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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm so frustrated by all the messaging that kids should enjoy this day with their families and that kids and teachers deserve a day off.  It is extremely tone-deaf for working families where the parents do not get a day off.

(Not to mention the day off this Monday for President's day, or the day and a half off kids have next week due to conferences).  I can't exactly tell my employer I need the day off today.  (And I can't find a kids camp, or group playdate as I would do in normal circumstances).  Instead, yet another day of too much junk-food screen time for my kids, which is the last thing they need at this point in the pandemic.  [/quote]

Amen.  Once again, everyone else's interests come at the expense of working women, who are expected to smile while eating shit with a spoon because that's what good women do.[/quote]

YUP - teachers complained they didn't have childcare today so APS closed.. So many working mothers/families have been battling this for almost a year. The bias is unbelievable and I don't understand how APS gets away with this. Curious of what's happening with that lawsuit - anyone have any insight? [/quote]

Most teachers I know are working moms.  [/quote]

Interesting are they most ES teachers?  DD 10 has 2 teachers both unmarried. DD 12 has 7 teachers and only one is a working mom. Others are empty nesters, men (both married with kids) or single women. Interesting to think about.  [/quote]

At our ES there is not a lot of working moms. However, if you look around the Arlington community, tons of working moms & dads, double-income is necessary given the cost of housing (that was supposed to be worth it due to the high-quality education, gasp).. this is in-part why everyone is fuming at another unnecessary day off of school. [/quote]

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