Anonymous
01/10/2021 11:36
Subject: Year around schools VA
Anonymous wrote:I’d love it. It would help alleviate overcrowding in Arlington too. I’m a teacher and think I’d experience less burnout.
How so?
Anonymous
01/10/2021 11:35
Subject: Year around schools VA
I have not read the whole thread but I attended year round school in VA and as a kid, I really liked it. We were not wealthy, so not traveling a bunch, and the summers did get dull in the second half. I liked the frequent breaks. We did 9 weeks on and 3 weeks throughout the year.
Anonymous
01/10/2021 11:35
Subject: Year around schools VA
I think summer school should be offered to help with remediation. However plenty of students are doing fine with DL, so it doesn't make sense to have them go. The idea would be to close the gap, not keep it the same.
Anonymous
01/10/2021 11:34
Subject: Re:Year around schools VA
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Not going to happen. Too many kids around here on summer swim teams. Families in NoVA love going to the pool all summer. No way in hell our summer will be cut short.
This cracks me up. All year people have been screaming that we need to prioritize schoosl over bars and stores. Now it's the pool is more important than school.
It's NoVA priorities change depending on the season.
Anonymous
01/10/2021 11:30
Subject: Re:Year around schools VA
Anonymous wrote:Not going to happen. Too many kids around here on summer swim teams. Families in NoVA love going to the pool all summer. No way in hell our summer will be cut short.
This cracks me up. All year people have been screaming that we need to prioritize schoosl over bars and stores. Now it's the pool is more important than school.
Anonymous
01/10/2021 11:29
Subject: Re:Year around schools VA
Anonymous wrote:Not going to happen. Too many kids around here on summer swim teams. Families in NoVA love going to the pool all summer. No way in hell our summer will be cut short.
+1
Anonymous
01/10/2021 11:28
Subject: Re:Year around schools VA
Anonymous wrote:Not going to happen. Too many kids around here on summer swim teams. Families in NoVA love going to the pool all summer. No way in hell our summer will be cut short.
He's a politician. His statement was full of "maybe, perhaps, possibility, considering"
Anonymous
01/10/2021 11:26
Subject: Year around schools VA
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:It’s a better schedule. It’s not more school (it’s still 180 days) it’s just that the breaks are spread out more so you don’t get one long 8 week summer break with summer slide. It’s more like 2 weeks between quarters and a 5-6 week summer. I support it. Kids get to refresh between quarters and we wouldn’t waste September reinstituting norms and whatnot to get them used to school again. And honestly we know we are all bored and antsy those last couple weeks of summer. It’s too long.
-teacher
What? No we're not. We travel all summer. No boredom.
That’s not a teacher. That’s a troll. I can’t stomach losing summers.
I have family overseas and summers are everything to me. Year round school is an insult.
Anonymous
01/10/2021 11:18
Subject: Re:Year around schools VA
Not going to happen. Too many kids around here on summer swim teams. Families in NoVA love going to the pool all summer. No way in hell our summer will be cut short.
Anonymous
01/10/2021 10:57
Subject: Year around schools VA
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I think it’s a good thing in theory to offer it to everyone, in person, free of charge this coming summer. In practice I think very few people will sign up for it and it might end up being more trouble than it’s worth.
Staffing might be an issue. It would have to be a separate contract.
I think teachers would sign up for it, especially those who take 2nd jobs as servers/retail/whatever over the summer or those who’s kids are older and can stay home alone and are looking to pick up some extra $$. My SIL and BIL are teachers in another state, and over summers my BIL does security for events/concerts and my SIL works at Olive Garden. I know they’d jump at this kind of opportunity, but of course the job market in general is a lot worse where they live so that’s the kind of 2nd jobs that are available, really not great stuff.
I guess it depends on how many they need based on student numbers.
Anonymous
01/10/2021 10:56
Subject: Year around schools VA
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:sure if there are weeks off during the year. better for travel.
There will be swim clubs that close. They won’t be able to survive financially. I know that may sounds petty pr privileged, but those clubs are a big thing for many people in NoVA. The activities such as summer swim leagues and summer employment related to those clubs would dry up.
They need to learn to run after 3 pm. They can do it!
Oh, they do run after 3 pm, but how many people will drop memberships because for weeks during the summer they can’t use the pool until after kids are out of school? It will be many. They aren’t going to pay for that much reduction in availability.
Anonymous
01/10/2021 10:54
Subject: Year around schools VA
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I think it’s a good thing in theory to offer it to everyone, in person, free of charge this coming summer. In practice I think very few people will sign up for it and it might end up being more trouble than it’s worth.
Staffing might be an issue. It would have to be a separate contract.
I think teachers would sign up for it, especially those who take 2nd jobs as servers/retail/whatever over the summer or those who’s kids are older and can stay home alone and are looking to pick up some extra $$. My SIL and BIL are teachers in another state, and over summers my BIL does security for events/concerts and my SIL works at Olive Garden. I know they’d jump at this kind of opportunity, but of course the job market in general is a lot worse where they live so that’s the kind of 2nd jobs that are available, really not great stuff.
Anonymous
01/10/2021 10:51
Subject: Year around schools VA
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:sure if there are weeks off during the year. better for travel.
There will be swim clubs that close. They won’t be able to survive financially. I know that may sounds petty pr privileged, but those clubs are a big thing for many people in NoVA. The activities such as summer swim leagues and summer employment related to those clubs would dry up.
They need to learn to run after 3 pm. They can do it!
Anonymous
01/10/2021 10:46
Subject: Year around schools VA
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:No I want summer.
There are still bound to be several three week long breaks and such.
So three weeks off at spring break, summer and Christmas? No thanks. It’s the same thing. I’d rather be off when it’s warm out.
This. And the parents saying it’s the same for childcare must have really young kids. Wait and see what camp options you have available in the cold months compared to summer for your older kids. This plan won’t happen.
Businesses adapt, just like they are doing now.
As soon as the announcement was made, the tourism industry in Virginia came back and said do not let this happen. They NEED the summer months especially to recoup from last year. They've already reached out to the governor and the Virginia Department of Education asking them to please not do it.
Anonymous
01/10/2021 10:46
Subject: Year around schools VA
Anonymous wrote:It’s a better schedule. It’s not more school (it’s still 180 days) it’s just that the breaks are spread out more so you don’t get one long 8 week summer break with summer slide. It’s more like 2 weeks between quarters and a 5-6 week summer. I support it. Kids get to refresh between quarters and we wouldn’t waste September reinstituting norms and whatnot to get them used to school again. And honestly we know we are all bored and antsy those last couple weeks of summer. It’s too long.
-teacher
What? No we're not. We travel all summer. No boredom.