their counselors and explained we needed some family time, and the APs signed off and the kids knew months in advance and scheduled final papers, projects and exams early.  And there were no issues and no teachers griped— across 2 different HS.

The next summer was COVID. I am so thankful we travelled when did. It was an amazing trip, and as it turned out, most teachers wrapped up before finals week and getting out early didn’t mean my kids were working 20 hours a day.  It did not affect grades. Certainly didn’t affect admissions.

If your kid is in ES or MS, do it. COVID should have taught us to seize chances when they come. And for HS, it can be done. Just talk to the counselor or AP in advance and hold the line of needing family time. They cancel so much school and don’t teach on so many O Days.  I don’t want to hear that my kids will be academically harmed by a week in Europe and not school. [/quote]

What? We’re wondering how we can get kids in school so we can work and your response is ‘go to Europe’? This highlights exactly how out of touch both this area and school board really are. Wow[/quote]

LOL!  Let them eat cake. [/quote]

The person posting was simply making the point that you should try not to let FCPS and their operations rule your life. If there’s something you want to do and you can do try not to let the school schedule hinder you. For her it’s a family vacation to Europe, for me it might be a road trip to Ohio for a big family wedding.

The world can change in an instant and some opportunities and events are worth missing school.[/quote]

DCUM posters are the most TONE DEAF women and men in America. Dear ladies and gentlemen of the UMC to uber rich/family money/too wealthy to fail crowd, THE REST OF US HAVE TO WORK FOR A LIVING!! We have day jobs. 9-5, M-F, as it were. What in the name of good god do you not understand about that? What, never had to work in your lives? Oh, I get it now. I operate a business that I cannot leave. Many of us in this country depend on schools for the education of our children where they should be for most of the day during the school year.

And to all those folks that say "you shouldn't depend on schools to take care of your children", please. Sit the F down. Compulsory schooling laws have been in place in this country for nearly 200 years. 200 YEARS! Parents and families have had a reasonable reliance on public schools for two centuries for the care of children during the better part of the day. It has also been mandated by law that we send our kids off during the day. As such, the cultural normals and societal expectation during this time has been that children are in school during the day. It has been that way for generations so that parents have a) been able to work; and b) created a cultural routine around that reasonable (nay, obligatory) reliance. It is UNREASONABLE for schools to be closing during that compulsory schooling period at excessive intervals where parents have FT jobs and work obligations and cannot find one-off back up care.

The school board closures for holidays are mere virtue signaling. It does nothing to bring children back from the pandemic, create an more reliable routine, or put education first. Virginia families sent a strong message in November as to what their priorities were and school board did not listen. Now I did not vote Youngkin this year, but I am 100% not re-electing this school board next year. They did not get the message and I think most parents will remember. [/quote]

It’s compulsory “schooling,” not “compulsory childcare on the schedule I demand.” There are a required number of days, which are being met.

You “sit the F down.”[/quote]

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