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Anonymous wrote:Montoya says she isn’t supporting the calendar over the early release days

Also because they are adding a 1/2 day on the 23rd. She said she fought for the day off for Hispanic/Latino people.

I found that irritating. Nochebuena, as she said, is on December 24, not the 23rd. The 24th is off! Seemed really tone deaf that she said that folks need extra time to cook and travel the day before the holiday when literally Eid and Passover just became possible school days if we need snow make ups. Your holiday is off, with a half day prior. No one else gets cooking days.

Almost all the secular schools in the country not only have December 23 off but Dec 21 and 22 too. It's Maryland and much of the Northeast States that starts break on December 24 (Christmas Eve). The reason for that is the requirement to hold 180 days even if bad weather cancels school days. Most other states have a more normal law. If there are makeup days at the end summer is still long enough. Thanksgiving is at least a five day weekend with more places converting to a full week off. The late December break is two full weeks in nearly every state that has a more flexible law.

Why would anyone want or need a full week off for Thanksgiving? It’s one meal. Even if you are traveling to celebrate, you’d be traveling domestically since it’s obviously an American holiday. No one needs two weekends and a full week to get to/from a domestic destination for one meal. Lots of people stay local if they have local family or international family. So it’s really the rare situation where anyone would want/need 9 days off to celebrate the holiday.

My parents have since passed away, but they used to be where I grew up on the other side of the country. We are not Christian and do not celebrate Christmas so Thanksgiving was (and still remains even without them) our big family holiday. It may not be international travel but it still takes a good 8 hours to get out there as there are no direct flights. Stop thinking you know everyone's situation. Lots of folks in MoCo did not grow up here and were brought out here to work in DC.

Not to mention, we always -- regardless of the school calendar -- flew out on Sunday because I will never, ever travel on the day before Thanksgiving again nor on the Sunday after (we'd leave on Saturday)

I'm in the same boat with parents across the country, but I don't expect the school system to cater to that. I WOULD like the school system to be somewhat more forgiving in excusing days for things like this, so that I don't have to lie and say that my kids needed "mental wellness days" (I don't even know what THAT is, but I guess visiting their very elderly grandparents is probably a mental wellness thing).

They should ditch transition day, ditch all religious holidays (including really pushing for a change to the state law about GF and EM) unless they will be unable to adequately/safely staff schools due to religious accommodation requirements for staff, give us a decent spring break (untied to a religious holiday) and a decent winter break, and be more forgiving about families taking off time for religious, cultural, or family reasons. I feel like MCPS spends a lot of time chasing after my super compliant hard-working kids for attendance reasons -- but if they focused their attention on families where the kids are just disengaged from learning, that might be more effective.

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Anonymous wrote:Montoya says she isn’t supporting the calendar over the early release days

Also because they are adding a 1/2 day on the 23rd. She said she fought for the day off for Hispanic/Latino people.

I found that irritating. Nochebuena, as she said, is on December 24, not the 23rd. The 24th is off! Seemed really tone deaf that she said that folks need extra time to cook and travel the day before the holiday when literally Eid and Passover just became possible school days if we need snow make ups. Your holiday is off, with a half day prior. No one else gets cooking days.

Almost all the secular schools in the country not only have December 23 off but Dec 21 and 22 too. It's Maryland and much of the Northeast States that starts break on December 24 (Christmas Eve). The reason for that is the requirement to hold 180 days even if bad weather cancels school days. Most other states have a more normal law. If there are makeup days at the end summer is still long enough. Thanksgiving is at least a five day weekend with more places converting to a full week off. The late December break is two full weeks in nearly every state that has a more flexible law.

Why would anyone want or need a full week off for Thanksgiving? It’s one meal. Even if you are traveling to celebrate, you’d be traveling domestically since it’s obviously an American holiday. No one needs two weekends and a full week to get to/from a domestic destination for one meal. Lots of people stay local if they have local family or international family. So it’s really the rare situation where anyone would want/need 9 days off to celebrate the holiday.

Again, you're missing the point. Everywhere else in the US students get fall breaks, longer Thanksgiving and winter breaks and all manage to fit 180 days (or hours) in. Here, we have people who cry about lost instructional time if it's reduced to hours while taking their kids on weeklong trips during the school year. Terrible county, terrible parents.

Now you are just lying.

A typical public school calendar runs from late August or early September through late May or June, with breaks around Thanksgiving, winter holidays, and spring. A separate fall break is not universal; many districts do not have one, while some do offer a long weekend or short break in October. Thanksgiving break is usually 3 to 5 days, often centered on Thanksgiving week; some districts make it the full week. Winter break is usually about 2 weeks, often spanning late December into early January. Spring break is usually about 1 week, though some districts schedule a long weekend or occasionally up to 2 weeks.

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Anonymous wrote:Montoya says she isn’t supporting the calendar over the early release days

Also because they are adding a 1/2 day on the 23rd. She said she fought for the day off for Hispanic/Latino people.

I found that irritating. Nochebuena, as she said, is on December 24, not the 23rd. The 24th is off! Seemed really tone deaf that she said that folks need extra time to cook and travel the day before the holiday when literally Eid and Passover just became possible school days if we need snow make ups. Your holiday is off, with a half day prior. No one else gets cooking days.

Almost all the secular schools in the country not only have December 23 off but Dec 21 and 22 too. It's Maryland and much of the Northeast States that starts break on December 24 (Christmas Eve). The reason for that is the requirement to hold 180 days even if bad weather cancels school days. Most other states have a more normal law. If there are makeup days at the end summer is still long enough. Thanksgiving is at least a five day weekend with more places converting to a full week off. The late December break is two full weeks in nearly every state that has a more flexible law.

Why would anyone want or need a full week off for Thanksgiving? It’s one meal. Even if you are traveling to celebrate, you’d be traveling domestically since it’s obviously an American holiday. No one needs two weekends and a full week to get to/from a domestic destination for one meal. Lots of people stay local if they have local family or international family. So it’s really the rare situation where anyone would want/need 9 days off to celebrate the holiday.

Again, you're missing the point. Everywhere else in the US students get fall breaks, longer Thanksgiving and winter breaks and all manage to fit 180 days (or hours) in. Here, we have people who cry about lost instructional time if it's reduced to hours while taking their kids on weeklong trips during the school year. Terrible county, terrible parents.

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Anonymous wrote:Montoya says she isn’t supporting the calendar over the early release days

Also because they are adding a 1/2 day on the 23rd. She said she fought for the day off for Hispanic/Latino people.

I found that irritating. Nochebuena, as she said, is on December 24, not the 23rd. The 24th is off! Seemed really tone deaf that she said that folks need extra time to cook and travel the day before the holiday when literally Eid and Passover just became possible school days if we need snow make ups. Your holiday is off, with a half day prior. No one else gets cooking days.

Almost all the secular schools in the country not only have December 23 off but Dec 21 and 22 too. It's Maryland and much of the Northeast States that starts break on December 24 (Christmas Eve). The reason for that is the requirement to hold 180 days even if bad weather cancels school days. Most other states have a more normal law. If there are makeup days at the end summer is still long enough. Thanksgiving is at least a five day weekend with more places converting to a full week off. The late December break is two full weeks in nearly every state that has a more flexible law.

Why would anyone want or need a full week off for Thanksgiving? It’s one meal. Even if you are traveling to celebrate, you’d be traveling domestically since it’s obviously an American holiday. No one needs two weekends and a full week to get to/from a domestic destination for one meal. Lots of people stay local if they have local family or international family. So it’s really the rare situation where anyone would want/need 9 days off to celebrate the holiday.

My parents have since passed away, but they used to be where I grew up on the other side of the country. We are not Christian and do not celebrate Christmas so Thanksgiving was (and still remains even without them) our big family holiday. It may not be international travel but it still takes a good 8 hours to get out there as there are no direct flights. Stop thinking you know everyone's situation. Lots of folks in MoCo did not grow up here and were brought out here to work in DC.

Not to mention, we always -- regardless of the school calendar -- flew out on Sunday because I will never, ever travel on the day before Thanksgiving again nor on the Sunday after (we'd leave on Saturday)

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Anonymous wrote:Montoya says she isn’t supporting the calendar over the early release days

Also because they are adding a 1/2 day on the 23rd. She said she fought for the day off for Hispanic/Latino people.

I found that irritating. Nochebuena, as she said, is on December 24, not the 23rd. The 24th is off! Seemed really tone deaf that she said that folks need extra time to cook and travel the day before the holiday when literally Eid and Passover just became possible school days if we need snow make ups. Your holiday is off, with a half day prior. No one else gets cooking days.

Almost all the secular schools in the country not only have December 23 off but Dec 21 and 22 too. It's Maryland and much of the Northeast States that starts break on December 24 (Christmas Eve). The reason for that is the requirement to hold 180 days even if bad weather cancels school days. Most other states have a more normal law. If there are makeup days at the end summer is still long enough. Thanksgiving is at least a five day weekend with more places converting to a full week off. The late December break is two full weeks in nearly every state that has a more flexible law.

Why would anyone want or need a full week off for Thanksgiving? It’s one meal. Even if you are traveling to celebrate, you’d be traveling domestically since it’s obviously an American holiday. No one needs two weekends and a full week to get to/from a domestic destination for one meal. Lots of people stay local if they have local family or international family. So it’s really the rare situation where anyone would want/need 9 days off to celebrate the holiday.

My parents have since passed away, but they used to be where I grew up on the other side of the country. We are not Christian and do not celebrate Christmas so Thanksgiving was (and still remains even without them) our big family holiday. It may not be international travel but it still takes a good 8 hours to get out there as there are no direct flights. Stop thinking you know everyone's situation. Lots of folks in MoCo did not grow up here and were brought out here to work in DC.

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Anonymous wrote:Montoya says she isn’t supporting the calendar over the early release days

Also because they are adding a 1/2 day on the 23rd. She said she fought for the day off for Hispanic/Latino people.

I found that irritating. Nochebuena, as she said, is on December 24, not the 23rd. The 24th is off! Seemed really tone deaf that she said that folks need extra time to cook and travel the day before the holiday when literally Eid and Passover just became possible school days if we need snow make ups. Your holiday is off, with a half day prior. No one else gets cooking days.

Almost all the secular schools in the country not only have December 23 off but Dec 21 and 22 too. It's Maryland and much of the Northeast States that starts break on December 24 (Christmas Eve). The reason for that is the requirement to hold 180 days even if bad weather cancels school days. Most other states have a more normal law. If there are makeup days at the end summer is still long enough. Thanksgiving is at least a five day weekend with more places converting to a full week off. The late December break is two full weeks in nearly every state that has a more flexible law.

Why would anyone want or need a full week off for Thanksgiving? It’s one meal. Even if you are traveling to celebrate, you’d be traveling domestically since it’s obviously an American holiday. No one needs two weekends and a full week to get to/from a domestic destination for one meal. Lots of people stay local if they have local family or international family. So it’s really the rare situation where anyone would want/need 9 days off to celebrate the holiday.

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Anonymous wrote:Montoya says she isn’t supporting the calendar over the early release days

Also because they are adding a 1/2 day on the 23rd. She said she fought for the day off for Hispanic/Latino people.

I found that irritating. Nochebuena, as she said, is on December 24, not the 23rd. The 24th is off! Seemed really tone deaf that she said that folks need extra time to cook and travel the day before the holiday when literally Eid and Passover just became possible school days if we need snow make ups. Your holiday is off, with a half day prior. No one else gets cooking days.

So tone deaf.

Yeah.
I am Latina and that sounds extremely dumb and performative gmafb

Everything Montoya does is dumb and performative.

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Anonymous wrote:Montoya says she isn’t supporting the calendar over the early release days

Also because they are adding a 1/2 day on the 23rd. She said she fought for the day off for Hispanic/Latino people.

I found that irritating. Nochebuena, as she said, is on December 24, not the 23rd. The 24th is off! Seemed really tone deaf that she said that folks need extra time to cook and travel the day before the holiday when literally Eid and Passover just became possible school days if we need snow make ups. Your holiday is off, with a half day prior. No one else gets cooking days.

Almost all the secular schools in the country not only have December 23 off but Dec 21 and 22 too. It's Maryland and much of the Northeast States that starts break on December 24 (Christmas Eve). The reason for that is the requirement to hold 180 days even if bad weather cancels school days. Most other states have a more normal law. If there are makeup days at the end summer is still long enough. Thanksgiving is at least a five day weekend with more places converting to a full week off. The late December break is two full weeks in nearly every state that has a more flexible law.

The best solution is to go virtual on snow/weather days.

We don't need a transition day or a day to cook. Most of the kids aren't cooking, so they can be in school.

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Anonymous wrote:Montoya says she isn’t supporting the calendar over the early release days

Also because they are adding a 1/2 day on the 23rd. She said she fought for the day off for Hispanic/Latino people.

I found that irritating. Nochebuena, as she said, is on December 24, not the 23rd. The 24th is off! Seemed really tone deaf that she said that folks need extra time to cook and travel the day before the holiday when literally Eid and Passover just became possible school days if we need snow make ups. Your holiday is off, with a half day prior. No one else gets cooking days.

So tone deaf.

Ppl can take off that half day if they want to travel or cook or whatever. This is the right choice. We don’t need so many pre-holiday off days.

We don’t need a transition day.

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Anonymous wrote:Montoya says she isn’t supporting the calendar over the early release days

Also because they are adding a 1/2 day on the 23rd. She said she fought for the day off for Hispanic/Latino people.

I found that irritating. Nochebuena, as she said, is on December 24, not the 23rd. The 24th is off! Seemed really tone deaf that she said that folks need extra time to cook and travel the day before the holiday when literally Eid and Passover just became possible school days if we need snow make ups. Your holiday is off, with a half day prior. No one else gets cooking days.

So tone deaf.

Ppl can take off that half day if they want to travel or cook or whatever. This is the right choice. We don’t need so many pre-holiday off days.

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Anonymous wrote:Montoya says she isn’t supporting the calendar over the early release days

Also because they are adding a 1/2 day on the 23rd. She said she fought for the day off for Hispanic/Latino people.

I found that irritating. Nochebuena, as she said, is on December 24, not the 23rd. The 24th is off! Seemed really tone deaf that she said that folks need extra time to cook and travel the day before the holiday when literally Eid and Passover just became possible school days if we need snow make ups. Your holiday is off, with a half day prior. No one else gets cooking days.

So tone deaf.

Yeah.
I am Latina and that sounds extremely dumb and performative gmafb

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Anonymous wrote:Montoya says she isn’t supporting the calendar over the early release days

Also because they are adding a 1/2 day on the 23rd. She said she fought for the day off for Hispanic/Latino people.

I found that irritating. Nochebuena, as she said, is on December 24, not the 23rd. The 24th is off! Seemed really tone deaf that she said that folks need extra time to cook and travel the day before the holiday when literally Eid and Passover just became possible school days if we need snow make ups. Your holiday is off, with a half day prior. No one else gets cooking days.

So tone deaf.

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Anonymous wrote:Montoya says she isn’t supporting the calendar over the early release days

Also because they are adding a 1/2 day on the 23rd. She said she fought for the day off for Hispanic/Latino people.

I found that irritating. Nochebuena, as she said, is on December 24, not the 23rd. The 24th is off! Seemed really tone deaf that she said that folks need extra time to cook and travel the day before the holiday when literally Eid and Passover just became possible school days if we need snow make ups. Your holiday is off, with a half day prior. No one else gets cooking days.