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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There are school closing camps (some by extended day, others by the YMCA, art camps, sports camps, and so on).

I'm not sure why you have quotation marks around grade preparation, but if you cannot be respectful of the teachers, you have a long 13 years ahead of you. [/quote]

i have immense respect for teachers but don't understand why elementary school teachers need two full days (without students) twice a year to do grade preparation.

thanks for the information on options.  [/quote]

They hold the parent-teacher conferences those days.  20-25 kids per class...each family gets a slot...it goes two days back-to-back.  [b]There is maybe only two single days the entire year for grade prep[/b]. [/quote]

I'm looking at the calendar and there are four days noted as Grade Preparation/Teacher work days; four more are teacher/parent conference days.  I do understand that teaching is hard work and important and I want plenty of time for my kid's teacher to give feedback.  But eight days of no school, in addition to some holidays that seem unnecessary (Columbus Day, Veterans Day, day before Thanksgiving) and uncommon in the private sector, seems like they are putting teachers first -- working or single parents are at the end of the line.

Thanks for the suggestions about what to do if we have to work those days -- it is good to know we can look for information from the school.
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