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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?
IN is 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. Ne...See More
Apr 29, 2009
CB There was a bill in the House to switch to coundint school hours instead of days. If they want to do away with snow days, that's fine, but I think Ohio's schools would benefit more from counting hours. For example, if a day is missed, the school could add a half and hour to the end of the day for so many days to make up that snow day.

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Apr 29, 2009
Holly I heard Ted Strickland's wife speak at the Ohio Federation of Teachers convention this past Spring and this plan is really ridiculous.

Okay, I can handle the no snow day thing since our district uses them very sparingly anyway, but this whole adding 20 days to the school year with no extra pay for teachers?!?

Does he not realize...See More
Jun 22, 2009


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