There’s a growing movement in Fairfax County where parents are demanding more five-day school weeks.
Right now, fewer than half of the school weeks have five days of instruction time in Fairfax County Public Schools.
Fairfax County School Board members tell 7News they’ve received thousands of messages from parents to add more five-day school weeks.
Several parents have complained about the current school calendar, including a local sports radio host.
“Open the school!” said Danny Rouhier, on the Grant &Danny show on 106.7 The Fan. “Where can I help you, people? I want to help this movement. The tired, irritated parents. I’ve got this microphone. I will use it every day for this. You, me, and Dupree. We can fight it until there’s no more fight left, until they go to school five days a week, twice in one month, then we will take our next victory. We’ll keep climbing up that mountain until the children go to school sometimes.”
Fairfax County mother Stephanie Lundquist Arora says the school calendar is putting a burden on working parents and on kids.