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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I understand that teacher work days count toward the 180 hours.  [b]Why dont they let the kids out at 2 and tge teachers will have plenty of time during working hours.  I dont understand why the kids have to be there.  It is too much !  [/b] There is no reason for the school year to be stretched so long.[/quote]

What does this mean?

As you say, the students have to have 180 days. Whether the teachers have 2 hour early release or 3 hour early release days it won't change the length of the school year.

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Teacher work days count towards the 180 days.  Put a teacher work day/staff development day/ school planning day at the end of every school day.  Let the students go home.  Stop the early release dats. Shorten the school year calendar.[/quote]

Teacher work days do not count towards the 990 hours that are required.  Teacher's contracts are for 194 days, which is an additional 2 weeks on top of what is required of students.  FCPS is no longer counting days anyway due to the waiver.  They are counting hours, which have to add up to 990.

From Board Docs" http://www.boarddocs.com/vsba/fairfax/Board.nsf/files/9NSFW841032B/$file/R1344.pdf

"The school year consists of 180 days or a minimum 990 hours of class for students and 194 days of employment for most teacher-scale employees."

Is the above poster actually suggesting that every day teachers stay for a few extra hours?  99% of the teachers I know chose the profession so that they could be on the same schedule as their children.  [/quote]

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