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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP someone complained.  That is why.  I have taught here for 20+ Years and elementary almost always had a day off for conferences.  Some parents must have complained about days off, so they try to fix it and give 2 half days.  Now, some others groups will complain and they will try to fix it and cater to that group.
The cycle will just continue as they attempt to make people happy.

From my perspective, after teaching for almost a full day of school, teachers are tired.

The parent conferences being held on 2 half days means either I’m not going to give you the best feedback because I’m drained from the schedule change and the kids are amped up because we aren’t on our usual schedule or that my teaching is pretty poor for those two half days because I was thinking about the parent conferences rather than my lessons in addition to the kids being amped up because they are going home early.

But whatever. I have a job and I will do it and do my best even if it is optimal.
[/quote]Parents didn't complain about a days off for parent teacher conferences.  This was proposed by Duran so they'd still have 180 days officially, while offering less instruction. Point fingers at the administration for this one. [/quote]

No, point fingers at parents in the APE group who pushed for more school days. They got it. At the expense of conferences, which most parents really valued. I know I did. [/quote]

I don’t think we need 180 days as long as we have the require 990 hours… but it’s not APE’s fault that APS added the extra religious holidays, that the surveys APS sends intentionally do not ask people what they think about these holidays, and that APS prioritizes these holidays over having time for conferences. APS also shortened winter break this year, despite calendar “rules” they set years ago saying it would be a 2 week break. [/quote]

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