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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Sorry, love the non-5 day weeks. They are great. Summer is such a pain to plan, and we (and most of our friends) much prefer a day here and there, rather than additional weeks in the summer. [/quote]

I agree! We love the 4 day weeks! It really helps with the sleep for middle and high schoolers.[/quote]

Time to be a parent.  The entire school system doesn't operate around the needs of your special child. [/quote]

And it doesn’t operate around your need for a 5 day week. As long as the kids get in the required hours of instructional time I do not care. I prefer the 4 day weeks and so do a lot of parents and teachers. Your whining isn’t going to change that. Time to be a parent and deal with it.[/quote]

Good to know you don't care about learning.

And no teacher likes the calendar. [/quote]

Teacher here. I can assure you that the vast [b]majority[/b] of us [b]LOVE[/b] the current calendar. Makes it incredibly easy to take mini weekend vacations with our families without taking a ton of, if any, leave.

We hope for snow days, cherish the random holidays, and almost all of us can tell you how few "full weeks" we have until spring break and the end of the year.

Here's to hoping it snows on Monday, so we only have two full weeks before spring break! :) [/quote]

Teachers with this attitude are the reason people think the profession is a jobs program rather than for the benefit of students.[/quote]

I saw a teacher on a local weather Facebook account comment "School closings are my love language". With her occupation featured on her profile. Can you imagine publicly stating that you hope to do your job as little as possible? Some teachers truly lack professionalism. If they wonder why they don't get treated as full fledged professionals, they need to look at some of their colleagues. [/quote]

I think if you are a corporate desk worker that would be a bit lazy but, whatever. Can you imagine if you signed up to teach the next generation, expecting praise for your noble career, and publicly brag about how much you love slacking off? So gross.

Most of the teachers I know are really worried about their kids falling behind or not doing well on standardized tests because of the haphazard schedules. A specialist friend - helping kids who need extra instruction - said she has seen her Monday kids 2x in 6 weeks.

If the salaries are so unbearable, do these kids a favor and take a different job.[/quote]

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