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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So APS is proposing to cancel school for April 21?  [/quote]
Yes, if it’s a hardship for you email the board. It’s worked in the past[/quote]

I’m all for it. Spring is such a busy and stressful time for my high schooler. A bonus day off helps tremendously. [/quote]

Well gee, if your HS kid needs a mental health day, let’s certainly shut down all the schools and make every parent of K-5 kid(s) rearrange their schedules and/or pay for backup camp so your kid can nap and have some me time. 🙄[/quote]

Oh please. All I said was random days off are good for some high schoolers. And get a grip. Every parent with a high schooler who benefits use to have little ones who were inconvenienced by APS. [/quote]

I agree with the high school parent.  It’s the wisdom of understanding that the days are long, but the years are so short.  [b]One day off school[/b] (or work, I get it!) is not the end of the world.  Enjoy it and do something fun.  It’ll be gone so fast!

It’s perspective.  It’s also not new.  These things happen.   Make some lemonade!

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But it’s not one day off. It’s one day off on the heels of a bunch of snow days, a rain day, shortened weeks, early releases, etc. in a month where there is already a week off for spring break and a grade prep day. It’s really disingenuous to act like parents complaining are upset over a single day.

Also I don’t need “wisdom” from some parent of a HS kid. I have an older kid myself. But I also still have elementary kids so I can also understand the effects of this sporadic calendar on younger kids. Plus I realize how obnoxious it is when people use the whole “the days are long but the years are short” quip as a way to be totally dismissive of challenges that don’t currently affect you.[/quote]

You sound like a grump. All these other things were built into the calendar so you should have already planned for them. Teachers planned for them. Everyone knows spring break was coming. And the snow days were built into the calendar too to ensure there will be enough instructional days even if we had to use all of our snow days. People got complacent and used to the extra days when we don't need them, but this contingency was planned for.

I'm surprised those of you with young kids are so ok with random people in your kids building. I'm sure the cones they set up will keep the bad guys away from the littles! [/quote]

Let me just remind you that most Arlington households have two working parents, so having an extra school day off means many parents with younger kids have to juggle between work responsibilities and childcare. Even for parents who work remote or hybrid (like me), it's hard to work productively when you have to look after younger kids at the same time. As PP said, we already have to deal with too many of those days in a year.

Congratulations to you if you're lucky enough to have a husband who makes big money so you can stay home and don't have to worry about what most other Arlington families have to deal with on an extra school day off. Is it rocket science that most families need two incomes to be able to afford living in Arlington??
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