Anonymous
Post 09/13/2025 02:44     Subject: So many student holidays in FCPS, where do your kids go for the one day camp?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:If you are allowed to WFH then kids can stay at home and entertain themselves while you work.

If you have to be in office take the day off yourself and enjoy going somewhere (zoo, fall festival, museum, shopping) together.


I feel like a teacher wrote this. It's so out of touch with working parents.

The whole DC area seems to have returned to the office and has no telework whatsoever. I do not have leave for the 10+ random days off in addition to regular Christmas/spring break weeks and also wanting to take a family vacation. Push all these random days off together and let us go on real vacations.

What school districts should move towards is each kid getting 2 days that they can use towards whatever religious holiday they'd like, without an absence being charged. And keep schools open and running like normal. Only major federal holidays should be celebrated, not President's Day.


I agree with you but would just contextualize that FCPS has always been this disrespectful and dismissive of working families in less privileged sectors that couldn’t work from home. Oh you’re a nurse, sanitation worker, in food service or anything traditionally “working class”? Just WFH! Go to a fall festival!
Anonymous
Post 09/12/2025 11:18     Subject: So many student holidays in FCPS, where do your kids go for the one day camp?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:If you are allowed to WFH then kids can stay at home and entertain themselves while you work.

If you have to be in office take the day off yourself and enjoy going somewhere (zoo, fall festival, museum, shopping) together.


I feel like a teacher wrote this. It's so out of touch with working parents.

The whole DC area seems to have returned to the office and has no telework whatsoever. I do not have leave for the 10+ random days off in addition to regular Christmas/spring break weeks and also wanting to take a family vacation. Push all these random days off together and let us go on real vacations.

What school districts should move towards is each kid getting 2 days that they can use towards whatever religious holiday they'd like, without an absence being charged. And keep schools open and running like normal. Only major federal holidays should be celebrated, not President's Day.


This. The school system is working under the assumption that it’s 2020 and we can all work from home. Somehow teachers have more rights than other workers.
Anonymous
Post 09/12/2025 10:00     Subject: So many student holidays in FCPS, where do your kids go for the one day camp?
Anonymous wrote:If you are allowed to WFH then kids can stay at home and entertain themselves while you work.

If you have to be in office take the day off yourself and enjoy going somewhere (zoo, fall festival, museum, shopping) together.


I feel like a teacher wrote this. It's so out of touch with working parents.

The whole DC area seems to have returned to the office and has no telework whatsoever. I do not have leave for the 10+ random days off in addition to regular Christmas/spring break weeks and also wanting to take a family vacation. Push all these random days off together and let us go on real vacations.

What school districts should move towards is each kid getting 2 days that they can use towards whatever religious holiday they'd like, without an absence being charged. And keep schools open and running like normal. Only major federal holidays should be celebrated, not President's Day.
Anonymous
Post 09/12/2025 09:55     Subject: So many student holidays in FCPS, where do your kids go for the one day camp?
Anonymous wrote:Idk PPs situation, but my office was previously authorized to telework on school closures days. It was just recently announced that's no longer the case. Luckily I have SACC that covers a fair amount, but a lot of people are in trouble on short notice.


SACC doesn’t cover as much this school year, it seems. Just a heads up.
Anonymous
Post 09/12/2025 09:54     Subject: So many student holidays in FCPS, where do your kids go for the one day camp?
Our church offers camp on some of the days.
Anonymous
Post 09/11/2025 19:47     Subject: So many student holidays in FCPS, where do your kids go for the one day camp?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:If you are allowed to WFH then kids can stay at home and entertain themselves while you work.

If you have to be in office take the day off yourself and enjoy going somewhere (zoo, fall festival, museum, shopping) together.

And some of us have WFH agreements that prohibit caring for children during work hours.


Thisbid off topic but simply being in the house where children are present is NOT the same as actively providing childcare. My supervisor has totally approved telework while my kids watch a movie in the basement. Between the ages of like 8-11 or so, kids can easily figure out something to do in the next room, but can't really be left at home alone for the entire day. The adult is really only there in case of an emergency. Actively providing childcare would be more like walking around with a fussy infant or monitoring your toddler that gets into every cabinet and drawer.
Anonymous
Post 09/11/2025 19:21     Subject: So many student holidays in FCPS, where do your kids go for the one day camp?
Anonymous wrote:For this school year? The calendar has been known for a while, yes?


Nasty unnecessary post, yes?
Anonymous
Post 09/10/2025 19:40     Subject: So many student holidays in FCPS, where do your kids go for the one day camp?
Anonymous wrote:If you are allowed to WFH then kids can stay at home and entertain themselves while you work.

If you have to be in office take the day off yourself and enjoy going somewhere (zoo, fall festival, museum, shopping) together.

And some of us have WFH agreements that prohibit caring for children during work hours.
Anonymous
Post 09/10/2025 19:25     Subject: So many student holidays in FCPS, where do your kids go for the one day camp?
Anonymous wrote:
Husband and I simply take leave.


Some of us do not have enough leave for that. Sigh.
Anonymous
Post 09/10/2025 18:57     Subject: So many student holidays in FCPS, where do your kids go for the one day camp?
Anonymous wrote:If you are allowed to WFH then kids can stay at home and entertain themselves while you work.

If you have to be in office take the day off yourself and enjoy going somewhere (zoo, fall festival, museum, shopping) together.


And this is why I'd rather do these things on a random weekend than a day off school. Everyone feels the need to "do something" because they took the day off, even if they don't feel that way on a random Saturday.
Anonymous
Post 09/10/2025 17:38     Subject: So many student holidays in FCPS, where do your kids go for the one day camp?

Husband and I simply take leave.
Anonymous
Post 09/10/2025 13:17     Subject: So many student holidays in FCPS, where do your kids go for the one day camp?
If you are allowed to WFH then kids can stay at home and entertain themselves while you work.

If you have to be in office take the day off yourself and enjoy going somewhere (zoo, fall festival, museum, shopping) together.
Anonymous
Post 09/10/2025 13:13     Subject: So many student holidays in FCPS, where do your kids go for the one day camp?
OP where do you they go before or after school? That place will likely have camps.
Anonymous
Post 09/10/2025 10:47     Subject: So many student holidays in FCPS, where do your kids go for the one day camp?
Camp grandma for my kids. I flew her in from NY to watch them Tuesday and the early release Wednesday.