A few weeks ago our school district decided to dub the week of Thanksgiving "Wellness Week" and gave all students and staff the week off. In reality it was only an extra two days off of school since Wednesday, Thursday and Friday were already scheduled off. Nevertheless, it caused quite a stir.
Many parents were rightfully annoyed that they would have to find last-minute care for their children during the day. Other parents rightfully noted that teachers have been under tremendous amounts of pressure due to COVID and deserved the time off. And others still speculated that the district likely didn't give us the days off out of the goodness of their hearts, but perhaps because of an expected staffing shortage during that week.
Who knows? What I do know is that the kids were very excited to have a WHOLE WEEK off, with only a few short assignments to complete at home. And although I was mildly annoyed at the change in plans, it was awfully nice to have a real staycation with few plans and fewer responsibilities.
Now the kids have only three weeks of school before another two weeks off for the holiday break, but a peak ahead at next year's proposed school calendar shows that Thanksgiving break might become an annual thing. I won't say no.
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