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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We don't need a longer school year. DCPS needs to stop having 4 day weeks. 1/2 day for records keeping? An entire day off for parent-teacher conferences that are 15 minutes long and don't start before 8am or occur after 5pm? I think there was only one full week of instruction in the month of October.[/quote]

DCPS teacher here. I'm sorry the half day for record-keeping is inconvenient for you. However, it is also inconvenient for me to spend upwards of 20 hours over the nights and weekends before grades are due making thoughtful observations and written comments for each student. That half day doesn't come close to being enough time to prepare grades. And the full day of 15 minute conferences that is so inconvenient is no barrel of laughs for me either. Smiling, talking, and being "on" for a total of 7 hours (that's 15 minutes for each of 28 students) is highly exhausting, especially given the wide window of conference hours available for the convenience of parents.[/quote]

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