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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Can anyone explain why Orthodox Good Friday is a holiday in 2025-2026 and an O day in 2026-2027?

It makes the week after Spring Break this year really strange.  They have Monday as a TW and then Friday as a holiday.  [/quote]

It is likely because it allows families to have essentially a two week spring break and only miss four days of schools.

Same with Memorial Day being a five day weekend.  Families can take the full week off and only miss two days of school.

I love the schedule! [/quote]

Why? I am genuinely curious why you don't want your kids learning?[/quote]

Even on a good week, the amount of content is pretty low.  If you ever want to do a deep dive, go and look at the pacing guide.  There is nothing that cannot be easily caught up on.

And have you ever been in an ES after SOLs are done? Unless your child failed the SOL and is getting remediation, there is very little of substance happening. Sure, the administration claims that teachers are teaching to parents, but everyone knows that the year is wrapping up.

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I agree. The vast majority of core instruction is completed well before the end of the school year. The remaining weeks are largely review, reinforcement, and wrap-up—not essential new content. Any material missed during that period can be caught up quickly, especially for students who are already meeting grade-level expectations.[/quote]

Secondary math teacher here. I'm unsure how some teachers in other schools are two weeks behind their pacing guide. We've only had a few snowdays. Our department is usually at pace or slightly ahead of where we're supposed to be...

To tack onto this post, High School could end after SOLs in May every single year and kids would be fine. The pacing guide is set up to go so slow that teachers could easily get everything they need to get in before May if they planned accordingly. It's a common topic of discussion in our curriculum team leader meetings. Anything after the SOLs is purely filler and a joke among teachers and students, especially upperclassmen. [/quote]

Are you forced to assess the performance matters tests this year? That has added an extra day to every single one of our units :([/quote]

Yes, we use the performance matters tests (I thought that was county wide this year). It has replaced our regular unit test day that we would have already been using, so hasn't added any additional time. Performance Matters sucks in general.  [/quote]

Oh man, we refuse to use them as unit tests because they are so awful and unit tests are 70% of their grade. Some of them are only 10 MC questions and half of them reference extensions! We are still giving our own hand written tests on paper/pencil (not multiple choice), and give the PM as a review day activity, but it takes them an hour to do the questions most units. We've eliminated true review days when we can, but sometimes they need more (and the PM can't be done at home).

I'm not worried, we will totally finish everything by June, but it won't be done by May 1 when SOLs/AP/IB/etc starts.[/quote]

Does not finishing everything by early May put the students at a disadvantage come test time, in your opinion?[/quote]

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