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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Snow days which may or may not occur in February cannot replace [b]needed workdays in April.[/b] Sorry not ever happening.[/quote]

All the contract requires a workday is that they take place on contracted days. Unless teachers want to go without pay on snow days, which seems foolish, there is no reason they cannot replace those days.[/quote]
But the workday in April is at the end of the 3rd quarter. Isn’t it supposed to be used to catch up on grading? What does an unplanned snow day the first week of the quarter accomplish? [/quote]

The work day in April is on April 5th, the first day of the fourth quarter. How behind do you think teachers are that they are are still grading on the first day of the next quarter? Whatever planning needed to be done on April 5 could easily be done on “a random day in February.” or perhaps the workday isn’t necessary at all, in which case by all means cancel and hold school.[/quote]

Sunday April 5th is a Sunday, so I'm not sure why you expect teachers to be working.

Monday April 6th is a teacher workday. This allows them to input grades and other duties that need to happen at the end of a quarter. [/quote]

+1 PP has no idea how grades work. They are still being finalized the first day of the next quarter as report cards would be coming out within a week or so of the new quarter. Teachers need that time to enter them. A random show day in February won’t help them with that.[/quote]

The half day provided on March 27 is for precisely that reason. And if snow days were used strategically, no one would be behind in grading on March 27 because Feb 23 was a fully paid teacher work day, and there are only 22 school days between due to holidays. [/quote]

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