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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]

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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]

Nope. Won't work. You're presuming that all the planning & prof development only happens at the school with the staff there. There are so many trainings that happen in large groups so that information and learning can happen more efficiently on a large scale. For example, all the elementary art teachers will meet for several hours of professional learning. That can't happen if you take away the school prof dev days because schools all end at different times. Some schools dismiss at 3pm and others dismiss at 4:10pm. [/quote]

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