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New Texas Law Means More Days Off From School
Posted on 1/5/16 at 9:16 am
Posted on 1/5/16 at 9:16 am
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DALLAS (AP) -- A new Texas state law that counts the school year by minutes instead of days means local school districts could add extra days off for both students and staff.
The Dallas Morning News reports the state law requires students to be at school for 75,600 minutes instead of 180 days.
Some North Texas school districts already are taking advantage of the new law
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Teachers again getting their way at the detriment of our children.
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Posted on 1/5/16 at 9:18 am to OleWarSkuleAlum
Posted on 1/5/16 at 9:20 am to OleWarSkuleAlum
This is not being done in order to get more days off. It allows the schools to more easily make up missed days because of weather or other circumstances out of their control. For example, if a school is out for a week in September because of a hurricane the school can make up those missed days by adding a few minutes to each school day through the year. As it stood before, they would have to give up other holidays or miss some of the summer. This isn't a problem for the teachers so much as the students who may have holiday travel plans or who may need to get into summer school classes.
I know teachers are considered lazy and poor on this board but this is reaching.
This post was edited on 1/5/16 at 9:21 am
Posted on 1/5/16 at 9:20 am to OleWarSkuleAlum
Reminds me of when my nephew told me about last year's make up schedule for all the snow days at his school in Monroe. Instead of adding extra days in May (they got off super early, BTW-- like May 20 or something), they'd be reporting to school 2 minutes early each day from there on out to the end of the year. WTF??
Posted on 1/5/16 at 9:21 am to OleWarSkuleAlum
I actually fought an uphill battle, in regards to vacation.
I work at a place where vacation is accrued for your first year of work. I'm salaried, exempt, working a good amount of 'overtime'.
The way I figured was, ok, no overtime pay, cool. But I'm going to clock in and clock out as an hourly employee and once I get to my 2,080 hrs worked for the year, I deserve my 'accrued' vacation.
It didn't work.
I work at a place where vacation is accrued for your first year of work. I'm salaried, exempt, working a good amount of 'overtime'.
The way I figured was, ok, no overtime pay, cool. But I'm going to clock in and clock out as an hourly employee and once I get to my 2,080 hrs worked for the year, I deserve my 'accrued' vacation.
It didn't work.
Posted on 1/5/16 at 9:26 am to BigB0882
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adding a few minutes to each school day through the year.
But is there any quality instruction going on during those extra 2 minutes/day? Not saying bringing kids in on a Saturday or an extra day in summer will be that much better, but does anyone really think an extra 2 minutes will do it? Sounds like an extra 2 minutes for announcements, "silent" reading, or bathroom breaks to me.
I feel like a better solution it to publish a school calendar with weather days already built in at the end. Then if they aren't used, that's a few extra days off at the end.
And teachers will know a month or more in advance and can schedule final tests/assignments before those days if they aren't used. Parents will also know these are "just in case" days, so have babysitting plans already in place for little ones.
Posted on 1/5/16 at 9:42 am to BigB0882
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allows the schools to more easily make up missed days because of weather or other circumstances out of their control.
If that is the case explain to me why schools are already implementing this and adding 9 minutes to their school days?
Posted on 1/5/16 at 10:01 am to ThatMakesSense
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ThatMakesSense
I enjoyed your story even more after I read your ironic username
Posted on 1/5/16 at 10:34 am to OleWarSkuleAlum
Jelly
Posted on 1/5/16 at 10:41 am to OleWarSkuleAlum
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If that is the case explain to me why schools are already implementing this and adding 9 minutes to their school days?
Possibly to build days (by adding minutes) into the school year ahead of time? I can't answer that question since I don't run a school doing that but some schools have always had 2 extra days built in the calendar for emergency situations. I know our school has some half days which are turned into full days if we need to make days up, this happened a few years ago with the ice storms.
Either way, I am not sure how the fact that some schools are adding minutes to each school day causes an issue with what I said? They aren't contradictory statements.
This post was edited on 1/5/16 at 10:43 am
Posted on 1/5/16 at 10:42 am to ThatMakesSense
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It didn't work.
No Kidding.
Posted on 1/5/16 at 10:44 am to OleWarSkuleAlum
I enjoyed going to school in South Texas more than Louisiana.
Six week Summers with one week off every six weeks was better than a 3 month Summer.
Six week Summers with one week off every six weeks was better than a 3 month Summer.
This post was edited on 1/5/16 at 10:45 am
Posted on 1/5/16 at 10:49 am to OleWarSkuleAlum
When the spouse (no pics) taught in Texas, the kids went to school on 184 days - 180 full days, 4 half days. If school was never closed, they got the equivalent of 2 extra days of school. They also had 3-4 teacher meeting/work days per year (the teachers go to work but the students are off) during the year, that were usually on Fridays or Mondays. If needed, some of those days would be converted to instructional days, and the teachers would make up the planning days either on a Saturday or by coming back from a vacation a day early.
Of course, being able to convert those days varied due to when the closings occured during the school year.
Of course, being able to convert those days varied due to when the closings occured during the school year.
Posted on 1/5/16 at 3:40 pm to Tactical1
I've heard alot of good things about the year round schools.
Posted on 1/5/16 at 3:44 pm to OleWarSkuleAlum
quote:Aren't your kids in private school? Not ballin anymo?
OleWarSkuleAlum
Posted on 1/5/16 at 3:51 pm to OleWarSkuleAlum
Clearly we need more laws to ban Texas laws. We need a weak, feminine-like person in a leadership position to get on TV and cry about it.
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