OK..so Eid is not on the calendar..?? I think OP misheard WTOP

http://www.boarddocs.com/mabe/mcpsmd/Board.nsf/goto?open&id=9WBVLX61D76B


There is a link to the proposed calendar attached to the agenda

Where is everyone finding these proposed 16-17 and 17-18 calendars? Ive searched but can't find them! Thanks for any links to whatever you have.

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Anonymous wrote:Link?

On a separate note, I noticed that the proposed 2017-2018 calendar has school starting a week early on August 21.

I really hope not. Labor Day will be September 5. They should keep it like they always do and start one week before. I would much rather my kids be in camp or on vacation than in the classroom that week in August.

My guess is that the earlier start year is due to the PARCC testing calendar. It is meant to be given at 75% and 90% through the school year, but last year's MCPS testing windows were definitely earlier than 75% and 90%.

Wow..which school? The Bethesda Magazine statistics showed only 5% of all kids were out. Your classes are an outlier.

Anonymous wrote:Great, another day in Sept. of no school.

Rosh Hashana is Monday Oct 3 and Yom Kippur is Wed Oct 12.

Good. I teach high school in MC and in some classes, nearly 1/4 of them were out for Eid this year. Even though the absences are excused, it does impact instruction.

Anonymous wrote:Link?

On a separate note, I noticed that the proposed 2017-2018 calendar has school starting a week early on August 21.

I really hope not. Labor Day will be September 5. They should keep it like they always do and start one week before. I would much rather my kids be in camp or on vacation than in the classroom that week in August.

This hardly seems like a done deal from the link...

Anonymous wrote:Great, another day in Sept. of no school.

. They could always have the kids go to school on Christmas or Good Friday to make up for it. I don't celebrate those holidays so could care less... Just like you.

Link: http://www.bethesdamagazine.com/Bethesda-Beat/2015/Board-of-Education-Votes-to-Close-School-for-Students-On-Possible-Muslim-Holiday/

Anonymous wrote:Link?

On a separate note, I noticed that the proposed 2017-2018 calendar has school starting a week early on August 21.

OP said, "no news/link online."

https://twitter.com/mocoboe/status/664120213361831937

Great, another day in Sept. of no school.

Link?

On a separate note, I noticed that the proposed 2017-2018 calendar has school starting a week early on August 21.

Just heard on WTOP that next year's MCPS calendar will include a holiday on Sept. 12 for Eid.

Barclay introduced the motion.

No news/link that I can find online. WTOP said it is still to be determined how exactly the 12th will be structured - as a teacher in-service day, holiday, etc.