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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][i][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’d be happy enough with the 26-27 calendar as is, as long as the dumb 3 hour early releases are going the way of the dodo. My kids’ ES has given up on any instruction on those days. They use them for class test makeups if a kid was sick and then spend the rest of the time for all the other kids on “team building activities” and playing games. Meanwhile SOL’s are sneaking up on us … only March, April, and maybe a week of May left to go and we have to get through spring break in there … [/quote]

My guess is, if they can get rid of the early release, Meren can declare victory. It’s an intensely unpopular policy.

Hopefully, they can draw some guidelines for commonsense reformed to the calendar going forward: [b]TW/SD days only permitted on Monday or Friday[/b], teacher training moved virtual and [b]carried out to some extent during snow days[/b], [b]TW days layered on top of either federal or religious holidays, whichever makes more sense.[/b][/quote]

None of your ideas make sense and/or are feasible. Get real.
 
TW/PD on a Friday? Never going to happen. Fridays are not productive. No one ever schedules meetings for Friday afternoons. By then, teachers are exhausted.

Virtual teacher training on snow days. doesn’t make sense as teachers’ own children would be at home. A snow day means teachers are off period.

TW on a religious or federal holiday? I don’t think so.

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From the perspective of a normal professional adult who is also a parent,  professional expectations in 2026 include working five day weeks (even Friday!) teleworking in inclement weather (even if children are home) and not having every religious or federal holiday as PTO. I believe our teachers are professional adults who can adapt to higher professional expectations to save taxpayers hundreds of thousands of dollars.[/quote]

Sheeesh, what 19th century boss do you have?!

Professional expectations in 2026 also include unlimited PTO, full time remote work, and a focus on mental health outside of work. Sorry your company hasn’t gotten with the times of R.O.W.E. [/quote]

Uhh there is no job in which these things come at the expense of productivity and meeting expectations. Watch what happens to your job when you place a higher importance on these things than actually getting your job done in the way that is necessitated by your boss, clients, and/or constituents. [/quote]

I think the person you’re responding to is a troll trying to make teachers look entitled.

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