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Posted on 3/18/15 at 9:58 am to Jon Ham
Posted on 3/18/15 at 9:58 am to Jon Ham
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This whole thing is ridiculous. A kid's life is not going to change because they attended 5 less days of school this year. Just let it be and move on. No need to make up days at all.
While I agree with you in large part, it's also about financial accountability. Schools get money from the state and national government to fulfill a certain number of instructional and contract days for students and employees.
If you don't make them make those days up, schools could close at the merest hint of snow if they wanted to as a cost saving measure. What would stop a school from knocking 20 days off the school year then taking the extra money and funneling it into raises for administration or teachers?
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Posted on 3/18/15 at 10:18 am to hogfly
I live in north Louisiana. We had several snow days and came up short. Instead of adding days at the end of the year, the school I teach at is taking away a couple of minutes away from lunch and a couple of minutes away from the transition time between classes. By the end of the year, we will have made up our missing time without inconveniencing anyone.
Teachers have been encouraged to work with kids who have classes on the other side of the campus, so increased tardies haven't been a problem. It's working well here. Just a suggestion!
Teachers have been encouraged to work with kids who have classes on the other side of the campus, so increased tardies haven't been a problem. It's working well here. Just a suggestion!
Posted on 3/18/15 at 10:53 am to hogfly
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If you don't make them make those days up, schools could close at the merest hint of snow if they wanted to as a cost saving measure. What would stop a school from knocking 20 days off the school year then taking the extra money and funneling it into raises for administration or teachers?
I see your point, but I think a better check on that potential abuse, in a perfect world, is the firing of admins who try to take advantage of the system.
It's all about reasonableness, but unfortunately our society is full of grown children trying to run things so we need strict guidlines to follow or else they will abuse the system either intentionally or by their negligence/lack of intelligence. If society was still filled with responsible, reasonable adults, then we could just trust that reasonable, responsible decisions would be made without having to stand over their shoulder and count the minutes of each school day.
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