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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m of two thoughts:

Yes, the calendar is too disjointed and it needs to be fixed.

But teachers need work days. If we want teachers to stay in the profession, they need to be granted time during the work week (even just occasionally) to get their work done. It shouldn’t be the expectation that nights and weekends belong to their jobs, too. [/quote]

I have a demanding job. It has me on calls for a good portion of the day. This means I have to work outside of work hours to get my work done.

Teachers need to also use their time more efficiently. FCPS ES and MS have very little grading to do. [/quote]
Judging by the amount of quizzes, tests, and homework my middle schooler has, I disagree!![/quote]

My child's ELA teacher grades and gives feedback on one or two (usually two) assignments every week. I know my child's class has 32 students. If all of the teacher's classes have 30-32 students, that's 150-300 things to grade every week.

My child's Math 7 Honors teacher writes to every student in their "math journal" every week. She also grades quizzes and tests, which all are handwritten. That's also probably 150-300 things to grade every week.

While the other classes don't seem to have as much grading, I doubt those teachers are sitting around wasting time. [/quote]

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