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May 27th here. Half-day on the 28th.

Back to work. First full day with kids today.

Our schools don't start for almost another month.

say what?

Modified Year Round. 4 nine week periods. 9 weeks on 2 weeks off with a 2 month summer. This year we are doing only 1 week of spring break and getting out around the 20th of May.

i like it.

i'm not completely knowledgeable on the topic nor have i ever done research on it but i always felt school should be year round. taking off entire summers seems odd to me as an adult. obviously as a kid, i loved it

DRiccio21 wrote:i like it.

i'm not completely knowledgeable on the topic nor have i ever done research on it but i always felt school should be year round. taking off entire summers seems odd to me as an adult. obviously as a kid, i loved it

i think the reason they got the whole summer off was to help harvest/work on the farm back in the day.

nick wrote:

DRiccio21 wrote:i like it.

i'm not completely knowledgeable on the topic nor have i ever done research on it but i always felt school should be year round. taking off entire summers seems odd to me as an adult. obviously as a kid, i loved it

i think the reason they got the whole summer off was to help harvest/work on the farm back in the day.

makes sense

That's a big reason why our local district won't convert... they still allow kids to have excused absence for the county fair as well.

Just checking in from a long hiatus of gaming. Looks like alot of old vets still here.


How long have you been teaching? 10 years
What grade do you teach? Elementary
What subject? Physical Education
Do you coach (If so, what sport(s))? Volleyball

I'm back at it Monday. Kids are back on Tuesday. We had 7th grade orientation yesterday. We have a lot of big changes this year. We're going from a Block 8 schedule to a traditional 7 period day. We have a new superintendent, principal, and assistant principal/AD. From my standpoint, the AD is the most important hire and this new guy isn't exactly exuding competence so far. Gonna be an interesting year.

Marino wrote:Just checking in from a long hiatus of gaming. Looks like alot of old vets still here.


How long have you been teaching? 10 years
What grade do you teach? Elementary
What subject? Physical Education
Do you coach (If so, what sport(s))? Volleyball

love this post

I just started a new job. Left my 7th grade math/coaching job after 9 yrs to become athletic coordinator at a rival JH. I started yesterday. My football coaches come back Aug 10th, students report back Aug 24th.

RanDawg wrote:I just started a new job. Left my 7th grade math/coaching job after 9 yrs to become athletic coordinator at a rival JH. I started yesterday. My football coaches come back Aug 10th, students report back Aug 24th.

High School AD seems like the cushiest job on earth from an event management perspective. Schedule busses and officials and deal with whiny parents (not trying to understate how annoying that would be, just how it's one of the only things they have to do).

Friend of mine that worked at the Browns with me ended up being his HS AD and he said it's awesome.

Seeitsaveit13 wrote:

RanDawg wrote:I just started a new job. Left my 7th grade math/coaching job after 9 yrs to become athletic coordinator at a rival JH. I started yesterday. My football coaches come back Aug 10th, students report back Aug 24th.

High School AD seems like the cushiest job on earth from an event management perspective. Schedule busses and officials and deal with whiny parents (not trying to understate how annoying that would be, just how it's one of the only things they have to do).

Friend of mine that worked at the Browns with me ended up being his HS AD and he said it's awesome.

Except for the part where you have to be at all the athletic events, home and away. At big schools you'll have assistants to help with that but you still have to do quite a bit of it, especially for the big sports like football and boys basketball. At small schools, it's pretty much all on you. If you have a family, it can wear on you very quickly.

LetsGoPeay wrote:

Seeitsaveit13 wrote:

RanDawg wrote:I just started a new job. Left my 7th grade math/coaching job after 9 yrs to become athletic coordinator at a rival JH. I started yesterday. My football coaches come back Aug 10th, students report back Aug 24th.

High School AD seems like the cushiest job on earth from an event management perspective. Schedule busses and officials and deal with whiny parents (not trying to understate how annoying that would be, just how it's one of the only things they have to do).

Friend of mine that worked at the Browns with me ended up being his HS AD and he said it's awesome.

Except for the part where you have to be at all the athletic events, home and away. At big schools you'll have assistants to help with that but you still have to do quite a bit of it, especially for the big sports like football and boys basketball. At small schools, it's pretty much all on you. If you have a family, it can wear on you very quickly.

Must be different things in different places. Our AD in HS showed up to a lot of stuff, but certainly wasn't at everything.

DRiccio21 wrote:i like it.

i'm not completely knowledgeable on the topic nor have i ever done research on it but i always felt school should be year round. taking off entire summers seems odd to me as an adult. obviously as a kid, i loved it

now get the government to pay for year round

fair point.

i didn't think about it much but there has to be more creative ways to do it.

give the same amount of days broken up over 12 months, give 'assignments' during those off weeks or whatever.

DRiccio21 wrote:fair point.

i didn't think about it much but there has to be more creative ways to do it.

give the same amount of days broken up over 12 months, give 'assignments' during those off weeks or whatever.

Lmao, teachers are already bogged down with assignments to correct while in school, now let's add more on "off days". You wouldn't get teachers to agree to that. I do wonder what it would be like to have a schedule like Bama describes. Washington State has the summer farming for kids on the east side, so year round school would not be supported statewide.