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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m a teacher who already booked a vacation for the week of the 22nd. I never take days off, but I’ve put in for a sub and will leave board games and summer reading for my kids.

I wish the MCPS parents who perpetually complain could direct their vitriol at MSDE and the State Superintendent for being so unreasonable about giving waivers for extreme weather conditions.[/quote]

Nah, it’s your union and MCPS that are completely inflexible. Stop blaming the state for the county’s issues.

The other county’s figured it out. MCPS put zero effort in, refused to use their 3 allocated snow make up days and just wants the state to sign a form for their incompetence. 
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The union is not asking teachers what they want and decides for them.  Stop scapegoating teachers.[/quote]

You might be right that a majority of teachers would prefer to teach April 15 than June 25, but if so, they should speak out to the BOE that the union is misrepresenting them. Not just for this year but in advocating for a more rational calendar going forward.[/quote]
The situation is more complicated than you’re making it seem. The teachers’ union didn’t fight for *April 15th*, specifically; there’s nothing special about that date. Teachers needed more time for planning and grading, so their union fought for a paid, non instructional workday after each quarter. You’re thinking small: we need makeup days, so let’s get rid of April 15th, which isn’t anyone’s holiday. The union has to look at the bigger picture: we fought for this, so if we now say we’re happy to give it up, we’ll be ceding ground and the next time there’s pressure to find more instructional days, we could lose more paid grading and planning time, under the guise that we must not really need it. They can’t give back something they fought for and won because of the precedent it sets — even if, in this very specific circumstance, most of the teachers would rather use April 15th as a makeup day than June 25th. [/quote]

They wouldn't be ceding anything they didn't already cede by having MCPS designate April 15 a make-up day on the calendar. If they weren't willing to hold school that day, it shouldn't have been identified as a make-up day.[/quote]

Exactly! And it could be a 1/2 day, and you could even make the 14th a 1/2 day too. I don’t see how it’s in the best interest of teachers for the union to be inflexible on this.[/quote]

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