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[quote=Anonymous]This plan doesn't just extend the day, it seeks to eliminate school breaks (she wants schools to stay open except on federal holidays, weekends, and emergencies).

As a teacher, I would leave the profession if this were the case. If I choose to work over the summer currently, I get paid my regular salary plus an additional 18% of my annual salary on top of that. I would expect to continue receiving that level of pay to work over the summer. I would expect to be paid my per session rate for any extended school day time ($51/hour). To pay one teacher for one day for those three extra hours would be over $150. Where is this money going to come from? Teachers already work from home over breaks, weekends, and into the evenings. When are we expected to get this work done if we are getting home at 7 pm? I wouldn't work outside those hours, and it is the students who would suffer (lessons hastily planned, resources pulled together instead of self-created, etc). I would certainly not be writing IEPs at home or working on data.

The BS about teachers not being forced to work unless they "volunteer" is ridiculous. Every nontenured teacher would be forced into this or they would find themselves targeted. We are voluntold to do different "extras" all the time as it is.

I would need to make at least twice my current salary to work this kind of schedule and complete my current duties. It would likely still not be worth it.[/quote]

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