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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Nobody's changing the reality that it takes awhile to clear snow around here.  But is it too much to ask for a school calendar that has enough built-in snow days to reflect that reality.  We shouldn't be burning through our entire allotment during one moderate snowfall.[/quote]

This is the very, very least the BoE and superintendent can do. We should build-in 4 or 5 days to the calendar. And we should identify make-up days during the year that we're actually willing to use. It's ridiculous that we have make-up days identified in the calendar that we're told we can't use.[/quote]

The problem is, what happens if they aren’t used, do you end the year early? Because then you end up with parents upset that they don’t have camps or childcare lined up for those days.[/quote]

I don't see a problem there. You think the kids will have learned everything there is to be learned after the 180th day?

Of course not. Hold the days of school. Isn't that obvious? Hopefully some teachers will come up with some fun enrichment projects. If not, they could build in some more review/studying days towards the end of the year.[/quote]

+1.  It's interesting to me that for an area so educated that parents would complain about an extra day or two of school.  Ouch.[/quote]

I doubt the person complaining was a parent. It's usually the teachers that complain about that.[/quote]

I mean, there's no perfect answer here.  What would teachers rather have- more built in snow days, with the risk of having to work 1-2 days beyond 180 if not all are used, or not enough snow days so that they then lose grading/planning days?
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I’ll answer that. Built in snow days. I don’t care if I have to teach beyond 180.

I would rather protect the very rare days I can get grading done during the school day. My time has value to me, and professional days suggest it has value to my employer, too. [/quote]

Same.[/quote]

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