Anonymous wrote:So is Spring Break being the week of Easter again intentional, or is it just always going to be the first week of April (like it is in 2022) and in 2023 it happened to align?

i don't they've confirmed. this year could be a coincidence. the following year will confirm - when easter is 3/31.

Anonymous wrote:Summer vacation is down to 9 weeks now?

That is what it seems like - I wonder how the teachers feel about that.

Bro I literally just searched FCPS calendar and the news release is like "calendar equity inclusion equity inclusion" LMAO

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Anonymous wrote:I like having the days off here and there, and 4 day weeks. Gives the kids a break, allows them to sleep in, etc. As much as I hate January being full of holidays (especially this year), I really despise that stretch with no breaks from the 3rd week of Jan to the 3rd week of Feb. It's bleak.

well, the first 2Q’s only have 8 five-day weeks. The last 2Q’s have 14 five-day weeks. This is imbalanced.

The HS kids take AP exams the first week of May. After that they check out. So it's not a real 14 weeks for them.

For the ES and MS kids grades don't matter and they check out around May anyway.

This really sucks for the MS kids taking HS classes and non AP HS kids. I feel badly for them.

No, OP, that’s not the point of the calendar. I am so tired of these over the top, angry screeds against FCPS. My FCPS kids have gotten out as late as the third week of June so I don’t know what the hubbub is about (other than the usual political bs). No one is going to love every part of the calendar. I don’t want a two week winter break. I would prefer year-round school. But, it’s fine.

I'm kind of surprised which holidays they picked to close on, since they don't all seem to comport with FCPS student demographics.

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Anonymous wrote:I am a working parent and don’t see it as an f u … it’s not like I have the summer off {{shrug}}.

Same. I'm a working parent and I actually think summers are TOO long. Specially for teenagers and working parents.

What are you talking about?

You don't have teens if you think summer is too long for teens. It is way to short.

Put in one summer program in June-July, and sports practices starting in August, teens often only end up with one or two weeks of unscheduled summer break.

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From past posts on these boards I had the impression that most families thought the summer was too long (learning slide, pools are dead in August anyhow, kids get board…).

Most do. OP just has a kid who plays a fall sport. Not our problem!

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Anonymous wrote:I like having the days off here and there, and 4 day weeks. Gives the kids a break, allows them to sleep in, etc. As much as I hate January being full of holidays (especially this year), I really despise that stretch with no breaks from the 3rd week of Jan to the 3rd week of Feb. It's bleak.

well, the first 2Q’s only have 8 five-day weeks. The last 2Q’s have 14 five-day weeks. This is imbalanced.

+1 sure makes the second half rougher

Anonymous wrote:I like having the days off here and there, and 4 day weeks. Gives the kids a break, allows them to sleep in, etc. As much as I hate January being full of holidays (especially this year), I really despise that stretch with no breaks from the 3rd week of Jan to the 3rd week of Feb. It's bleak.

well, the first 2Q’s only have 8 five-day weeks. The last 2Q’s have 14 five-day weeks. This is imbalanced.

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Anonymous wrote:I am a working parent and don’t see it as an f u … it’s not like I have the summer off {{shrug}}.

Same. I'm a working parent and I actually think summers are TOO long. Specially for teenagers and working parents.

What are you talking about?

You don't have teens if you think summer is too long for teens. It is way to short.

Put in one summer program in June-July, and sports practices starting in August, teens often only end up with one or two weeks of unscheduled summer break.

DP
From past posts on these boards I had the impression that most families thought the summer was too long (learning slide, pools are dead in August anyhow, kids get board…).

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Anonymous wrote:Starting on 8/22 and ending on 6/16? Random days off? How the heck are working parents supposed to earn a living? Is this just a product of woke upper class parents? When did the public comment period on this calendar even happen????

Probably geared more to the HS crowd, TBH

Nope. By mid May AP exams are over. Not a lot happens in many classes after that. And good luck getting seniors to do anything. Plus, the late end date effects summer jobs, internships and programs. No reason not to end school by Memorial Day at the HS level.

Not everyone in HS takes AP classes and still have final exams.

But they can still be done by Memorial Day. APs are the only thing on the HS calendar that are fixed and really impact start and stop dates. It’s SZols at the lower levels.

In 9th my kid was taking finals in June.

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Anonymous wrote:Starting on 8/22 and ending on 6/16? Random days off? How the heck are working parents supposed to earn a living? Is this just a product of woke upper class parents? When did the public comment period on this calendar even happen????

Probably geared more to the HS crowd, TBH

Nope. By mid May AP exams are over. Not a lot happens in many classes after that. And good luck getting seniors to do anything. Plus, the late end date effects summer jobs, internships and programs. No reason not to end school by Memorial Day at the HS level.

Not everyone in HS takes AP classes and still have final exams.

But they can still be done by Memorial Day. APs are the only thing on the HS calendar that are fixed and really impact start and stop dates. It’s SZols at the lower levels.

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Anonymous wrote:So is Spring Break being the week of Easter again intentional, or is it just always going to be the first week of April (like it is in 2022) and in 2023 it happened to align?

It will always be the first week of April. It has nothing to do with Easter.

I wish it were after the end of the third quarter. It makes no sense to have a week off and then one week of the third quarter.

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Anonymous wrote:I am a working parent and don’t see it as an f u … it’s not like I have the summer off {{shrug}}.

Same. I'm a working parent and I actually think summers are TOO long. Specially for teenagers and working parents.

What are you talking about?

You don't have teens if you think summer is too long for teens. It is way to short.

Put in one summer program in June-July, and sports practices starting in August, teens often only end up with one or two weeks of unscheduled summer break.

I have teens and I think it is too long. I prefer more time off during the school year. I would love it if summer was 6-8 weeks.

Anonymous wrote:That's nuts. Days off should be grouped as much as possible to minimize the number of short weeks. It's frankly easier to deal with a few long weekends than a million random four-day weeks.

If can get the religion’s to move their Holy days to Mondays and Fridays, it will work.