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Anonymous wrote:
What if for snow days, teachers had to be telework ready. Telework could be planning or an online PD class. Get rid of the scheduled planning days and just work them into the work year.

What does that mean, "work the planning days into the word year?"

Planning time means time without students in front of you. To have that, you need to close the school, OR hire substitutes or aids to take over the care of the students (esp at the elem level)

I'd be thrilled to have more planning time during each day. An 8 hour workday once every 10 weeks (once per quarter) is 8/10 of an hour per week.
One extra 45 minutes of planning per week or 9 extra minutes per day. If they could move duty free lunch from 30 minutes a day to 40 minutes per day, I"d be OK with giving up my once a quarter planning day.

That will never ever ever happen, BTW. THAT'S how tight the elementary school day is, and how understaffed we are.

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What if for snow days, teachers had to be telework ready. Telework could be planning or an online PD class. Get rid of the scheduled planning days and just work them into the work year.

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Anonymous wrote:His order says school will start after Labor Day and end by June 15. That's about 205 weekdays. If the school years needs to be 180 days, that leave 25 days available for days off. I counted 29 days off and 4 two-hour early dismissal days in this school year's calendar. That's a problem.

And will school districts need to increase summer school services in order to keeps some kids from falling behind during the summer? That's would require more money.

School day should be one hour longer, at least.

Problem solved.

For elementary school it would be very difficult in less they moved it earlier in the AM. We don't get out till 3:25, so between homework, activity, dinner, bath, reading, if it was an hour later, it would be very difficult.

This was to appeal to the business owners with no thought to the families or schools. I'd be find getting rid of teacher planning and half days but teachers would scream about it.

What if for snow days, teachers had to be telework ready. Telework could be planning or an online PD class. Get rid of the scheduled planning days and just work them into the work year.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:His order says school will start after Labor Day and end by June 15. That's about 205 weekdays. If the school years needs to be 180 days, that leave 25 days available for days off. I counted 29 days off and 4 two-hour early dismissal days in this school year's calendar. That's a problem.

And will school districts need to increase summer school services in order to keeps some kids from falling behind during the summer? That's would require more money.

School day should be one hour longer, at least.

Problem solved.

For elementary school it would be very difficult in less they moved it earlier in the AM. We don't get out till 3:25, so between homework, activity, dinner, bath, reading, if it was an hour later, it would be very difficult.

This was to appeal to the business owners with no thought to the families or schools. I'd be find getting rid of teacher planning and half days but teachers would scream about it.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:His order says school will start after Labor Day and end by June 15. That's about 205 weekdays. If the school years needs to be 180 days, that leave 25 days available for days off. I counted 29 days off and 4 two-hour early dismissal days in this school year's calendar. That's a problem.

And will school districts need to increase summer school services in order to keeps some kids from falling behind during the summer? That's would require more money.

School day should be one hour longer, at least.

Problem solved.

Anonymous wrote:It's time to discuss and implement year- round schooling. I did it with my kids in Europe. It's so much more reasonable- better for kids, teaches, everyone except camps and beach towns looking for tourists.

What is the priority- businesses or education?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:His order says school will start after Labor Day and end by June 15. That's about 205 weekdays. If the school years needs to be 180 days, that leave 25 days available for days off. I counted 29 days off and 4 two-hour early dismissal days in this school year's calendar. That's a problem.

And will school districts need to increase summer school services in order to keeps some kids from falling behind during the summer? That's would require more money.

School day should be one hour longer, at least.

Problem solved.

MD counts days, not hours. Adding an hour to the school day will not solve this problem.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:His order says school will start after Labor Day and end by June 15. That's about 205 weekdays. If the school years needs to be 180 days, that leave 25 days available for days off. I counted 29 days off and 4 two-hour early dismissal days in this school year's calendar. That's a problem.

And will school districts need to increase summer school services in order to keeps some kids from falling behind during the summer? That's would require more money.

School day should be one hour longer, at least.

Problem solved.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:His order says school will start after Labor Day and end by June 15. That's about 205 weekdays. If the school years needs to be 180 days, that leave 25 days available for days off. I counted 29 days off and 4 two-hour early dismissal days in this school year's calendar. That's a problem.

And will school districts need to increase summer school services in order to keeps some kids from falling behind during the summer? That's would require more money.

School day should be one hour longer, at least.

Problem solved.

Anonymous wrote:His order says school will start after Labor Day and end by June 15. That's about 205 weekdays. If the school years needs to be 180 days, that leave 25 days available for days off. I counted 29 days off and 4 two-hour early dismissal days in this school year's calendar. That's a problem.

And will school districts need to increase summer school services in order to keeps some kids from falling behind during the summer? That's would require more money.