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[quote=Anonymous]We are at HD Cooke.

We have extended day this year. What that means is that for 2nd-5th grade, school goes from 8:45 until 4:30. The way it's been implemented at Cooke is that the 3:30-4:30 block is "enrichment" where kids choose what group they want to be in. There were a lot of choices, from poetry to yoga to baking to Egyptian culture. Everyone else went to aftercare at the regular time or went home.

We are not doing extended day next year because we cannot afford both. Extended year will be 20 extra days. Teachers are moving to a longer calendar. They will be paid more. They were concerned about the burnout factor for both extended day and extended year, but they seem to be less concerned now. Every teacher I've spoken to has said that they are excited to have more instructional time because it will allow them to do more dynamic lesson planning, will allow more field trips, etc. A couple are concerned about how it will work out for their own kids who are at schools with the regular 180 day year, but as far as I know, no one has said they will leave as a result of this.[/quote]

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