Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm still waiting for someone to explain how this bill is "necessary for the immediate preservation of the public health or safety."

As a parent, I am worried if camp is canceled my child may be unsafe at school due to lack of supervision. How will I know if it is safe?

Teachers contracts cover the make-up days.

No, I don't think the General Assembly should bail MCPS out from state law. That just eliminates the incentive to plan better in the future. They will go running back to the General Assembly rather than put more days in the calendar. What a bunch of lazy POSs who dgaf about kids

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Don't forget to sign up to testify against the bill on Tuesday. You have to sign up by 6 p.m. today.

The original bill was crap but I’m actually fine with the new one. Going until June 26 just doesn’t work and they can only shorten the year next year if we experience the same nonsense as this year. I’d rather this passing than my kid missing the last week of school this year

+1

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Don't forget to sign up to testify against the bill on Tuesday. You have to sign up by 6 p.m. today.

The original bill was crap but I’m actually fine with the new one. Going until June 26 just doesn’t work and they can only shorten the year next year if we experience the same nonsense as this year. I’d rather this passing than my kid missing the last week of school this year

We will absolutely have a shortened year next year if this bill passes. MCPS isn't going to adjust the calendar sensibly if they don't need to make up days lost.

The calendar for next year already passed. Even without this bill they’re under no obligation to fix anything next year. At least the bill limits this to 175 days minimum.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Don't forget to sign up to testify against the bill on Tuesday. You have to sign up by 6 p.m. today.

The original bill was crap but I’m actually fine with the new one. Going until June 26 just doesn’t work and they can only shorten the year next year if we experience the same nonsense as this year. I’d rather this passing than my kid missing the last week of school this year

We will absolutely have a shortened year next year if this bill passes. MCPS isn't going to adjust the calendar sensibly if they don't need to make up days lost.

Anonymous wrote:Don't forget to sign up to testify against the bill on Tuesday. You have to sign up by 6 p.m. today.

The original bill was crap but I’m actually fine with the new one. Going until June 26 just doesn’t work and they can only shorten the year next year if we experience the same nonsense as this year. I’d rather this passing than my kid missing the last week of school this year

Don't forget to sign up to testify against the bill on Tuesday. You have to sign up by 6 p.m. today.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Did any post the oped from Bethesda magazine from the PTA? https://bethesdamagazine.com/2026/03/20/opinion-mcps-school-board-advocating-less-school/

They're not happy...

Yeah I really can't with any elected official that supports this bill. The MoCo delegation that pushed it has lost my vote.

Anne Arundel County passed this last year. Do you even know what you’re angry about? Explain. Majority of other states have either/or (days vs. hours) NOT both. So again… why are you so upset?

You can read the oped if you want. It's all right there.

I'm upset because in the original iteration and push, MCPS deceptively used the snow situation this year to try to get this legislation passed that could cut instructional time significantly. That got noticed which got the bill amended to apply to two years, which still isn't good as they should just create a realistic calendar for next year.

This is yet another situation where the staff associations push MCPS for policies that benefit staff and not children.

Maryland allows learning hours to be calculated including passing time, lunch, assemblies, testing days where kids are informally told not to show up until mid-day, etc.

MCPS seems to want to do everything but teach our kids the basics and graduate students who meet expectations in core classes.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Did any post the oped from Bethesda magazine from the PTA? https://bethesdamagazine.com/2026/03/20/opinion-mcps-school-board-advocating-less-school/

They're not happy...

Yeah I really can't with any elected official that supports this bill. The MoCo delegation that pushed it has lost my vote.

Anne Arundel County passed this last year. Do you even know what you’re angry about? Explain. Majority of other states have either/or (days vs. hours) NOT both. So again… why are you so upset?

Anonymous wrote:Did any post the oped from Bethesda magazine from the PTA? https://bethesdamagazine.com/2026/03/20/opinion-mcps-school-board-advocating-less-school/

They're not happy...

Yeah I really can't with any elected official that supports this bill. The MoCo delegation that pushed it has lost my vote.

Did any post the oped from Bethesda magazine from the PTA? https://bethesdamagazine.com/2026/03/20/opinion-mcps-school-board-advocating-less-school/

They're not happy...

Anonymous wrote:I'm still waiting for someone to explain how this bill is "necessary for the immediate preservation of the public health or safety."

As a parent, I am worried if camp is canceled my child may be unsafe at school due to lack of supervision. How will I know if it is safe?

I'm still waiting for someone to explain how this bill is "necessary for the immediate preservation of the public health or safety."

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Would it be helpful to call the state senate offices?

only if you're telling them this is a terrible bill.

+1.