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Anonymous wrote:The DMV public schools are the schools that shorten the school learning time. With all the teacher professional days, half days and the snow days for no snow. Catholic schools get more learning time than public schools hands-down and they’re also in school less time. Definitely coming from public school.

This is untrue. I have children at FCPS and at a Catholic k-8. The public kid is in school more days and hours.

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Anonymous wrote:St Mary has a link for parents to go to for updates on all things related to the construction. If you are at the school it seems a bit strange that you wouldn’t be able to figure out why this was the reason for the 2 week delay.

So kids are losing out on 2 weeks of instruction time bc of construction? Is tuition prorated accordingly?

St. Marys parent here: the school is undergoing a construction project and the delay in the school year is due to the construction. I would rather be delayed now than pushed back this summer if the project has a problem or something! I appreciate the heads up and time to plan rather than a last minute change.

This is actually pretty early to find out an Arlington Diocese Catholic K-8 schedule as normally the Office of Catholic Schools hasn’t approved them yet! Unlike public schools which post their schedules a year in advance, Arlington K-8s are slow with their schedules due to the approval of the OCS.

Also, the newsletter said they are extending Wednesdays to be a full day versus the earlier dismissal (which changed 10 years ago it used to be a normal dismissal day), so I think the students will get their full education and no calls for prorated tuition are necessary.

OP- call the school office for any questions next time as I have found they are happy to help any questions.

Thank you for this info. Your post was infinitely more informative than what the school put out — which I suppose is my concern. The official announcement was brief, vague, dismissive, surprising, and completely unhelpful.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:St Mary has a link for parents to go to for updates on all things related to the construction. If you are at the school it seems a bit strange that you wouldn’t be able to figure out why this was the reason for the 2 week delay.

So kids are losing out on 2 weeks of instruction time bc of construction? Is tuition prorated accordingly?

St. Marys parent here: the school is undergoing a construction project and the delay in the school year is due to the construction. I would rather be delayed now than pushed back this summer if the project has a problem or something! I appreciate the heads up and time to plan rather than a last minute change.

This is actually pretty early to find out an Arlington Diocese Catholic K-8 schedule as normally the Office of Catholic Schools hasn’t approved them yet! Unlike public schools which post their schedules a year in advance, Arlington K-8s are slow with their schedules due to the approval of the OCS.

Also, the newsletter said they are extending Wednesdays to be a full day versus the earlier dismissal (which changed 10 years ago it used to be a normal dismissal day), so I think the students will get their full education and no calls for prorated tuition are necessary.

OP- call the school office for any questions next time as I have found they are happy to help any questions.

Thank you for this info. Your post was infinitely more informative than what the school put out — which I suppose is my concern. The official announcement was brief, vague, dismissive, surprising, and completely unhelpful.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:St Mary has a link for parents to go to for updates on all things related to the construction. If you are at the school it seems a bit strange that you wouldn’t be able to figure out why this was the reason for the 2 week delay.

So kids are losing out on 2 weeks of instruction time bc of construction? Is tuition prorated accordingly?

St. Marys parent here: the school is undergoing a construction project and the delay in the school year is due to the construction. I would rather be delayed now than pushed back this summer if the project has a problem or something! I appreciate the heads up and time to plan rather than a last minute change.

This is actually pretty early to find out an Arlington Diocese Catholic K-8 schedule as normally the Office of Catholic Schools hasn’t approved them yet! Unlike public schools which post their schedules a year in advance, Arlington K-8s are slow with their schedules due to the approval of the OCS.

Also, the newsletter said they are extending Wednesdays to be a full day versus the earlier dismissal (which changed 10 years ago it used to be a normal dismissal day), so I think the students will get their full education and no calls for prorated tuition are necessary.

OP- call the school office for any questions next time as I have found they are happy to help any questions.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:St Mary has a link for parents to go to for updates on all things related to the construction. If you are at the school it seems a bit strange that you wouldn’t be able to figure out why this was the reason for the 2 week delay.

So kids are losing out on 2 weeks of instruction time bc of construction? Is tuition prorated accordingly?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The DMV public schools are the schools that shorten the school learning time. With all the teacher professional days, half days and the snow days for no snow. Catholic schools get more learning time than public schools hands-down and they’re also in school less time. Definitely coming from public school.

This is untrue. I have children at FCPS and at a Catholic k-8. The public kid is in school more days and hours.

Anonymous wrote:St Mary has a link for parents to go to for updates on all things related to the construction. If you are at the school it seems a bit strange that you wouldn’t be able to figure out why this was the reason for the 2 week delay.

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Anonymous wrote:Saint Marys is probably opening later due to the schedule construction this summer.

If that is the case, it would have been great to say that, just like they said in 2020, we need another week to get things ready to have the kids back to school in a Covid-safe environment. Instead, there is a note in the weekly newsletter which just says, school starts on this date. A date which is different than it had been for years pre-covid.

Anonymous wrote:The DMV public schools are the schools that shorten the school learning time. With all the teacher professional days, half days and the snow days for no snow. Catholic schools get more learning time than public schools hands-down and they’re also in school less time. Definitely coming from public school.