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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]MCPS is already proposing a schedule option with no professional days during the school year. So I don't understand why you keep saying that the professional days are the problem.

Also, are you seriously proposing putting professional days during Christmas and New Year's? Is that when your office holds training sessions?[/quote]

No, professional days can be the week before school starts.  However, others are also saying that the teachers need days for grading, for cleaning their rooms, and for additional non-student activities that are non-training days.  Teachers can take a day during the week between Christmas and New Year's (not on the actual days) or Spring Break if they need additional non-student days for such activities.  [/quote]

Teachers may or may not need days for such things, but they are already not in two of the four proposed calendar options. So they're not relevant to the discussion. If they're already not in the calendar options, you can't solve the calendar problems by removing them.[/quote]

Two of the proposed calendars have no professional days.  The other three have two (which can also be used as make-up days if needed).  State law requires the school to be closed the week between Christmas and New Years, so you can't put them in there. [/quote]

It's really frustrating that non teachers can't appreciate that planning and grading require current knowledge of your class. Sorry, I can't grade your kid's final exams over your Christmas break, because she hasn't take it yet. Can't grade the research papers that are not yet written... can't develop lesson plans to addess individual student needs that haven't surfaced yet. Teaching requires regular reflection and response. Planning days at intervals are much more beneficial for your children. [/quote]

I completely appreciate it.  What I don't appreciate it is the fact that your union isn't looking for changes to get your full days back or ever pushing back on more days off.

1. Why hasn't the teachers union addressed the state mandated Good Friday and Easter Monday issue?

2. If there are calendar options here without the Jewish holidays off, obviously the BOE knows this won't be a major scheduling issue.  Is the teacher's union okay with removing those dates for teacher's day?  I have yet to hear an opinion on that.  How about Eid?  How does the teacher's union feel about the BOE giving off for that day? What if Diwali, Lunar NY, and other holidays start requesting off.  What is the teacher's union position on that?

3. Ask the BOE why are they ending school on June 11th when they could end June 14th and give you full day teacher days that, if it snows would turn back into half days 2nd and 3rd quarters.

If you want your days turned into full work days, something has got to give.  
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