Week 40 in So Cal, why higher demand?

[MOXJO7282]

Does anyone know why week 40 would have an uptick in demand in So Cal? Maybe a festival of some kind? I'm looking for good weeks to rent for my recently purchased Marriott Newport Coast weeks, and week 40, shows higher than normal demand.

Regards.
Joe

 

[frb]

Does anyone know why week 40 would have an uptick in demand in So Cal? Maybe a festival of some kind? I'm looking for good weeks to rent for my recently purchased Marriott Newport Coast weeks, and week 40, shows higher than normal demand.

Regards.
Joe

Just a guess, but maybe it's because it's a week long fall break for schools that are on a year round schedule? For example, my brother that lives in Phoenix is coming out to visit me in LA that week, because his kids are out of school that week. I don't know what week the fall break is for LA schools, because my kids are on a traditional school schedule.

 

[Rent_Share]

If the idiots wouldnt start school in August they wouldn't need a break in October

School needs to start after labor day

Sitting in a classroom in August is un American


Of Course classrooms were not air conditioned in SOCAL when I went to school . . . . .

:whoopie:

 

[CaliDave]

I completely agree.. my kids go back to school in Early August.. Its ridiculous and I hate it. They do get out the first week of June, but the beach weather isn't great during that time.

I've been told by the principal.. that starting early.. helps them better prepare for the Star testing or state testing. Not really sure why, but that was his answer.

If the idiots wouldnt start school in August they wouldn't need a break in October

School needs to start after labor day

Sitting in a classroom in August is un American


Of Course classrooms were not air conditioned in SOCAL when I went to school . . . . .

:whoopie:

 

[Rose Pink]

If the idiots wouldnt start school in August they wouldn't need a break in October



:whoopie:

frb was referring to year 'round school, not traditional nine-month schedules. Some districts in western states have resorted to the year round schedules to ease overcrowding. The alternative, building more schools, is too expensive. Then there is the busing alternative. Anyway . . .

I am wondering if this is the week for the teacher's union convention. The schools are closed for a couple of days at least to accomodate teachers (whether year round or traditional) to attend their professional conference. When my children were younger, we took them out of school for an extra day to go to Disneyworld. I think this is when we took them. It was great because DisneyWorld was not crowded at all. Disneyland could be different since it is driving distance from western areas during this school break--as per frb's post above--hence the increased demand in southern CA. Just a thought.

 

[Barbeque]

I completely agree.. my kids go back to school in Early August.. Its ridiculous and I hate it. They do get out the first week of June, but the beach weather isn't great during that time.

I've been told by the principal.. that starting early.. helps them better prepare for the Star testing or state testing. Not really sure why, but that was his answer.

I agree with Dave, it sure has made my week 33 at Carlsbad Inn not useable for us as a family most years. We have been forced to trade something that we bought to use (More fee's) That was a bonehead move. Move the stupid state test dates makes more sense.

 

[nightnurse613]

Hey! I think I object to the use of the word IDIOTS!!?? :annoyed: Everything else, I pretty much agree to. Yes, we will be in Newport during week 40 too!!

 

[DeniseM]

I completely agree.. my kids go back to school in Early August.. Its ridiculous and I hate it. They do get out the first week of June, but the beach weather isn't great during that time.

I've been told by the principal.. that starting early.. helps them better prepare for the Star testing or state testing. Not really sure why, but that was his answer.

STAR testing has become the motivating factor for education in CA - how well or poorly your school does on the tests makes you or breaks you. The test is given right after Easter - the earlier school starts, the more classroom time a student has before the test and, in theory, the more they will have learned and be able to apply to testing...

 

[DeniseM]

I am wondering if this is the week for the teacher's union convention. The schools are closed for a couple of days at least to accomodate teachers (whether year round or traditional) to attend their professional conference

We don't do that in Northern CA - only elected union officers attend for the most part.

 

[ciscogizmo1]

That's weird our STAR testing here in San Juan School District is always the last two weeks of April and the 1st two weeks of May. It has never had anything to do with Easter. I'm not sure why your school district would do the test after Easter especially the years Easter falls in March that really doesn't make sense.

I'm one of those parents that would not like an earlier start date. We currently start 2 weeks prior to Labor Day Monday. Our district would love to start 3 to 4 weeks prior to Labor Day Monday. Of course, this is to help test scores. I really don't think testing scores would improve. A group of parents in our school district may want to pass a law similar to the one they have in Florida called Save our Summers. It is a state law in many states to not start school prior to a certain date. Google it and you find all kinds of information on it.

Back to the OP... I agree that seems like a weird week to have higher demand. Did you call the resort to find out why?

 

[CalifasGirl]

Jewish Holy Days?

I work at LAUSD, the largest school district in California. We have unassigned days (no school days) on the two Jewish holy days Rosh Hashanah (9/30 this year) and Yom Kippur. These days are in late September/early October. We used to lose ADA on those days, so the district decided to take those days off and keep school open on Lincoln's Birthday and Columbus Day.

Maybe that's why that week is so special? It's the Jewish holy week.

As to year-round schools, only track B is off during that time in LAUSD(9/27/08-11/11/08). I don't see why one week would be more special than any other time during that vacation period, and why would only one track be affected versus the other three tracks?

I think it's more likely that people take off a week for the Jewish holidays.

 

[skimble]

I am wondering if this is the week for the teacher's union convention. The schools are closed for a couple of days at least to accommodate teachers (whether year round or traditional) to attend their professional conference. When my children were younger, we took them out of school for an extra day to go to Disneyworld. I think this is when we took them. It was great because DisneyWorld was not crowded at all. Disneyland could be different since it is driving distance from western areas during this school break--as per frb's post above--hence the increased demand in southern CA. Just a thought.

1. Teachers do not schedule those in-service days, so it's not an "accommodation"; it's the thick bureaucrats that created this idea. And, ask any teacher, 90% of the time, it's a waste of a day. We'd much rather be in the classroom.
2. The teacher's union convention has nothing to do with the school calendar. And, the union is an entity that loosely represents the political opinions of its members.

 

[skimble]

STAR testing has become the motivating factor for education in CA - how well or poorly your school does on the tests makes you or breaks you. The test is given right after Easter - the earlier school starts, the more classroom time a student has before the test and, in theory, the more they will have learned and be able to apply to testing...

STAR testing... it's a blessing and a curse. The kids are reading better; math skills are improving. But there comes a time when a kid needs to be able to problem solve, and eventually we'd like them to be inventive or creative. No way to test that...
So, like my superintendent says, "If that's the tool they're going judge our success on... it that's the measure of our success we're going to do whatever it takes to get those scores up."
It wouldn't surprise me to see school starting August 1st soon. (Except... that's about when STAR scores are released... the office of ed needs time to process the numbers to develop their new plans for campus micromanagement.)

 

[Rose Pink]

1. Teachers do not schedule those in-service days, so it's not an "accommodation"; it's the thick bureaucrats that created this idea. And, ask any teacher, 90% of the time, it's a waste of a day. We'd much rather be in the classroom.
2. The teacher's union convention has nothing to do with the school calendar. And, the union is an entity that loosely represents the political opinions of its members.

Whoa! How did my post generate that response?!

I was not trying to start a quasi-political argument. I was not commenting on the education system. I only suggested that week 40 might be in higher demand because some school districts in the western states may not be in session for at least part of that week. I see you live in California. I don't. I raised my children in Utah and every October they hold UEA convention. The children have no school on Thursday and Friday of that week and often only a half day on Wednesday. Whether you think that it is right or wrong is not the point of my response to the original question. I was suggesting a possible answer to the OP's question on why week 40 in California has a higher demand. I was not commenting, nor soliciting comments, on the educational issues in California (or anywhere else).

To the OP--Joe, I checked UEA's convention dates and they don't correspond with week 40 this year so that is not the explanation--at least not for the Utah families that might be traveling to CA. Still don't know why it would be higher than week 39 or 41. My sister teaches in a year-round school and she is off-track that week (the kids would be out, too) but I don't think that would explain week 40 being in higher demand as 2/3 of the children would still be in school as well as all of the traditional year students. So, I don't think it is a public school issue affecting week 40.

Have you called the resort to see if they have an explanation?

 

[Rose Pink]

I got to wondering if week 40 was the beginning of a different season (ie the first week of a silver with 39 being the last week of a gold season) so that it would be the closest thing to gold that a silver week could get. Meaning it would be the closest thing to a higher demand season. I no longer own a Marriott and so was not able to log on to their website to check their calendars.