Anonymous
Post 01/05/2015 11:14     Subject: Re:APS 2015-2016 Calendar
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Can somebody explain for me how you plan for summer camps if the school year may or may not go an extra week? We're trying to line things up for summer camp, and the APS calendar tells me elementary school is done on June 19th. This is our first year in the system. Is it common for kids to bail on the last week if their parents have already made other arrangements or does everyone assume there will be an extra week of school and plan accordingly?


I'm not sure what you're talking about. The calendar for this school year is set already. It's not going to run an additional week past June 19th.


Sorry - reading comprehension failure on my part! I thought the suggestion was that this year might go longer than planned if we had too many snow days.
Anonymous
Post 01/05/2015 11:02     Subject: Re:APS 2015-2016 Calendar
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Oh F@ck me now! Yet another week to find a camp.

Will we then go until July to make up for it???


Uh, no. We'll finish in late June, like always. Probably June 26, which is two days later than last school year.


It may or may not end on June 24. Depends on the length of Winter Break as well.
Anonymous
Post 01/05/2015 11:00     Subject: Re:APS 2015-2016 Calendar
Anonymous wrote:Can somebody explain for me how you plan for summer camps if the school year may or may not go an extra week? We're trying to line things up for summer camp, and the APS calendar tells me elementary school is done on June 19th. This is our first year in the system. Is it common for kids to bail on the last week if their parents have already made other arrangements or does everyone assume there will be an extra week of school and plan accordingly?


I'm not sure what you're talking about. The calendar for this school year is set already. It's not going to run an additional week past June 19th.
Anonymous
Post 01/05/2015 10:58     Subject: Re:APS 2015-2016 Calendar
Can somebody explain for me how you plan for summer camps if the school year may or may not go an extra week? We're trying to line things up for summer camp, and the APS calendar tells me elementary school is done on June 19th. This is our first year in the system. Is it common for kids to bail on the last week if their parents have already made other arrangements or does everyone assume there will be an extra week of school and plan accordingly?
Anonymous
Post 01/05/2015 10:28     Subject: APS 2015-2016 Calendar
Anonymous wrote:Hasn't been posted yet.

If past experience is any indicator, APS's request to start school earlier and make the year longer by two weeks will be denied again.

I'd assume a Sept. 8 start.


This is a disaster.
Anonymous
Post 12/27/2014 09:14     Subject: Re:APS 2015-2016 Calendar
Anonymous wrote:Oh F@ck me now! Yet another week to find a camp.

Will we then go until July to make up for it???


Uh, no. We'll finish in late June, like always. Probably June 26, which is two days later than last school year.
Anonymous
Post 12/26/2014 19:00     Subject: Re:APS 2015-2016 Calendar
Oh F@ck me now! Yet another week to find a camp.

Will we then go until July to make up for it???
Anonymous
Post 12/24/2014 12:21     Subject: Re:APS 2015-2016 Calendar
It hasn't been voted on officially yet but the draft calendar reflected a Sept 8 start date.
Anonymous
Post 12/24/2014 10:35     Subject: APS 2015-2016 Calendar
It's a safe assumption - I think it's a Virginia state law.
Anonymous
Post 12/24/2014 08:56     Subject: APS 2015-2016 Calendar
Hasn't been posted yet.

If past experience is any indicator, APS's request to start school earlier and make the year longer by two weeks will be denied again.

I'd assume a Sept. 8 start.
Anonymous
Post 12/24/2014 08:54     Subject: APS 2015-2016 Calendar
Is APS going to start on Sept 8th like ACPS and Fairfax? My googling is failing me today. Thanks!