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Anonymous wrote:Jan 29 is way too soon.
And finalizing end of semester grades + report cards takes several hours of teacher time.
When will all that get done if it becomes a full school day. Teachers also have state mandated SLOs to submit along with IEP quarterly reports. They also need to create Canvas courses for semester 2.

It doesn’t need to be a full day. It could be a half day and give kids a last chance to make up work. It they’d already announced it, teachers could have adjusted (already had to crunch end of quarter assignments.)

Personally I wish MCPS would announce makeup days the same day it has the extra closure. That would give enough warning for people to react.

At some point, enough is enough and there needs to be a cut off for work. Kids need to get it in on time or ask for an extension and not wait weeks to turn it in. This is part of the problem of why kids are struggling.

I’m not talking general missing work from weeks ago. I’m talking specifically about the three days of instruction we just lost and only have 5 days left in the quarter to squeeze in 8 days that were planned. HS kids in particular are in the middle of projects, have been taking quizzes and have unit tests/essays etc due this week. It’s making it hard for kids who have legitimate extended time or who were sick two weeks ago to make up all the things.

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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.

Except it does excite a religious debate. If 6/14 is selected for instruction, teachers’ last work day becomes 6/17. This is Eid Al-Adha. So teachers will not be able then to celebrate either Eid (since they are blocked on the first one by planning and grading).

Further emphasizing the absurdity of attempting to accomodate religious holidays.

The absurdity of making it possible to have religious practice without significant hurdles... right.

What happened to separation of church and state. Go to religious school if you need the religious holidays.

New supreme court. New rules.

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Anonymous wrote:Jan 29 is way too soon.
And finalizing end of semester grades + report cards takes several hours of teacher time.
When will all that get done if it becomes a full school day. Teachers also have state mandated SLOs to submit along with IEP quarterly reports. They also need to create Canvas courses for semester 2.

It doesn’t need to be a full day. It could be a half day and give kids a last chance to make up work. It they’d already announced it, teachers could have adjusted (already had to crunch end of quarter assignments.)

Personally I wish MCPS would announce makeup days the same day it has the extra closure. That would give enough warning for people to react.

A half day is a ridiculous loophole. A half day completely screws up special education services scheduled for that day.

We can do a full day, and we should do a full day.

No it doesn’t. lol if you think sped services are regular in the first place. There’s a shortage if you’ve been paying any attention at all. Clearly, you haven’t but you love to speak about things you don’t know about. Stop posting.

They've been relatively consistent for us, particularly once the SLP returned from maternity.

Regardless, your (quite valid) point that kids aren't receiving their special education services is even more reason to insist on a full school day.