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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][quote=Anonymous]As a HS teacher whose planning got cut by more than half this year thanks to IPR hall duty and additional required CTs and department meetings, those random days off are the only reason I’m staying afloat this year. I use every holiday and snow day to plan/grade.

If they disappear, they have to take something else off my plate. I can’t do it all with less time.[/quote]

Everyone of those snow days and random days off is a tax of hundreds of thousands of dollars on the FCPS parent body. You are not presenting a good value proposition for keeping them.[/quote]

You keep repeating this as if it’s the schools’ problem.

It 👏 is 👏 not. 👏 [/quote]

It is, however, the school board’s problem. They’re the ones who are meant to be responding to the concerns of their constituents. [/quote]

ThEiR cOnStItUeNtS

You can keep regurgitating this over and over again, but the vocal minority arguing for it doesn't make things happen. FCPS cares about THEIR money, graduation rates, and test scores.

THEY. DO. NOT. CARE. that your PRIVATE childcare costs are causing you a burden. You emailed, they responded and told you what you wanted to hear as they politically have to to keep earning your vote. [/quote]

The School Board has heard from many families regarding the lack of full, five-day school weeks this year and the significant burden this places on families who must navigate complex and often costly childcare arrangements. In the 2025-26 school year alone, partial weeks occurred more than half the time, functioning as an informal “childcare tax” that falls hardest on our hourly-wage and most vulnerable households.

Sounds like some of them care.[/quote]

"Many families" could literally be 5 or it could be 5 million. You, as long as everyone else, has no idea. [/quote]

I mean there are about 200 by-name responses to her Facebook post, but sure,  it’s five. She was motivated by five people to take this up. That’s very rational.[/quote]

HAHAHAHA this is all from a Facebook post?! With 200 comments?!  :roll:

There's 183,000 students in FCPS. Let's lowball and say 100,000 families. 200 of them take the time out of their life to complain on social media. That's less than a half of a half of a percent.

Talk about a vocal minority. [/quote]

You’re confused if you think I thought that was a meaningful number, I’m saying the idea that the school board is reacting to “five people” is silly.[/quote]

The idea that the schoolboard has your best financial interest in mind or that they're even remotely responsible for the cost of child outside of school is silly. [/quote]

Then why is it a school board member is pushing for lower childcare cost outside of school?[/quote]

Affordability is a hot topic in the democratic party. The school board member is democratic. The school board member needs your votes.

If a bunch of people emailed and complained that FCPS new website color should be hot pink you can bet that one of the school board members would champion that cause. Why? Because it earns them votes.[/quote]

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