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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]They need to prepare to pay staff and teachers when the year is extended. By extending the school year, it eats into days that they could work a summer job. [/quote]

The calendar isn't being extended. This is using the make-up days already in the calendars. These are already covered by the compensation for salaried staff.[/quote]

This is true, but misses a point that the previous poster was making.

If school ended "on time," teachers would be able to start summer employment. Some need that employment to pay the bills. Teachers are paid for a certain number of days each year. They did not "work" the snow days, so those days do not count towards that total. However, for pay purposes, they were paid on the snow days. They will now work the extended days without pay. Contractually, this is good because they worked the number of days they should work and were paid for those days, just paid "in advance" (on the snow day, not on the extended day).

I understand this is what the teachers contracted to do. In a way, they need to "take a deep breath and get to work." However, everyone deserves a well planned out calendar. If we had a well planned out calendar this year with contingency days that would actually work (not using someone's religious holiday), then we would not be in this place now where families with vacations need to decide if they pull their students out of school or not and teachers with summer jobs need to decide if they are going to take leave in order to do their second job.

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