Traditional Comments

I do not like 2 OP days before Christmas break. I also appreciate when we have days on the calendar for conferences

Pros: Students get out before Memorial Day. We have 10 days off for Christmas. The optional teacher workdays (5 total) before official workdays begin at BOY. The calendar looks similar to the 2024-2025 school year. I believe our calendar has worked well this year. Cons: Elementary teachers need days for Parent Teacher Conferences. High school and middle school may not feel the need but Elementary teachers need whole days to complete our classes. It is unfair to ask us to have 20 extra meetings in our planning time (only 45-50 minutes in Elementary) twice a year. It takes me a solid month to complete PTC if I meet parents during contracted hours. It is also unfair to expect us to complete them after 3:15. If Middle and High does not need the day make them be have an in person school day and Elementary students can do a remote learning day for just those days. This will give us time to meet with families and discuss progress and answer questions.

Please remove the optional workdays the week of Christmas. This makes it difficult for those who have to travel. I understand they are needed, but please add them another time, ex. when we return in January.

It looks so much better, and I am glad that PTCs are being done away with.

We do not need 2 op days during the week of Christmas. This NOT fair to teachers who need to travel over the holidays . Add those OP days in January at the end of break. Teachers were upset this year with the ONE OP day during the week of Christmas, and now there are TWO! This decision is so inconsiderate to teachers and staff!

Teachers need at least one planning day before the spring semester starts up again. It would be extremely beneficial to have a day to plan and prep before the start of the new semester.

The traditional calendar looks good. It starts when it should (following state calendar law), first semester ends before Christmas break, and an added bonus of ending before Memorial Day. I don't really see any negatives.

It is unfair to have ANY op days during the week of Christmas. Now there are 2 OP days during the week if Christmas. Very insensitive to teachers and staff that must travel during the holidays.

I like having days built in the calendar for parent conferences. That way teachers to not have to work 12 hour days during conference weeks! Our salaries do not pay enough for those type of expectations! The parent attendance results are the same no matter what time conferences are scheduled.

We do not need two weeks of work days before school starts. I feel like it forces us to use our days or go without pay for no reason and it isn't fair.