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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You can't ensure sufficient teaching staff during the summer.  Many immigrant families return to their countries of origin for the summers, as well.   It just won't happen.[/quote]

Well, we wouldn't want to force anyone to change their summer plans.[/quote]

+1  it may not happen but let’s be real—it should happen. I would like a teacher to try to defend that they should not have to work June and July. I will cancel the summer plans family has for vacation to have my kid be a school (including losing his summer job). There is no defense of not doing it. If we can logistical figure out how to shut down the country for two months, we can figure out how to extend school through summer. This will be a real test if MCPS leadership to see what happens. [/quote]

There are many teachers who have different jobs in the summer to supplement their incomes. It’s not so easy to give that up. [/quote]

In the scheme of sacrifices that people are making relating to coronavirus, this one hardly seems that difficult.[/quote]

What you don’t realize is that a teacher can’t apply for unemployment to makeup for that missing income. We know several two teacher families that work 60-80 weeks at restaurants and bars or warehouses all summer to make ends meet. If they lose that income, it wouldn’t matter that they got paid to stay home now because they won’t be paid for a summer session that replaces the spring.[/quote]

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