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Anonymous wrote:They will not make up any days. They always get a waiver.. they have never used any so called make up days or extended the school year (not that I can recall..).

You don't have a long memory. They used a makeup day and extended the school year in 2022.

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Anonymous wrote:May 14 is the Maryland primary election. Wouldn’t June 14 make the most sense?

No, as has been discussed at length, days tacked on to the very end of the year end up being useless. We've got other make-ups in the calendar. This really shouldn't be so complicated. Use the first make-up day that's available to preserve the others for the additional days that will be needed.

That’s your opinion, but I personally think June 14 is a useful and better option in that it will upset/disrupt fewer people. No one has a one day camp starting that day. It doesn’t ignite a religious debate. It could have easily been the last day of school in the first place. I would even keep 6/13 as a half day, do 6/14 as a half day to give teachers time to wrap everything up and close out.

The time for that debate has come and gone. That's a calendar issue, and the calendar has been long set to include April 10 and April 22 as make-up days. If you don't think those should be school days, raise the issue when they create the new calendars.

We do raise it, but the school system purposely selects these days as PD/Planning/Makeup as a gamble that it will work out.

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Anonymous wrote:They will not make up any days. They always get a waiver.. they have never used any so called make up days or extended the school year (not that I can recall..).

Why would the state give a waiver when the state is allowing virtual inclement weather days for the second year? The state says you can use virtual days, but MCPS does not, even though other counties do. Then MCPS asks for, and apparently expects, a waiver for those days? That seems a bit much.

Anonymous wrote:They will not make up any days. They always get a waiver.. they have never used any so called make up days or extended the school year (not that I can recall..).

Anonymous wrote:Maybe April 1? Not a religious holiday as far as I know (I'm RC, and Easter Monday isn't a thing except a rest day--although I admit that other Christian traditions could vary in ways in which I'm not familiar), and if students are traveling back from spring break, oh well--no harm, no foul: hold school for whoever can come, tick the requirement off, and life goes on.

The problem I could see there is if _teachers and staff_ were planning last-minute travel return from spring break, but my instinct (as someone who teaches elsewhere) is that that number might be comparatively low.

I suppose they'd have to see, and it might get voted down for any number of reasons, but it might be a middle course.

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Anonymous wrote:May 14 is the Maryland primary election. Wouldn’t June 14 make the most sense?

No, as has been discussed at length, days tacked on to the very end of the year end up being useless. We've got other make-ups in the calendar. This really shouldn't be so complicated. Use the first make-up day that's available to preserve the others for the additional days that will be needed.

They don't do it that way. They wait until winter is mostly over and they have a good sense of the total number of days needed. If there are a lot they ask MSDE for a waiver. Depending on what they say, they figure out how to fit the makeup days in. I would not expect to know anything until late Feb/early March.

What about making flight reservations etc for spring break? What is the advice?

Anonymous wrote:They will not make up any days. They always get a waiver.. they have never used any so called make up days or extended the school year (not that I can recall..).

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Anonymous wrote:May 14 is the Maryland primary election. Wouldn’t June 14 make the most sense?

No, as has been discussed at length, days tacked on to the very end of the year end up being useless. We've got other make-ups in the calendar. This really shouldn't be so complicated. Use the first make-up day that's available to preserve the others for the additional days that will be needed.

That’s your opinion, but I personally think June 14 is a useful and better option in that it will upset/disrupt fewer people. No one has a one day camp starting that day. It doesn’t ignite a religious debate. It could have easily been the last day of school in the first place. I would even keep 6/13 as a half day, do 6/14 as a half day to give teachers time to wrap everything up and close out.

The time for that debate has come and gone. That's a calendar issue, and the calendar has been long set to include April 10 and April 22 as make-up days. If you don't think those should be school days, raise the issue when they create the new calendars.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:May 14 is the Maryland primary election. Wouldn’t June 14 make the most sense?

No, as has been discussed at length, days tacked on to the very end of the year end up being useless. We've got other make-ups in the calendar. This really shouldn't be so complicated. Use the first make-up day that's available to preserve the others for the additional days that will be needed.

That’s your opinion, but I personally think June 14 is a useful and better option in that it will upset/disrupt fewer people. No one has a one day camp starting that day. It doesn’t ignite a religious debate. It could have easily been the last day of school in the first place. I would even keep 6/13 as a half day, do 6/14 as a half day to give teachers time to wrap everything up and close out.

Anonymous wrote:They will not make up any days. They always get a waiver.. they have never used any so called make up days or extended the school year (not that I can recall..).

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:May 14 is the Maryland primary election. Wouldn’t June 14 make the most sense?

No, as has been discussed at length, days tacked on to the very end of the year end up being useless. We've got other make-ups in the calendar. This really shouldn't be so complicated. Use the first make-up day that's available to preserve the others for the additional days that will be needed.

That’s your opinion, but I personally think June 14 is a useful and better option in that it will upset/disrupt fewer people. No one has a one day camp starting that day. It doesn’t ignite a religious debate. It could have easily been the last day of school in the first place. I would even keep 6/13 as a half day, do 6/14 as a half day to give teachers time to wrap everything up and close out.

Anonymous wrote:They will not make up any days. They always get a waiver.. they have never used any so called make up days or extended the school year (not that I can recall..).

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:May 14 is the Maryland primary election. Wouldn’t June 14 make the most sense?

No, as has been discussed at length, days tacked on to the very end of the year end up being useless. We've got other make-ups in the calendar. This really shouldn't be so complicated. Use the first make-up day that's available to preserve the others for the additional days that will be needed.

They don't do it that way. They wait until winter is mostly over and they have a good sense of the total number of days needed. If there are a lot they ask MSDE for a waiver. Depending on what they say, they figure out how to fit the makeup days in. I would not expect to know anything until late Feb/early March.

What about making flight reservations etc for spring break? What is the advice?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:May 14 is the Maryland primary election. Wouldn’t June 14 make the most sense?

No, as has been discussed at length, days tacked on to the very end of the year end up being useless. We've got other make-ups in the calendar. This really shouldn't be so complicated. Use the first make-up day that's available to preserve the others for the additional days that will be needed.

They don't do it that way. They wait until winter is mostly over and they have a good sense of the total number of days needed. If there are a lot they ask MSDE for a waiver. Depending on what they say, they figure out how to fit the makeup days in. I would not expect to know anything until late Feb/early March.