Anonymous wrote:OP here. I have asked the school for a calendar but I'm waiting on them to get back to me. Not getting a school year calendar until July seems insane to me.
I'm getting the feeling that I'm going to be in a for a rough ride with my children's education here in DC.
Anonymous wrote:OP here. I have asked the school for a calendar but I'm waiting on them to get back to me. Not getting a school year calendar until July seems insane to me.
I'm getting the feeling that I'm going to be in a for a rough ride with my children's education here in DC.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Our charter preschool had major differences— they started the year one week before DCPS and ended one week earlier. I didn’t realize this until late summer and we had to change some travel plans. They also still had a week long February break (which I understand DCPS has done away with) and very different early release and half days than DCPS. Also, completely different PD days.
Unfortunately, they did not set their calendar until about 3 weeks before school started (at least last year), so while I could get a general sense of the calendar ahead of time, we didn’t know what it was until pretty soon before school started.
What school of this? I have worked with a lot of schools in DC for many years and have never heard of calendars being released this late.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Our charter preschool had major differences— they started the year one week before DCPS and ended one week earlier. I didn’t realize this until late summer and we had to change some travel plans. They also still had a week long February break (which I understand DCPS has done away with) and very different early release and half days than DCPS. Also, completely different PD days.
Unfortunately, they did not set their calendar until about 3 weeks before school started (at least last year), so while I could get a general sense of the calendar ahead of time, we didn’t know what it was until pretty soon before school started.
Ugh this is what I'm dreading. I understand your charter didn't release a calendar until late, but when did you find out about the first day of school being earlier?
I'm now considering taking any DCPS preK3 spot I get, even if I have to drive further because I do not want to deal with this!
Anonymous wrote:Our charter preschool had major differences— they started the year one week before DCPS and ended one week earlier. I didn’t realize this until late summer and we had to change some travel plans. They also still had a week long February break (which I understand DCPS has done away with) and very different early release and half days than DCPS. Also, completely different PD days.
Unfortunately, they did not set their calendar until about 3 weeks before school started (at least last year), so while I could get a general sense of the calendar ahead of time, we didn’t know what it was until pretty soon before school started.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Our charter preschool had major differences— they started the year one week before DCPS and ended one week earlier. I didn’t realize this until late summer and we had to change some travel plans. They also still had a week long February break (which I understand DCPS has done away with) and very different early release and half days than DCPS. Also, completely different PD days.
Unfortunately, they did not set their calendar until about 3 weeks before school started (at least last year), so while I could get a general sense of the calendar ahead of time, we didn’t know what it was until pretty soon before school started.
Ugh this is what I'm dreading. I understand your charter didn't release a calendar until late, but when did you find out about the first day of school being earlier?
I'm now considering taking any DCPS preK3 spot I get, even if I have to drive further because I do not want to deal with this!
Anonymous wrote:Our charter preschool had major differences— they started the year one week before DCPS and ended one week earlier. I didn’t realize this until late summer and we had to change some travel plans. They also still had a week long February break (which I understand DCPS has done away with) and very different early release and half days than DCPS. Also, completely different PD days.
Unfortunately, they did not set their calendar until about 3 weeks before school started (at least last year), so while I could get a general sense of the calendar ahead of time, we didn’t know what it was until pretty soon before school started.