Foxmeister said:Paulette Rakestraw Braddock A lot of people that had vacations planned are very upset - this wasn't their only choice to make up the days - they couldve used some
Half days and other days off instead - they are there to make tough decisions and sometimes some creative ...solutions work best to best serve the student and keep constituents happy
Probably not as it is virtually impossible for me to get childcare in the evenings. The issues that I raise aren't my personal issues. I don't have to personally experience a problem in order to be able to see it, be compassionate to it, argue for it. My kids will be in school regardless of when the BOE decides that the time is to be made up. I put their education first.Foxmeister said:Were you going to be there on the 25th?
unionmom said:My kids will be in school regardless of when the BOE decides that the time is to be made up. I put their education first.
JMT said:unionmom said:My kids will be in school regardless of when the BOE decides that the time is to be made up. I put their education first.
I have to believe most attentive parents and people of goodwill in the county will ultimately feel the same way.
unionmom said:Foxmeister said:Paulette Rakestraw Braddock A lot of people that had vacations planned are very upset - this wasn't their only choice to make up the days - they couldve used some
Half days and other days off instead - they are there to make tough decisions and sometimes some creative ...solutions work best to best serve the student and keep constituents happy
They absolutely should have looked at other options. The February break was not a new addition to our school calendar. It is one that people have come to expect as a regular item and plan vacations, doctor appointments, surgeries, etc. around it. Of course school is about education but to just wipe out the whole week with a rushed vote without any consideration to comments from the community or use of alternative ways to regain the instructional time was pretty crappy in my view.
RNG said:for me I really don't care that they took it cause we had no plans anyways. What bugs me is how it was quickly voted on without any other options considered or to even wait to see if all of the days had to be made up.
But I feel for the parents who this will affect that already had stuff planned. But I guess on a positive note, they have a month to re-adjust