Anonymous wrote:I thought purple at first, but the more I look at it, I think green is best overall. You get out late in June, but most of the families I know what family time in August rather than June. Anyone who does swim can't travel til August and that's just not enough time starting mid-month.

Any time in school after Memorial Day is wasted time. They don’t do anything and everyone is mentally checked out. The earlier you get out in June the better.

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Anonymous wrote:What’s wrong with starting 12/24? That’s what FCPS used to do.

Ick-NO!

You must be, ew, Christian.

I don’t think it is the Christian’s who want the 2 weeks off—it is the out of area travelers.

For the rest of us who do not have $🤑🤑, 🤑🤑🤑 to blow on a Christmas vacation getaway—we’d be fine getting out 12/24 and returning 1/2.

Yep bending to the whim of people who need their two week Euro and/or ski vacation. Immigrant families would prefer a longer spring break or a long break in January or February when it's cheaper to travel.

Those of us who want 2 weeks off aren’t all rich. Some of us drive across the US to be with family this one time a year. We need the two weeks for the extra travel days,

Oh please, it's extremely privileged that you're able to do that and you know it.

We should not be planning our school calendar around your “need” for a two week trip.

Anonymous wrote:Which does everyone think the school board is intending to adopt? Isn’t there always a front runner?

I bet they don’t accept any of them. Each member will have a brilliant tweak to one of the plans and someone will have to scramble to create a fourth option that incorporates their brilliance.

Anonymous wrote:I thought purple at first, but the more I look at it, I think green is best overall. You get out late in June, but most of the families I know what family time in August rather than June. Anyone who does swim can't travel til August and that's just not enough time starting mid-month.

We vacation in June. There is usually a week between when school gets out and camps start.

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Anonymous wrote:What’s wrong with starting 12/24? That’s what FCPS used to do.

Ick-NO!

You must be, ew, Christian.

I don’t think it is the Christian’s who want the 2 weeks off—it is the out of area travelers.

For the rest of us who do not have $🤑🤑, 🤑🤑🤑 to blow on a Christmas vacation getaway—we’d be fine getting out 12/24 and returning 1/2.

Yep bending to the whim of people who need their two week Euro and/or ski vacation. Immigrant families would prefer a longer spring break or a long break in January or February when it's cheaper to travel.

Those of us who want 2 weeks off aren’t all rich. Some of us drive across the US to be with family this one time a year. We need the two weeks for the extra travel days,

Oh please, it's extremely privileged that you're able to do that and you know it.

Anonymous wrote:Just remove all religious holidays and the O days from the calendar. If you want religious holidays, go to a private school.

It's that simple.

Bring back a rational school calendar.

YES PLEASE

Anonymous wrote:Which does everyone think the school board is intending to adopt? Isn’t there always a front runner?

My guess is Blue or Orange. These are the ones that start 8/21, the main difference being the length of WB then determining the last day of school. Blue last day is 6/14 and orange is 6/11. Blue is basically what we had this year. It’s annoying that they can’t find 2 days to cut off orange somewhere else in the year so we could get out 6/7 because that partial last week is going to be a total punt week.

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Anonymous wrote:What’s wrong with starting 12/24? That’s what FCPS used to do.

Ick-NO!

You must be, ew, Christian.

I don’t think it is the Christian’s who want the 2 weeks off—it is the out of area travelers.

For the rest of us who do not have $🤑🤑, 🤑🤑🤑 to blow on a Christmas vacation getaway—we’d be fine getting out 12/24 and returning 1/2.

My family is atheist and want the 2 weeks off.

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Anonymous wrote:Which does everyone think the school board is intending to adopt? Isn’t there always a front runner?

The one everyone else wants the least because that’s how they roll.

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Anonymous wrote:What’s wrong with starting 12/24? That’s what FCPS used to do.

Ick-NO!

You must be, ew, Christian.

I don’t think it is the Christian’s who want the 2 weeks off—it is the out of area travelers.

For the rest of us who do not have $🤑🤑, 🤑🤑🤑 to blow on a Christmas vacation getaway—we’d be fine getting out 12/24 and returning 1/2.

My family is atheist and want the 2 weeks off.

Which does everyone think the school board is intending to adopt? Isn’t there always a front runner?

I like green or orange. I want a shortened winter break and I want spring break that last week in March.

I get the back and forth about the religious holidays. I do not get those who state :get rid of Christmas. Christianity has always been the leading religion in the US. I always thought this is why Christmas historically was given as holiday off. I’m in the boat that we don’t need two + weeks off around this and New Years. I grew up in New England and one week plus a day or two depending on when Christmas fell was great. Then we had a February break. It aligned with the quarters and semesters much better. This year my HS student was bombarded with assignments and tests before the winter break. Teachers made it like it was the end of the semester because there were 17 days off! Now the kids are back at crazy amounts of assignments and tests because it IS the end of the semester. It’s everything all at once. My kid feels like teachers are scrambling to get everything taught.

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Anonymous wrote:What’s wrong with starting 12/24? That’s what FCPS used to do.

Ick-NO!

Just how long do Christians need off for their holiday? They already get two weeks!

There’s also New Years in there. But I don’t think it’s even completely about the holidays, I think it’s also about the break itself. Personally I like having a mid-year (well, almost) break for teachers & kids, but I understand maybe others do not.

Then give 2-3 days off for Christmas and give a longer break at the end of the Semester when it makes the most sense. I hate having random weeks off right before the end of the quarter, it's so stupid and is absolutely not how the rest of the world does it. Even in Christian-centric countries.

This is actually false. Most European countries have more days in their school year and start way earlier. They end the semester with Christmas break. New semester starts in January.

Our European school started the first week in September and ended the first week in July! They also took off two weeks at Christmas.

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Anonymous wrote:What’s wrong with starting 12/24? That’s what FCPS used to do.

Ick-NO!

You must be, ew, Christian.

I don’t think it is the Christian’s who want the 2 weeks off—it is the out of area travelers.

For the rest of us who do not have $🤑🤑, 🤑🤑🤑 to blow on a Christmas vacation getaway—we’d be fine getting out 12/24 and returning 1/2.

This has been my experience so far. Particularly the Indian families.