How does it find PA day programs?

The skill performs targeted searches for municipal recreation centers, YMCA programs, and private camp operators that specifically offer single-day drop-in coverage for school board holidays.

Can this skill handle multiple school boards simultaneously?

Yes, it can look up dates for different boards and merge them into a single table to highlight when specific children need coverage versus when they are in school.

What are PA days in the context of this skill?

Professional Activity (PA) days, often called PD days, are single days during the Ontario school year when students are off while teachers participate in development. This skill helps automate finding these dates.

Where does the skill save the planning data?

The skill saves structured dates, coverage plans, and provider information into a local research directory (default: camp-research) in Markdown format for easy reference.

Does it support private school calendars?

Yes, it includes specialized logic to compare private school 'in-service' days against public board calendars to identify if standard community programs will be running on those dates.

PA Day & School Holiday Planner

Name: PA Day & School Holiday Planner
Author: reggiechan74

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Productivity & Workflow

Automates the discovery of Ontario school PA days and simplifies finding single-day childcare coverage and programs.

The Plan PA Days skill is a specialized tool designed to help families navigate the school year by automatically identifying Professional Activity (PA) days from Ontario school board calendars. It employs a multi-tier lookup strategy—checking internal libraries, processing user-provided documents, or performing targeted web searches—to extract accurate dates for the current school year. Beyond simple date-finding, the skill assists in cross-referencing multi-child schedules, identifying program availability at municipal recreation centers or YMCAs, and generating structured coverage plans, making it an essential utility for managing the logistical challenges of professional development days.

Key Features

01Private school alignment analysis to identify gaps in childcare program availability

02Automated extraction of PA and PD day dates for Ontario school boards

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04Multi-board schedule merging for families with children in different school systems

053-Tier School Calendar Lookup using internal data, user documents, or web searches

06Structured generation of coverage plans and budget estimation for single-day camps

Use Cases

01Finding affordable municipal or YMCA childcare programs for specific school holidays

02Creating a consolidated holiday calendar for families with children in both public and private schools

03Identifying all PA days for a specific school board at the start of the academic year

What are Skills?·How to Install

Install with 🐟 Skill.Fish

npx skillfish add reggiechan74/cc-plugins plan-pa-days

For use in Claude.ai and ChatGPT

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