From: Richmond,MaryJo J [MaryJo.Richmond@fcps.org]

Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2013 9:22 AM

To: Sarah Spross; William Cappe; Kristine Angelis

Subject: Post Labor Day Committee

Yesterday’s meeting was wonderful, for starters.

I was thinking about our next meeting and potential guest speakers.

Religious holidays:  there is a huge difference in the way that school systems and especially LEAs and higher education handle religious holidays.  It would be wonderful if we could craft language at the state level that mimicked what the colleges say that allow for classes to still be held and for students to be excused and the calendar just progresses.  Perhaps someone could come and talk about this?

If we do start post labor day and school district add three weeks to their calendar and high school students in their junior and senior year are sitting in their AP classrooms for an additional three weeks following their AP exams (for a total of about 3-6 weeks) with no curriculum because their final exam has been taken and they are mandated by law to attend class, I’d love to have a teacher that  teaches AP classes come and tell the committee how this will impact their work.

One of my co-workers has agreed to pay for a substitute for one of his social studies teachers come and speak to our committee if you would like to hear from a Frederick County AP social studies teacher.

Mary Jo Richmond

Supervisor, Media Services

Frederick County Public Schools

191 S. East Street

Frederick, MD 21701

301.644.5134

http://education.fcps.org/mediaservices/