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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have no idea why they switched to having teachers come back on a Friday for all the options.  It is as if they are trying to say "Not only are we not going to pay you until the end of September, but now you get to lose one more weekend of the summer".  I think 5 days prior to students starting is sufficient, especially with the students not starting until Tuesday the 28th (that makes 7 workdays before kids start).  Starting on a Monday makes much more sense to me, especially since I am a music teacher and only see certain classes on certain days of the week.  I will not see my Monday classes until the 3rd week of school.  If they are just front loading the teacher workdays, I would much prefer they just reduce our contract by a few days.  Having teacher workdays throughout the year is much more productive, IMO.[/quote]

This is a major concern for me too.  As someone who needs daycare for my children once I return to work, those teacher workdays are covered by my monthly SACC payment when they are DURING the school year.  When the work days are before the school year, SACC hasn't started yet and now I have to pay for 7 or 8 days of daycare instead of 5.  May be insignificant to some people but it's significant to me.

I also find no value in having all the PD frontloaded.  I'd much prefer my PD to be during the year.[/quote]

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