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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][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]APS parent who is VERY happy about the religious observance days, although I think there are too many conference / prof development days in the calendar, and would like to see the kids in school on Election Day since most of the rest of the world has to work then as well.  About to go comment on Mary's page.[/quote]

So everyone should get every religious holiday off; but you begrudge teachers their mandatory professional development days and parent-teacher conference days?[/quote]

Let’s start by trimming the number of days teachers are required to be in school before the year starts.

Let’s have PD offered during the year based on what the teachers agree would be useful.[/quote]

[B]I'd rather have a week break in October for teachers to do ALL of their PD for the year. Done.[/b] Then put those scattered days back as school days throughout the rest of the year. But we've got to stop all these choppy part-time weeks. It's a PIA for everyone (except those who insist their kids need mental health breaks every week. That's what the weekends are for, folks! If your kids can't handle so much, maybe you shouldn't let them do so many extracurriculars)[/quote]

What you want isn't important. At all. This is about what benefits teachers (and thus kids) the most[/quote]

Make the same response to everyone else who has cited their preference in this chain, have you?
And who are you to say that clustering days off and minimizing disruptions in the routine throughout the year would not benefit teachers and thus kids the most?[/quote]

Teachers here have said that they prefer to have PD scheduled to allow them to go into class the next day and start implementing what they learned. [/quote]

Fine. [b]Assuming they are actually ready to start implementing what they just learned the very next day,[/b] make PD days Mondays or Fridays, eliminate ER days entirely, shorten the winter break, stop providing "grade prep days" that extend breaks, and go back to a secular calendar with reasonable accommodations for individual religious needs.[/quote]

Boy, you just couldn't be more hostile to teachers, could you?[/quote]

Oh please. It isn't hostility. It's practicality. I'm sure there are some things that can be immediately implemented; but I would hope these trainings are substantive and include things that maybe can't just be inserted last minute into the teacher's curriculum or instruction plans. [/quote]

It is what teachers said would work best for them, so yes, saying you know better than the people in the classroom is hostile. Dismissive. Rude AF. [/quote]

I never said I knew what was better. I merely offered an idea that would be preferable imo and you've done nothing but jump all over me ever since. Whereas, I haven't noticed you jumping on anybody else who offered an opinion or criticized them for knowing better than everyone else. What is your problem? And where do you get your great insight? Have you confirmed that every teacher agrees that whatever it is you're arguing is the "best" for teachers and students? If it is, like I responded to your original accusatory response, fine. Adjust the calendar in other ways. I know for a fact that not every teacher believes the current calendar is "best" for teachers and students or for teaching and learning. [/quote]

Wait, weren't you just touting how practical you're being? Here's a tip: No calendar is going to be deemed "best" by everyone, not even by everyone in a particular demographic.

But you keep saying that a particular approach you don't like is objectively bad, and none of them are bad for everyone, either. You just don't like them for you and your family. That's fine, but own it. And say it: "The current calendar is meeting lots of people's biggest needs and not meeting others. But it is meeting some of them, and I fully understand that, even if I don't like it."[/quote]

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