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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Shorten winter break!!![/quote]

No, please do not shorten winter break.

[quote]Remove religious holidays that aren't federal holidays.[/quote]

Maybe. YK should still be a holiday.

[quote][b]Cut some federal holidays[/b].
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Which ones?[/quote]

Columbus and Veterans for a start. That already appears to be on the table.

Presidents’ Day could be a teacher workday. As well, the Wednesday before Thanksgiving.[/quote]

And Thanksgiving.  It is a grown ups holiday.  The kids should be there for Christmas for the photos. It looks good to have them there and I have the day off already, but get them back to school new years say- who wants the kids around for that? I need to recover from the party!  [/quote]

I’m sorry this bothers you but we don’t need 40 days off. Doubling a couple teacher workdays to Federal holidays/vacation add-ons doesn’t keep kids in class on Thanksgiving, it keeps them in class on random Tuesdays in February.[/quote]

Oh, now I get it, you still want your kids home, you just think TEACHERS should be working those days.  Yeah, those women should be stuck in the classroom for those long holiday weekends.  They should have to travel on thanksgiving while the rest of their families travel the day before.  Stick to those ladies!  YEAH!  [/quote]

We don’t need 40 days off. Another way to look at it is I want TEACHERS to have a longer summer break to spend with their families.[/quote]

I’m a teacher[b]. If you ask my opinion,[/b] I’ll tell you I want a shorter summer.

As it is, I am a teacher 10 months a year and a parent for 2 months. I spend more time focusing on others’ children during the school year and my own kids take a backseat to my job.

I’d like more balance, giving me the chance to be a parent during the year, too. That can only occur if my job stops taking so many of my off-hours. I’m actually a huge supporter of year-round schooling since I would be able to more strategically use breaks for planning. [/quote]

But no one asked. This is a thread about improving the calendar for a different constituency— children and families. You could start a thread about how we could get your round schooling.[/quote]

Somebody said she wanted teachers to have longer summers, and I simply replied that I wouldn’t want that. I wasn’t rude, so no need to respond rudely.

I am a parent, too. I am also impacted by teacher workdays and other days off. I also have to find childcare. Perhaps the calendar bothers me less because I understand the NEED for teacher workdays. I understand how they benefit students overall because they give teachers time to improve units, provide feedback, and overall increase teacher productivity. Therefore, they don’t come across as 100% aggravating to me. Perhaps they can be aligned with federal holidays. Fine. That helps many parents, but not all. For example, I’d still be finding childcare.

But the rudeness. Just please stop.

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Agree, That was very rude and uncalled for. And we wonder how children are getting rude! We need to be better. [/quote]

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