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Sadly, I have just about decided that anyone can require
anything of me. Everyone in the district seems to be able
to ask me for time or paperwork. I am retiring this
year.... only because of meetings and trainings that never
seem to address any of my needs or questions... don't know
what will happen to public education if our time is no
longer protected.....
Who can't figure out that teachers need energy and time to
be creative, reflective, and problem solvers? I'm done!

On 1/02/15, Curious wrote:
> I have nothing against volunteering. I volunteer on my
own chosen time with
> organizations I support. That being said, our
administration has decided that
> all of the organizations in our large public high school
will participate in a
> group project on a weekend day. This means anyone who
already volunteers
> by sponsoring a group, will have an additional,
mandatory, unpaid day where
> we have to both find a means of contributing as well as
find a way for
> students to get to the locations without any help from
the district. Most of the
> kids in the group I sponsor don't drive. Most also work
in family businesses
> on the weekend. Just trying to get kids there for events
related to the club is
> difficult-I don't know how to lure them to volunteer for
something like this.
>
> This also gets to an issue of contracted time. I work
beyond my scheduled
> hours including taking kids to various competitions. I
also have an aging
> parent I care for on the weekends-getting them to the
grocery store, picking
> up prescriptions, etc. Is this legal for the school to
require we participate
> outside of contracted hours simply for the sake of
getting some positive
> publicity?

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