Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: This is what they did when I started with MCPS back in 2011. I can't remember when they switched. When they were full days, we did not travel Tgiving week. Since they made them all half days, we have generally used that as a travel week. The one year we didn't, the kids said most of their teachers weren't there and they didn't do anything. I'm honestly fine with teachers not really teaching that week -- it satisfies the state minimum day requirements and provides a safe space for kids whose parents have to work. I'm really not concerned by the number of days that my kids get in school. I have other concerns (curriculum, knowledge level of some teachers, insufficient time for teachers to actually grade and give feedback, safety, functionality of basic infrastructure like bathrooms and HVAC), but the hours of butts in seats is not something I am at all worried about. It's the least of my concerns.

2019-20: Early release on November 11, 12 and 27
https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/siteassets/schools/elementary-schools/a-c/candlewoodes/0916.19_2019-20_schoolcalendar.pdf
2020-21: Early release on November 23-25
https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/siteassets/schools/elementary-schools/d-g/drewes/homepage/0332.20ct_2020-21_schoolyearcalendar_amended-10_6.pdf

While not everyone is out during Thanksgiving week it's the first week to take it easy during the school year so little happens and some people skip it.

Anonymous wrote: This is what they did when I started with MCPS back in 2011. I can't remember when they switched. When they were full days, we did not travel Tgiving week. Since they made them all half days, we have generally used that as a travel week. The one year we didn't, the kids said most of their teachers weren't there and they didn't do anything. I'm honestly fine with teachers not really teaching that week -- it satisfies the state minimum day requirements and provides a safe space for kids whose parents have to work. I'm really not concerned by the number of days that my kids get in school. I have other concerns (curriculum, knowledge level of some teachers, insufficient time for teachers to actually grade and give feedback, safety, functionality of basic infrastructure like bathrooms and HVAC), but the hours of butts in seats is not something I am at all worried about. It's the least of my concerns.