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Anonymous wrote:Sorry, love the non-5 day weeks. They are great. Summer is such a pain to plan, and we (and most of our friends) much prefer a day here and there, rather than additional weeks in the summer.

As the parent of a middle schooler, I do love the non 5 day weeks. This is the only way we get doctors appointments in without missing school. My son is out of the house from 6:30 to 3 everyday.

Anonymous wrote:Sorry, love the non-5 day weeks. They are great. Summer is such a pain to plan, and we (and most of our friends) much prefer a day here and there, rather than additional weeks in the summer.

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Anonymous wrote:Both the 2026-27 and 2027-28 calendars look fine to me. But that’s because they don’t include 3 hour early releases yet. It’s when those get peppered in, especially in the winter months when delays and closures are prevalent that the calendar goes to hell.

What’s worse, since they run the bus routes twice on those days, they split the county in half. 5 of the 8 early releases for us have coincided with already short weeks. That should be the first thing on the chopping block. It’s also equivalent to 3 school days, so if the instructional hours have been deemed expendable, why not remove those days off the end of the calendar before going after Federal holidays and religious/cultural observances?

They don’t need to have those 3 hour early releases. They shouldn’t have had them this year and I’m not sure the justification for them when the original justification was additions teacher training needed for just one year.

Teachers need planning time. They used to have weekly early release Mondays.

Sorry but coming from one of the 99% of districts in the US that didn’t do a weekly early release for “planning time …” the early releases are ridiculous. Everywhere else gets a teacher work day at the end of the quarter for grades, plus 1 in-service or school planning day per quarter.

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Anonymous wrote:Both the 2026-27 and 2027-28 calendars look fine to me. But that’s because they don’t include 3 hour early releases yet. It’s when those get peppered in, especially in the winter months when delays and closures are prevalent that the calendar goes to hell.

What’s worse, since they run the bus routes twice on those days, they split the county in half. 5 of the 8 early releases for us have coincided with already short weeks. That should be the first thing on the chopping block. It’s also equivalent to 3 school days, so if the instructional hours have been deemed expendable, why not remove those days off the end of the calendar before going after Federal holidays and religious/cultural observances?

They don’t need to have those 3 hour early releases. They shouldn’t have had them this year and I’m not sure the justification for them when the original justification was additions teacher training needed for just one year.

Teachers need planning time. They used to have weekly early release Mondays.

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Anonymous wrote:Both the 2026-27 and 2027-28 calendars look fine to me. But that’s because they don’t include 3 hour early releases yet. It’s when those get peppered in, especially in the winter months when delays and closures are prevalent that the calendar goes to hell.

What’s worse, since they run the bus routes twice on those days, they split the county in half. 5 of the 8 early releases for us have coincided with already short weeks. That should be the first thing on the chopping block. It’s also equivalent to 3 school days, so if the instructional hours have been deemed expendable, why not remove those days off the end of the calendar before going after Federal holidays and religious/cultural observances?

They don’t need to have those 3 hour early releases. They shouldn’t have had them this year and I’m not sure the justification for them when the original justification was additions teacher training needed for just one year.

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Anonymous wrote:Sorry, love the non-5 day weeks. They are great. Summer is such a pain to plan, and we (and most of our friends) much prefer a day here and there, rather than additional weeks in the summer.

I agree! We love the 4 day weeks! It really helps with the sleep for middle and high schoolers.

Anonymous wrote:Sorry, love the non-5 day weeks. They are great. Summer is such a pain to plan, and we (and most of our friends) much prefer a day here and there, rather than additional weeks in the summer.

Anonymous wrote:People are mad about this year. I get it. But next year’s calendar and the year after is fine.

Meren voted for these calendars and supported them. Very odd that she chooses NOW to say she is ready to act? What is going on with her?

Anonymous wrote:People are mad about this year. I get it. But next year’s calendar and the year after is fine.

Meren voted for these calendars and supported them. Very odd that she chooses NOW to say she is ready to act? What is going on with her?

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Anonymous wrote:To put it into perspective, there are 20 weeks in the calendar that are not 5 day weeks. Of those:

- 4 are floating days not connected to a weekend (the worst kind)
- 6 are 4 day weeks with a long weekend
- 7 are 3 days or fewer (not counting full weeks)
- 3 are full weeks off

Next year there are 19 incomplete weeks:
- 2 are floating days not connected to a weekend.
- 11 are 4 day weeks with a long weekend.
- 3 are 3 days of fewer.
- 3 are full weeks off.

So next year we get both more 5 day weeks and continuous 4 day weeks. It’s already a huge improvement.

It is better BUT that’s because the religious holidays fall at better times next school year. The overarching problem still remains. There are just too many mid-year days off and disruptions and it’s cutting into the most important instructional time - the time period up until about mid-May so our students can be well-prepared for SOL’s and AP tests.

Well the stars align for the 27-28 school year too. The next two years are fine. All they need to do is get rid of 3 hour early release.

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Anonymous wrote:To put it into perspective, there are 20 weeks in the calendar that are not 5 day weeks. Of those:

- 4 are floating days not connected to a weekend (the worst kind)
- 6 are 4 day weeks with a long weekend
- 7 are 3 days or fewer (not counting full weeks)
- 3 are full weeks off

Next year there are 19 incomplete weeks:
- 2 are floating days not connected to a weekend.
- 11 are 4 day weeks with a long weekend.
- 3 are 3 days of fewer.
- 3 are full weeks off.

So next year we get both more 5 day weeks and continuous 4 day weeks. It’s already a huge improvement.

It is better BUT that’s because the religious holidays fall at better times next school year. The overarching problem still remains. There are just too many mid-year days off and disruptions and it’s cutting into the most important instructional time - the time period up until about mid-May so our students can be well-prepared for SOL’s and AP tests.