Anonymous
12/18/2025 09:30
Subject: People sending their kids next week?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:OMG, such slacker snowflakes. If school is open, of course they go!
Just wait until your kids are in high school - especially the upper years. You will quickly see that there is plenty of wasted time where there is no instruction/tests going on. Couple that with AP/IB schedules - sometimes it makes more sense to skip school so the kids can actually get their work done.
My senior and I are playing the game - I tell her she has to go, she protests, I'm sure she'll either do a half day Monday and skip Tuesday.
My freshman and my senior both have quizzes, meaningful instruction, and test next week. It is incentive for them to go!
Anonymous
12/18/2025 09:27
Subject: People sending their kids next week?
Anonymous wrote:OMG, such slacker snowflakes. If school is open, of course they go!
Just wait until your kids are in high school - especially the upper years. You will quickly see that there is plenty of wasted time where there is no instruction/tests going on. Couple that with AP/IB schedules - sometimes it makes more sense to skip school so the kids can actually get their work done.
My senior and I are playing the game - I tell her she has to go, she protests, I'm sure she'll either do a half day Monday and skip Tuesday.
Anonymous
12/18/2025 06:39
Subject: Re:People sending their kids next week?
Anonymous wrote:Flying out this weekend to see far away relatives for the holidays - so no.
same
Anonymous
12/18/2025 00:13
Subject: People sending their kids next week?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:So long as y’all are not the same parents mad every time there isn’t a full week of school.
+1,000,000
Well it isn’t a full week of school. It’s half days. And last year my elementary school kid watched videos in class so this year we’re leaving early to visit out of state family.
It’s not half days.
I’m sending my WJ kids but no judgement on those who aren’t. My older one missed a lot of days with a wicked stomach virus and we are already on the McPS Sh&t list. But more importantly, last time they missed for something like this, there was one teacher that assigned something important and then made it really hard to make up. So I feel like most teachers don’t care much or will be understanding but like 1% of teachers are gojng to be a real jerk about it.
Yep the teachers are the problem. Not you who is disregarding the published school calendar.
Anonymous
12/17/2025 23:52
Subject: People sending their kids next week?
OMG, such slacker snowflakes. If school is open, of course they go!
Anonymous
12/17/2025 23:45
Subject: People sending their kids next week?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:So long as y’all are not the same parents mad every time there isn’t a full week of school.
+1,000,000
Well it isn’t a full week of school. It’s half days. And last year my elementary school kid watched videos in class so this year we’re leaving early to visit out of state family.
It’s not half days.
I’m sending my WJ kids but no judgement on those who aren’t. My older one missed a lot of days with a wicked stomach virus and we are already on the McPS Sh&t list. But more importantly, last time they missed for something like this, there was one teacher that assigned something important and then made it really hard to make up. So I feel like most teachers don’t care much or will be understanding but like 1% of teachers are gojng to be a real jerk about it.
Anonymous
12/17/2025 23:40
Subject: People sending their kids next week?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:So long as y’all are not the same parents mad every time there isn’t a full week of school.
+1,000,000
Well it isn’t a full week of school. It’s half days. And last year my elementary school kid watched videos in class so this year we’re leaving early to visit out of state family.
Anonymous
12/17/2025 23:30
Subject: People sending their kids next week?
2nd grade teacher here. We will have instruction all day except for the Winter concert and the e Winter party in the afternoons on both days. We have work to do and when we return testing starts immediately.
Anonymous
12/17/2025 22:24
Subject: People sending their kids next week?
BCC parent here - my junior will be there Monday bc he has a test. (The sheer number of tests these kids have is mindblowing btw.) Tuesday he has a doctor's appointment in the afternoon but will probably send him in the AM.
Anonymous
12/17/2025 22:21
Subject: Re:People sending their kids next week?
Flying out this weekend to see far away relatives for the holidays - so no.
Anonymous
12/17/2025 22:04
Subject: People sending their kids next week?
Different school. Senior has a test and a quiz on Monday.
Anonymous
12/17/2025 20:55
Subject: People sending their kids next week?
Anonymous wrote:So long as y’all are not the same parents mad every time there isn’t a full week of school.
Oh no, we love shortened weeks in this house
But then we don't need childcare...
Anonymous
12/17/2025 20:52
Subject: People sending their kids next week?
Different HS but I plan for my senior to go. He has already missed a ton of days between COVID and college visits and we keep getting notifications from school about excessive absences (even though all were excused).
Anonymous
12/17/2025 20:41
Subject: People sending their kids next week?
Let the teachers and your kid have a break. Keep them home.
Anonymous
12/17/2025 20:19
Subject: People sending their kids next week?
Anonymous wrote:So long as y’all are not the same parents mad every time there isn’t a full week of school.
+1,000,000