Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am pissed. They changed the Nov. 25 date for our pyramid. I already scheduled a dr appointment for my child that afternoon thinking we’d be early release. What the heck??

Plenty of people already decided to make Thanksgiving a full week rather than show up for wasted days. As usual, FCPS does not have respect for parents time.

Haha what??? I'm sure they saw how bad having a week with 1 and a half days in it was, which was complained about earlier in this thread, and modified it. Ya'll are insane. You are now only missing 3 extra hours of school. You will complain about everything.

It was a week with 1.5 days in June when they rolled this out as well. Now that people have made other plans they care about how bad it was?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The end of October/beginning of November is going to chaos. I’m just booking a trip and pulling my kids out. We can travel 10/26-11/6 and only miss two days of schools.

Monday 10/28 - ER
Thursday 10/31 - ER
Friday 11/1 - No school
Monday 11/4 - No School
Tuesday 11/5 - No School

Veterans Day is the following Monday 11/11.

If someone needed to book international travel to visit family, 10/26-11/11 would be perfect and your child would only miss 5 days of school and you could have a 17 day trip. And you know that 10/29 and 10/30 are going to be nothing days.

This is what we are doing as well. The timing is perfect and anyone who is not taking advantage of this is a fool. Missing two days of school in elementary is no big deal and you get to avoid the waste of two ER days.

I think that is smart in elem school. Unfortunately I now have a high schooler so we can’t do those kinds of trips anymore.

Yes, not doable for anyone with high schoolers. But for middle or ES students this will be okay.

How is it that there are only five days of school from October 26 until November 11th?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am pissed. They changed the Nov. 25 date for our pyramid. I already scheduled a dr appointment for my child that afternoon thinking we’d be early release. What the heck??

Plenty of people already decided to make Thanksgiving a full week rather than show up for wasted days. As usual, FCPS does not have respect for parents time.

Most people take that week off anyway.

Anonymous wrote:The end of October/beginning of November is going to chaos. I’m just booking a trip and pulling my kids out. We can travel 10/26-11/6 and only miss two days of schools.

Monday 10/28 - ER
Thursday 10/31 - ER
Friday 11/1 - No school
Monday 11/4 - No School
Tuesday 11/5 - No School

Veterans Day is the following Monday 11/11.

If someone needed to book international travel to visit family, 10/26-11/11 would be perfect and your child would only miss 5 days of school and you could have a 17 day trip. And you know that 10/29 and 10/30 are going to be nothing days.

International flights 10/26-11/11 are so much cheaper than 12/20-1/5. Very tempting

Hahahaha, so many people are going to be out the week of Thanksgiving, that Monday is going to be a useless day no matter what. I wonder if it's because a lot of teachers tried to take the whole week off.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The end of October/beginning of November is going to chaos. I’m just booking a trip and pulling my kids out. We can travel 10/26-11/6 and only miss two days of schools.

Monday 10/28 - ER
Thursday 10/31 - ER
Friday 11/1 - No school
Monday 11/4 - No School
Tuesday 11/5 - No School

Veterans Day is the following Monday 11/11.

If someone needed to book international travel to visit family, 10/26-11/11 would be perfect and your child would only miss 5 days of school and you could have a 17 day trip. And you know that 10/29 and 10/30 are going to be nothing days.

This is what we are doing as well. The timing is perfect and anyone who is not taking advantage of this is a fool. Missing two days of school in elementary is no big deal and you get to avoid the waste of two ER days.

I think that is smart in elem school. Unfortunately I now have a high schooler so we can’t do those kinds of trips anymore.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am pissed. They changed the Nov. 25 date for our pyramid. I already scheduled a dr appointment for my child that afternoon thinking we’d be early release. What the heck??

Plenty of people already decided to make Thanksgiving a full week rather than show up for wasted days. As usual, FCPS does not have respect for parents time.

Haha what??? I'm sure they saw how bad having a week with 1 and a half days in it was, which was complained about earlier in this thread, and modified it. Ya'll are insane. You are now only missing 3 extra hours of school. You will complain about everything.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The end of October/beginning of November is going to chaos. I’m just booking a trip and pulling my kids out. We can travel 10/26-11/6 and only miss two days of schools.

Monday 10/28 - ER
Thursday 10/31 - ER
Friday 11/1 - No school
Monday 11/4 - No School
Tuesday 11/5 - No School

Veterans Day is the following Monday 11/11.

If someone needed to book international travel to visit family, 10/26-11/11 would be perfect and your child would only miss 5 days of school and you could have a 17 day trip. And you know that 10/29 and 10/30 are going to be nothing days.

This is what we are doing as well. The timing is perfect and anyone who is not taking advantage of this is a fool. Missing two days of school in elementary is no big deal and you get to avoid the waste of two ER days.

My kids wouldn't forgive me if we skipped Halloween...
Plus, I don't have enough time off to use it on days school is open. I need to save my time off for the times school is closed.

Anonymous wrote:The end of October/beginning of November is going to chaos. I’m just booking a trip and pulling my kids out. We can travel 10/26-11/6 and only miss two days of schools.

Monday 10/28 - ER
Thursday 10/31 - ER
Friday 11/1 - No school
Monday 11/4 - No School
Tuesday 11/5 - No School

Veterans Day is the following Monday 11/11.

If someone needed to book international travel to visit family, 10/26-11/11 would be perfect and your child would only miss 5 days of school and you could have a 17 day trip. And you know that 10/29 and 10/30 are going to be nothing days.

This is what we are doing as well. The timing is perfect and anyone who is not taking advantage of this is a fool. Missing two days of school in elementary is no big deal and you get to avoid the waste of two ER days.

Anonymous wrote:I am pissed. They changed the Nov. 25 date for our pyramid. I already scheduled a dr appointment for my child that afternoon thinking we’d be early release. What the heck??

Keep the appointment.

We are traveling the full week of Thanksgiving. Not changing our plans now

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am pissed. They changed the Nov. 25 date for our pyramid. I already scheduled a dr appointment for my child that afternoon thinking we’d be early release. What the heck??

Plenty of people already decided to make Thanksgiving a full week rather than show up for wasted days. As usual, FCPS does not have respect for parents time.

I imagine they will see how bad attendance is on that Monday as a result of this switcheroo.

Anonymous wrote:I am pissed. They changed the Nov. 25 date for our pyramid. I already scheduled a dr appointment for my child that afternoon thinking we’d be early release. What the heck??

Plenty of people already decided to make Thanksgiving a full week rather than show up for wasted days. As usual, FCPS does not have respect for parents time.

I am pissed. They changed the Nov. 25 date for our pyramid. I already scheduled a dr appointment for my child that afternoon thinking we’d be early release. What the heck??

Email received today
September 5, 2024

Dear Elementary School Parents/Caregivers,

We appreciate your patience as we worked collaboratively within our community to finalize the details of FCPS’ elementary early release Mondays, which start this month.

Please see important updates below:

Early Release Monday Dates

The complete list of dates, which are based on your child’s school pyramid, is available on FCPS’ Limited Early Release Mondays webpage. If your school had November 25 (Thanksgiving week) as an early release day, please note that it has been changed to December 9.

Confirm Your Student’s Plans for September 16 and 23

All families should have received a Google form asking whether they intend for their student to go home or stay after school during the first two early release Mondays. If you have not yet filled out the form, please complete it immediately. We are requesting that all families complete the form to help schools plan.

Schools will be in touch with all families to confirm which students are going home during the early release and which students will be staying at school.

After-School Activities

Students who stay at school between early release and regular dismissal will not be with their regular teacher and will not receive instruction during this time. Instead, they will be supervised by other school staff, substitute teachers, or central office staff. Students will participate in after-school activities which might include:

Quiet time/ independent reading/listening

Completion of missed schoolwork/homework

Laptop time (ST Math, Myon, Lexia, Varsity Tutors, etc.)

Library rotation

Physical activity

Crafts

Board games

View a sample of how students might rotate through these activities.

Support for Students with Disabilities

A separate email for students with IEPs or 504s will be distributed from FCPS in the next few days to address support for students with disabilities.

School-Age Child Care (SACC) Students

SACC will operate during their regularly scheduled hours on early release Mondays. Students who typically attend SACC can be supervised by FCPS staff until SACC opens for their regular afternoon hours. Families should indicate that their student needs supervision on the Google form. If your student is enrolled in SACC at a different school than where they attend, please plan to have them stay at their attending school until regular dismissal time.

If SACC becomes available to provide supervision during the early release, we will update families immediately.

Modified Monday Specials

Schools have been asked to modify the early release morning schedule to include specials that would have normally occurred on early release Mondays, so students do not miss out on these classes.

November 25 (Thanksgiving Week) Early Release Date Change

Schools in the Herndon, Langley, Madison, Marshall, McLean, South Lakes, Centreville, Chantilly, Fairfax, Oakton, Robinson, and Westfield pyramids will have an early release Monday on December 9 rather than November 25.

Please visit the FCPS website for additional information about early release Mondays. Thank you for supporting all that our teachers do to provide an excellent education for FCPS students.

Fairfax County Public Schools