#342: Guest - One of the "4" gets a February Break!

So did we.  The question should be what does she think about it?  How is it working for her students?  Will they have it again next year?  Is Douglas County in as bad a financial shape as we are?  Do they need to cut days in the hot summer weeks to save on energy costs to save teaching positions so we can have smaller class sizes, which is in the best interest of our students?  Does Douglas County care as much as Cobb County?  We need the answers to these questions.  Also, she is not a decision maker for the calendar in Douglas County.

#342: Guest - One of the "4" gets a February Break!

And since Ms. Bartlett got last week off because Douglas County had off, if she were thinking about herself, don't you think she would like to be able to enjoy her four children again next year, too?  But she wasn't thinking about herself.  She was thinking about the fiscal responsibility the board has to its stake holders.

I love that everyone here is so sure that these breaks work.  We have only had one, and it was in September.  If our students can't be in school for only seven weeks without a week long break (just two weeks or so after Labor Day) along with conference week in the fall to do well, maybe we need to look at what we are doing in school and out of school.