Posted by Will it really happen? on 4/28/09

Hello,

Heard at a teacher meeting the the state is going to
gradually reduce the number of snow days allowed. Next
year, schools will be allowed 3 days without making them up
(currently there are 5). The following year, 1 will be
allowed, and eventually they will be phased out.

Teachers in my district have said this is an attempt to
increase the number of school days without increasing
teacher pay. This will work for 5 days.

What do you think? We typically use the 5 days, because we
do get bad winter storms. They are already built into the
school calendar, so if we don't use them...essentially the
teachers are working without compensation.

Teachers that are talking about it have speculated that we
will have "built in" makeup days. So, if we have a snow
day, a day like Martin Luther King Day would be one that we
would have to attend school.

What do you think? Has anyone heard anything?

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