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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]They pooh-poohed the idea that the new times would be unpopular with the teachers.  Big mistake.[/quote]

Robin Lady said it would all be fine if teachers had enough advance notice because as needed middle school teachers would switch to teaching high school and vice versa.

Seemed weird to me, to the extent that you'd like to have (1) teacher continuity at a school; and (2) teachers who are prepared and want to teach certain subjects, as opposed to just making decisions around their own commutes and child care situations. [/quote]

There are different certifications between middle school and high school teachers.

Middle school is only 6th-8th certification.
Secondary is 9th-12th and requires specific subject matter certifications.   FCPS can't just move teachers around between levels without paying to train and recertification them.

It is set up in Virginia code.

How on earth  does a school board representative not know this???

And whoaaa, is the school board moving [u]high school[/u] to the early time slot?!?[/quote]

Watching the meeting, she did not know this. But when she announced to the board that it was easy during the trial schools to move teachers around, at least one other board member (can't remember which one), said, essentially, that it's good to know teachers won't be an issue because they can just move to another school or another grade if they don't like how start times get changed.

It was pretty crazy. Talk about widespread disruption...[/quote]

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