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[quote=Anonymous][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] +1 And the PT conferences can easily be a 9-10 hour day with no lunch if you have a large class or want to accommodate all of your parents. Not to mention the parents who just don't show up and then want to use your planning time or after school time to make up for the day that was dedicated to meet with them. Talk about inconvenience. What, well I have an IEP meeting, a meeting with the principal to go over data, and still need to use the restroom and set up for the next lesson... in 50 minutes. [/quote]

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