The school board has officially approved the adjustment to our academic calendar. This conclusion is a direct result of the collective pressure we applied to the administration. We will continue to monitor how these changes are implemented across the district.
March 18, 2017
Final supporters
This year has been one of our worst winters ever. Loudoun County has 15 snow days built into the schedule but have used none of them. The purpose of this petition is to suggest shortening the LCPS school year so that students and teachers time is not wasted due to unnecessary instruction.
Updates
March 5, 2017
The petition has now surpassed 1,000 signatures. This milestone indicates that many families feel the current academic calendar requires adjustment.
Reached 1,000 supporters
March 4, 2017
March 1, 2017
The feedback I have received from families throughout the district highlights a growing frustration regarding the rigid school calendar. We are currently preparing to present these concerns to the school board to ensure our perspective is formally recognized.
Reached 100 supporters
March 1, 2017
320 Comments
After SOLs, LCPS are pretty much daycare. If the school admin or board won't shorten the school year, how about excusing all absences for the last three weeks? Would be great to start summer jobs early or plan an earlier vacation when prices are lower.
I work in the LCPS middle schools and I can tell from the student behavior that snow days (every so often) as needed. Since the days are built in to our work day and not paid back to us, please consider closing the school year earlier than present calendar date.
I appreciate that the snow days are built into the schedule so that missed days don't have to be made up; howvever, when unused it results in an unnecessarily long school year for students and their families.
As a teacher for LCPS the thought of working 15 days for free does not make me happy when other counties around us release their schools early for unused snow days. Please consider this for the sake of the teachers and students.
LCPS adds an extra 18 minutes into each school day to bank for snow days. This year there have been NO snow days. So why should our teachers work 15 extra days for FREE. I don't know of any profession that is asked to work 15 days for FREE.
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Unfair!
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The school board has officially approved the adjustment to our academic calendar. This conclusion is a direct result of the collective pressure we applied to the administration. We will continue to monitor how these changes are implemented across the district.
March 18, 2017
Final supporters
This year has been one of our worst winters ever. Loudoun County has 15 snow days built into the schedule but have used none of them. The purpose of this petition is to suggest shortening the LCPS school year so that students and teachers time is not wasted due to unnecessary instruction.
Updates
March 5, 2017
The petition has now surpassed 1,000 signatures. This milestone indicates that many families feel the current academic calendar requires adjustment.
Reached 1,000 supporters
March 4, 2017
March 1, 2017
The feedback I have received from families throughout the district highlights a growing frustration regarding the rigid school calendar. We are currently preparing to present these concerns to the school board to ensure our perspective is formally recognized.
Reached 100 supporters
March 1, 2017
320 Comments
This has been a problem for the 16 years we have been in the county school system. It is so not fair to the students and is perceived as "daycare" to Loudoun parents. And with this year's start time being sooner than universities … this continued infringement has to stop!!
After SOLs, LCPS are pretty much daycare. If the school admin or board won't shorten the school year, how about excusing all absences for the last three weeks? Would be great to start summer jobs early or plan an earlier vacation when prices are lower.
I work in the LCPS middle schools and I can tell from the student behavior that snow days (every so often) as needed. Since the days are built in to our work day and not paid back to us, please consider closing the school year earlier than present calendar date.
I appreciate that the snow days are built into the schedule so that missed days don't have to be made up; howvever, when unused it results in an unnecessarily long school year for students and their families.
As a teacher for LCPS the thought of working 15 days for free does not make me happy when other counties around us release their schools early for unused snow days. Please consider this for the sake of the teachers and students.
LCPS adds an extra 18 minutes into each school day to bank for snow days. This year there have been NO snow days. So why should our teachers work 15 extra days for FREE. I don't know of any profession that is asked to work 15 days for FREE.
jkfk
Unfair!
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This has been a problem for the 16 years we have been in the county school system. It is so not fair to the students and is perceived as "daycare" to Loudoun parents. And with this year's start time being sooner than universities … this continued infringement has to stop!!