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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Wouldn't you be happy to get a free day off?
Many people stick with teaching because they love children and learning. It is a calling for some, that doesn't mean that there aren't significant frustrations.  Others stick with it because they trained for it, are in debt, or can't find a "better" job. [/quote]

OP here. I live in Loudoun which gives a ton of pointless snow days, in addition to legitimate ones. It’s fine to secretly celebrate a day off. I think it’s tone deaf to continuously and repeatedly gloat about something that is quite inconvenient to almost anyone that isn’t you. Loudoun teachers in particular seem to really hate working.[/quote]

Nah, I'm not in Loudoun. I think it is everywhere.

In the past, I have tried to advocate for some flexibility with when snow days fall around the "professional days" and "work days" and asked whether grading can't be done on a snow day rather than a work day.  Often, schools are closed due to transportation issues, but every other adult in every other profession is able to safely travel to work (and is expected to). The response is always that teachers can't work on "snow days" because they don't have childcare.  Apparently they are the only ones with that problem.  Don't worry about other parents who have to use all their vacation days for any number of work days, professional days, and other half days on the regular calendar.  If roads are fine for adults in other professions, I just don't see why teachers can't drive to school and do their grading. I'm a big supporter of teachers, but this makes me angry.  [/quote]

End of quarter grading can’t always be done on a snow day because teachers can’t predict when a snow day will fall. Here’s an example.

My 7th graders have an essay due on Friday that I planned to grade over winter break. There was a snow day today. I can’t grade it today because I don’t have it yet. Moreover, they are entitled to 5 classes to work on it so now it won’t be due until after Winter Break. I will still need the planned grading day unless a snow day falls between Winter Break ending and the end of the quarter.[/quote]

Totally understand. I was talking about some past years when the kids literally had a week off from school due to snow, when the roads were fine, then went back to school for one day, and then had a professional day.  Why?  Why couldn't the professional day have been moved to the last day off?  Most teachers I know hate those days anyway.  
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In all likelihood the work has not been turned in because it is at home with the students. [/quote]

Professional days don't involve work by students. They are not the same as teacher work days.
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In some systems, professional days are for grading. I can’t think of a single training day that occurs in the winter in MCPS.[/quote]

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