APS BLOWS!!

This is nothing new. It's always been "No school November".

There will still be HS tryouts that week for winter sports, so we won't be headed anywhere.

Carribbean here I come

Just don’t have any school in November

Anonymous wrote:Thanks, Youngkin.

Shittiest governor ever.

Oh yeah...def...

Gonna be a spike at Disney that weekend!!!

Thanks, Youngkin.

Shittiest governor ever.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm curious as to why they couldn't just make the 2-days of Thanksgiving week the two training days for teachers and the students have the 5 days off. Far better than so many frequent long breaks. I agree with above commenter about getting back into the rhythm of school with frequent breaks.

Probably too many teachers planning to take those days off.

All the more reason for students to have those days off, then.

Anonymous wrote:I'm curious as to why they couldn't just make the 2-days of Thanksgiving week the two training days for teachers and the students have the 5 days off. Far better than so many frequent long breaks. I agree with above commenter about getting back into the rhythm of school with frequent breaks.

Probably too many teachers planning to take those days off.

Whatever APS proposes is, more than likely, dumb.

I'm curious as to why they couldn't just make the 2-days of Thanksgiving week the two training days for teachers and the students have the 5 days off. Far better than so many frequent long breaks. I agree with above commenter about getting back into the rhythm of school with frequent breaks.

It's for required trainings from the state for reading

some people will complain about anything!

Maybe I'm not paying enough attention, but why aren't these days part of the calendar acceptance process?

A 5 day weekend in November is pretty obnoxious. It was amazing to me this spring, when we had mostly 5 day weeks the end the year, how much EASIER it was to keep my kids in the groove. I didn't realize how awful all those 3 and 4 day weeks were. I thought it was nice to "get a break" but it's really just keeping them from hitting their stride because they are off more than on.

To be fair, I was planning to take my kids on vacation that weekend anyway giving the ridiculous alignment of days off. I guess APS is acknowledging that we're all skipping these days?

https://www.arlnow.com/2024/06/24/aps-students-may-get-a-second-five-day-weekend-in-november/