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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Moon and Dunne have both acknowledged that the 2025-26 calendar needs to be fixed.

Please PLEASE your school board member instead of posting here!

https://www.fcps.edu/about-fcps/contact-us/school-board

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Eye roll.

Nothing will change.   [/quote]

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We are stuck with it for next year. Best case they realize what a disaster it is to hand out holidays like candy and dial it back to a saner amount in 2026-2027[/quote]
Totally agree. The long winter break is totally unnecessary.[/quote]

The two week winter break was a teacher demand years ago. Wonder if that’s still a priority for them.[/quote]

It was what we were promised when we began going to school before Labor Day.

[b]Now that most teachers are back at school by August 1-5[/b] so they can begin room set up, and knowing that we are on contract until the end of June, most of us want that two week break. Our summers are only 4-5 weeks now. 
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CUE people saying, "Boo-hoo! You only have 4-5 weeks off during the summer. No one else gets that kind of break! Stop complaining!"

Please remember: (1) school breaks are a perk of our job, much like most jobs have some type of perks, (2) many of us use summer to write new curriculum and lessons, (3) many teachers need a summer job in order to make ends meet since we aren't paid over the summer, (4) many of us entered this profession so our schedules would closely-align with our own children's schedules, (5) most of us aren't complaining; we are instead pointing out facts and points to ponder. That's not complaining. [/quote]

New teachers didn’t even have contract days until Aug 5. Others started August 12. I know very few who go in more than a day or two early for room set up. Our school doesn’t let teachers in much earlier than that.[/quote]

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