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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I would vote for teachers working All of June and July.  July can be for PD and for planning.  [/quote] And you know what?  Teachers might agree to it if it is PD that is worth their time and planning time that is truly theres. As it is they already do PD and planning in June and July (School goes through almost to the end of June now) and starts back in August so July is the only full month off during the summer. [/quote]

Many children in DC are so far below grade level that we could certainly call it a crisis.   Also, advanced learners not getting the appropriate challenge.  The school year for teachers needs to be longer.  Imagine if the entire district spent July in PD and planning for every student, what a huge impact that would have.  Teachers still would have off four weeks in the summer, two weeks at Winter Break and a week at Spring Break.  [/quote]

The are several problems with your idea---

1.  In most schools no one knows who the students will be. Therefore, it's hard to predict who--if anyone--needs a more challenging curriculum, a less challenging one, etc.

2. Most schools don't even know who their teachers will be in July (or August). Many, many teachers resign from DC schools within the first week. So in comes new teachers who don't have the benefit of the July PDs.

DCPS must do something to stop the teacher hemorrhaging that happens all over this District. The turnover is insane. Once we have working conditions that true professionals are willing to work in, and our teachers are remaining in the same schools year after year, we may be able to propose something like that.

On another note, why is a non-educator trying to dictate the work schedule of educators anyway?[/quote] +1[/quote]

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