2 weeks at winter doesn't bother me. Its easy to get grandparents involved for child care and nice to have extra time off to be festive. I dont want to be at work so using school closures as a reason to take PTO is fine with me.

I wish summer break was longer. And I wish the religious holidays were gone.

We love the 2 week winter break even though we don't travel. We plan ahead for the time off and then spend family time and decompress from the craziness of events and functions and school work and winter sports from Thanksgiving to Christmas. Voting to keep it!

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Anonymous wrote:I hope it asks us to vote on a year-round school option! 9 weeks on, 2 weeks off, and an 8.5 week summer. (Plus, Labor Day, Memorial Day, and 3 days at Thanksgiving.)

no one wants this.

DP. I want this.

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Anonymous wrote:The advocates for the religious holidays were incredibly vocal with the last board and they got their way. Teachers demanded a two week winter break. The average family perspective doesn’t stand a chance.

You don't want a 2 week winter break? Most families that I know want it to stay that way. We generally do not want a 12 week summer. (But most of us want to get rid of the religious holidays.)

Hell no. One week is plenty. There are always tons of snow closures in Jan/Feb, it feels like they basically don't go to school from Nov-Feb.

Same for us. Two weeks over winter is ridiculous given the other closures we are bound to get and most of us can't afford to travel

Same here. I grew up in an area where we went to school up to and maybe even on December 23, then back to school right after New Year’s Day. This was in an area where most people celebrated Christmas. No one complained. The long winter break is just too much on top of everything else, including the inevitable snow days at that time of year. If people want to take two week long trips, they should do it in the summer or miss a few few days of school. Sorry that it’s hotter then, but we all have to make choices.

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Anonymous wrote:The advocates for the religious holidays were incredibly vocal with the last board and they got their way. Teachers demanded a two week winter break. The average family perspective doesn’t stand a chance.

You don't want a 2 week winter break? Most families that I know want it to stay that way. We generally do not want a 12 week summer. (But most of us want to get rid of the religious holidays.)

Hell no. One week is plenty. There are always tons of snow closures in Jan/Feb, it feels like they basically don't go to school from Nov-Feb.

Same for us. Two weeks over winter is ridiculous given the other closures we are bound to get and most of us can't afford to travel

Anonymous wrote:Byyyyyyyyyyyyye religious holidays in public school! Give every kid and teacher 2 floating holidays to use and move on.

Where do they get subs for those two floating holidays?

Yeah, we are big skiers, and I don't love that two week break either. It's too long.

I'd rather have a longer summer- and in terms of equity, summer camp is way cheaper than camps around christmas, so it seems better for folks who don't do big vacations

link to survey?

Byyyyyyyyyyyyye religious holidays in public school! Give every kid and teacher 2 floating holidays to use and move on.

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Anonymous wrote:The advocates for the religious holidays were incredibly vocal with the last board and they got their way. Teachers demanded a two week winter break. The average family perspective doesn’t stand a chance.

You don't want a 2 week winter break? Most families that I know want it to stay that way. We generally do not want a 12 week summer. (But most of us want to get rid of the religious holidays.)

Hell no. One week is plenty. There are always tons of snow closures in Jan/Feb, it feels like they basically don't go to school from Nov-Feb.

Anonymous wrote:Just took it. I was surprised how short it was AND surprised we got to actually vote on getting rid of the religious holidays. I did note that Christmas was included in the list of religious holidays so hope that doesn't confuse people since obviously we aren't going to be going to school on xmas since no one would be there.

Same with day before Thanksgiving. I don't think that question is based in reality either.

Setting days off years in advance to movable sun holidays that don’t actually become solidified until a religious leader determines the actual day is a fool’s errand. Let me know what people celebrate their religious holiday early because FCPS put it on the calendar. Zero. And they will still take their actual day off of school! Make this make sense! It doesn’t and FCPS should not be scheduling these as holidays.

Just took it. I was surprised how short it was AND surprised we got to actually vote on getting rid of the religious holidays. I did note that Christmas was included in the list of religious holidays so hope that doesn't confuse people since obviously we aren't going to be going to school on xmas since no one would be there.

Anonymous wrote:Pretty easy to get rid of most religious holidays. Simply renaming to fall break, winter break and spring break.

No more religious holidays. Maybe sprinkle in a Presidents’ Day holiday.

Yes! Let's add in a week-long fall break!

Pretty easy to get rid of most religious holidays. Simply renaming to fall break, winter break and spring break.

No more religious holidays. Maybe sprinkle in a Presidents’ Day holiday.

Anonymous wrote:The advocates for the religious holidays were incredibly vocal with the last board and they got their way. Teachers demanded a two week winter break. The average family perspective doesn’t stand a chance.

You don't want a 2 week winter break? Most families that I know want it to stay that way. We generally do not want a 12 week summer. (But most of us want to get rid of the religious holidays.)