BCPS 2025-26 Calendar- early release days

I know this has been somewhat ongoing for years at BCPS, but is anyone else just slightly irked at the amount of early release and teacher planning days on this year’s calendar. Just a cursory look at school calendars in different regions of the country shows early release days are relatively rarer.

In Broward this upcoming school year: Friday 10/10 - early release day Monday 10/13 - teacher planning day Friday 12/19 - early release day Monday 1/6 - teacher planning day Friday 2/13 - early release day Thursday 3/12 - early release day Friday 3/13 - teacher planning day Monday 4/6 - teacher planning day Friday 5/22 - early release day

For the record, I understand school employees need time to prep and I’m a strong supporter in substantial pay raises for public school teachers in particular. But I do feel like 5 early release days are a burden on the community and working parents in particular.