Re: Doing away with snow days?

IN next year is going to no snow day allowed, all days to be
made up next year thanks to directive by their State Supt.
There, they will do 180 student days, period.

On 4/28/09, Will it really happen? wrote:
> 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?