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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have had it with the FCPS calendar. The days off have gotten totally out off hand. At some point FCPS decided it need to celebrate EVERY possibly , religious and non religious holiday under the sun. 
It is out of control.

Throw in all the weather delays and closing and kids are never in school. I know, I know, but they still meet their hours and are above the VA standard. Sure, who cares when it come to elementary, but HS teachers, especially, those teaching AP classes plan their year around having a certain number of days of school, and given that most AP exams are early May they already have a condensed timeline. Elementary parents come back to the conversation with your kid in in HS and school actually matters. Why not have a higher bar and if there aren't weather related closing we get more instruction.

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Can you provide any actual data to support your points?

Are SOL scores lower overall?

High School students have already taken the Writing SOL or the Business Writing Work Keys exam. Are these scores lower than other years?

Are graduation rates declining?

Are FCPS students being accepted into colleges at a lower rate?

Are students being held back at a higher rate?

Are reading levels dropping overall?

Are AP scores lower than in previous years? My child's AP teacher told her that they will have 3-4 weeks of pure review before her upcoming AP exam.

The public school system is there to educate your child, not warehouse them at your convenience. If you can not PROVE (with statistics and data) that the calendar is having an detrimental effect on students ACADEMICALLY, there is no real argument to change the calendar outside of personal preference. [/quote]

IEP kids aren't getting their services.
Is that not enough?[/quote]

IEP student's get service by hours either by week or by month, per their IEP and FAPE. When in school, they are receiving their legally mandated number of service hours. If the student does not receive the legal amount of services, under section 504 of the rehabilitation act of 1973, they are entitled to compensatory services, which FCPS provides. This was quite common during COVID and is still ongoing today for applicable students.

Can you provide a specific example of a student not receiving their legally mandated weekly or monthly service hours while they are IN the school building or not receiving compensatory services due to them being out of the building? I'm sure a lawyer or advocate would have no problem getting, whatever example you may have, their owed services. [/quote]

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