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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]She wants to reopen discussion on the 2026-27 calendar?

I'm sorry, but that ship has already sailed.  I do not see the school board doing the work to change what has already been decided and announced.

Best to focus efforts on the 2027-28 and beyond calendar process.  [/quote]

https://www.fcps.edu/system/files/forms/2025-04/2026-2027-standard-school-year-calendar.pdf

I would be more impressed by her if she actually had a proposal.  Exactly what about the above would she change?

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It’s not hard to do on paper. The following changes make the most sense:

Cancel the Yom Kippur holiday on Monday, 9/21, and change it to an O day, allowing flexibility for staff and students as needed.
Cancel Veterans Day on Wednesday, 11/11. FCPS used to have school on this holiday, and having school that week would help avoid a mid-week disruption.
Move the teacher workday from Monday, 2/1, to Thursday, 1/28. That date is already an early release day, so the total number of days off stays the same, but it creates an additional full five-day school week.
Cancel Presidents Day.
Eid al-Fitr is currently scheduled for 4/10 and Eid al-Adha for 5/17; both dates can shift. Change both to O days to allow flexibility if needed.

These changes would eliminate six scheduled days off and give students six additional full weeks of uninterrupted instruction. Summer break could then begin on June 10.

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The only one of these that will not p!ss a large group of parents/teachers off is moving the teacher workday from Monday, 2/1, to Thursday, 1/28. ANY of the other changes will have a group that will push back.

The 2026-27 calendar is set [/quote]

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