Anonymous wrote:Such a shame to waste so much time. Kids could be learning all sorts of things - I think it shows lazy leadership.

+1. Absolutely. The entire school board should be ashamed. Movies should not be shown unless there is a clear educational link with the course content. It isn’t ethical to say you have a certain number of instructional days when they aren’t instructional at all! Older kid has a teacher who look them downtown by metro to a museum that meshed up with a book they read. That was a great use of an extra day! My middle schooler is brain dead from movies and is begging to stay home tomorrow. I am considering it.

Anonymous wrote:Today was Jurassic Park, followed by The Sound of Music, followed by Puss in Boots Final Wish, followed by Angry Men, followed by Hidden Figures. The poor kids eyes looked red from staring at the screens. This is middle school. I wonder what the next 2 days will be like. Couldn’t the teachers break this up with a fun, educational game? Even doing flash card races was more fun than 5 movies straight. Poor FCPS. Reid should pay a visit.

Thats a lot even for FCPS!

Anonymous wrote:Today was Jurassic Park, followed by The Sound of Music, followed by Puss in Boots Final Wish, followed by Angry Men, followed by Hidden Figures. The poor kids eyes looked red from staring at the screens. This is middle school. I wonder what the next 2 days will be like. Couldn’t the teachers break this up with a fun, educational game? Even doing flash card races was more fun than 5 movies straight. Poor FCPS. Reid should pay a visit.

That’s binge watching movies at this point!

My kid has finals through Tuesday.

Today was Jurassic Park, followed by The Sound of Music, followed by Puss in Boots Final Wish, followed by Angry Men, followed by Hidden Figures. The poor kids eyes looked red from staring at the screens. This is middle school. I wonder what the next 2 days will be like. Couldn’t the teachers break this up with a fun, educational game? Even doing flash card races was more fun than 5 movies straight. Poor FCPS. Reid should pay a visit.

Anonymous wrote:No one wants 5 days at Memorial Day weekend and then the teachers will complain about how the kids are checked out. FCPS hates education.

Yeah, we could, you know, just end school two days earlier if we stuck to the traditional 3 day weekend.

But then certain people wouldn't get their religious holiday recognized by the public schools.

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Anonymous wrote:Be sure to thank the school board for extending the school year with unnecessary religious holidays!

Check next year's calendar. Instead of school ending on June 10, 2026 (better yet June 5) it doesn't end until June 17! The school year starts August 18 so it is a FULL week longer from the first to last day and nearly two weeks longer than FCCPS! That calendar is WAY TOO MESSY and LONG!
https://www.fcps.edu/system/files/forms/2024-02/2025-2026-standard-school-year-calendar.pdf
https://www.fcps.edu/about-fcps/leadership/school-board/school-board-clerks-office/submit-question-school-board-clerks

Yep, next year has that 5 day Memorial Day weekend that nobody ever asked for.

Just a debacle.

That's only 2 days, it takes 5 to push the end a full week back. They should get rid of one off day in mid-October, one in early-November, one in late January, one in March or April, one in May and then the last day is June 10.

I'm aware, just pointing out one of the many examples of excessive FCPS days off that make the school year ridiculously long.

Anonymous wrote:We watched tons of movies in school when I was a kid. I remember watching Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and a bunch of musicals. We had tons of recess at the end of the year and field day and field trips. It was awesome! Why can't you be happy that your kids are having fun?

If they were learning we be mad that they are still learning on the last day

Anonymous wrote:We watched tons of movies in school when I was a kid. I remember watching Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and a bunch of musicals. We had tons of recess at the end of the year and field day and field trips. It was awesome! Why can't you be happy that your kids are having fun?

because we love to complain

No one wants 5 days at Memorial Day weekend and then the teachers will complain about how the kids are checked out. FCPS hates education.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Be sure to thank the school board for extending the school year with unnecessary religious holidays!

Check next year's calendar. Instead of school ending on June 10, 2026 (better yet June 5) it doesn't end until June 17! The school year starts August 18 so it is a FULL week longer from the first to last day and nearly two weeks longer than FCCPS! That calendar is WAY TOO MESSY and LONG!
https://www.fcps.edu/system/files/forms/2024-02/2025-2026-standard-school-year-calendar.pdf
https://www.fcps.edu/about-fcps/leadership/school-board/school-board-clerks-office/submit-question-school-board-clerks

Yep, next year has that 5 day Memorial Day weekend that nobody ever asked for.

Just a debacle.

That's only 2 days, it takes 5 to push the end a full week back. They should get rid of one off day in mid-October, one in early-November, one in late January, one in March or April, one in May and then the last day is June 10.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Be sure to thank the school board for extending the school year with unnecessary religious holidays!

Check next year's calendar. Instead of school ending on June 10, 2026 (better yet June 5) it doesn't end until June 17! The school year starts August 18 so it is a FULL week longer from the first to last day and nearly two weeks longer than FCCPS! That calendar is WAY TOO MESSY and LONG!
https://www.fcps.edu/system/files/forms/2024-02/2025-2026-standard-school-year-calendar.pdf
https://www.fcps.edu/about-fcps/leadership/school-board/school-board-clerks-office/submit-question-school-board-clerks

Yep, next year has that 5 day Memorial Day weekend that nobody ever asked for.

Just a debacle.

Anonymous wrote:Be sure to thank the school board for extending the school year with unnecessary religious holidays!

Check next year's calendar. Instead of school ending on June 10, 2026 (better yet June 5) it doesn't end until June 17! The school year starts August 18 so it is a FULL week longer from the first to last day and nearly two weeks longer than FCCPS! That calendar is WAY TOO MESSY and LONG!
https://www.fcps.edu/system/files/forms/2024-02/2025-2026-standard-school-year-calendar.pdf
https://www.fcps.edu/about-fcps/leadership/school-board/school-board-clerks-office/submit-question-school-board-clerks

We watched tons of movies in school when I was a kid. I remember watching Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and a bunch of musicals. We had tons of recess at the end of the year and field day and field trips. It was awesome! Why can't you be happy that your kids are having fun?

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Anonymous wrote:But these are the easy, fun days! Movies, field day, yearbook signing. Come on, they earned a little of Easy Street after working hard all year! Jurassic Park and Sound of Music and 12 Angry Men! Let’s go!

They can't watch jurassic park in fcps, not even at the high school level. District policy caps out at PG for high school movies.

My kid watched Jurassic park (original one) in science last week. Cooper MS