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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]And once again, the children - all the children - are lost in the petty squabbles of the adults. The mayor, the teachers, the chancellor, the parents. Blahblahblah. None of you talk about the students until you have exhausted your own complaints.

U really don’t care, do u?[/quote]
This idea involves adults, who would have to agree to teach over the summer and other adults who would have to agree to pay them.
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We have summer school in my district and it’s not mandatory for anyone, but any and all students can opt in. Teachers get 18% of their yearly salary for those 6 weeks of work and 2 personal days (that they can use or bank). Conditions are that you can not take any additional days off, leave early or come late, etc. which works fine (staffing is more bare bones). There are a lot of field trips, but not sure if that would be a possibility this year. They do get cancelled if it’s above 90 degrees. The district gets more summer school applicants than they have positions to fill because the money is good. You can’t make it mandatory because teachers are only contracted and paid for ten months, but this hasn’t been an issue for our district and shouldn’t be for yours, either. Enough people need the extra income (especially now, when some people are out of work and second jobs may be more difficult to find), and the parents and staff who want to have a traditional “summer off” are still able to. [/quote]

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