[ProgressiveEd] NYC students to get a week less school this
coming year!
Abbe Futterman
[email protected]
Wed, 28 May 2003 19:07:11 +0800
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I just hope they (DOE) don't fill up those days with their own agendas for
us! At The Earth School, we have traditionally come in for the entire week
before Labor Day. It's a crucial time of the year for bringing in new staff
and getting ready for the students. Plus, it's a favorite time for the
district's last minute crisis or bumbles, like the four years we were
required to move our office and not given our promised classrooms.WOW--
added days for educators to set up schools, liquor stores open on Sundays--
THEY'RE SPOILING US!! Cheers.
Abbe
From: [email protected]
Date: Tue, 27 May 2003 23:36:21 EDT
To: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected]
Subject: Re: [ProgressiveEd] NYC students to get a week less school this
coming year!
Under Chancellor Rudy Crew (the last chancellor with a background in
education), we had several staff development days included in the calendar
that were immediately removed by Harold Levy (the first chancellor with a
background in business).
True school improvement requires substantial time for teachers to meet,
plan, and learn. It is best for this to take place when students do not
have to be taught by substitutes. NYC already surpasses the state
requirement of 180 school days and does so in few air conditioned buildings
and many stiflingly hot buildings. Ending school earlier or opening it
later would not deprive the students of more education, but would enable
their teachers to provide them with more cohesive, better planned education.
Alyce Barr
Brooklyn School for Collaborative Studies
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I just hope they (DOE) don't fill up those days with their own agendas for =
us! At The Earth School, we have traditionally come in for the entire week b=
efore Labor Day. It's a crucial time of the year for bringing in new staff a=
nd getting ready for the students. Plus, it's a favorite time for the distri=
ct's last minute crisis or bumbles, like the four years we were required to =
move our office and not given our promised classrooms.WOW-- added days for e=
ducators to set up schools, liquor stores open on Sundays-- THEY'RE SPOILING=
US!! Cheers.<BR>
<BR>
Abbe<BR>
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<B>From: </B>[email protected]<BR>
<B>Date: </B>Tue, 27 May 2003 23:36:21 EDT<BR>
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<BLOCKQUOTE><FONT SIZE=3D"2"><FONT FACE=3D"Geneva">Under Chancellor Rudy Crew (=
the last chancellor with a background in education), we had several staff de=
velopment days included in the calendar that were immediately removed by Har=
old Levy (the first chancellor with a background in business). <BR>
<BR>
True school improvement requires substantial time for teachers to meet, pla=
n, and learn. It is best for this to take place when students do=
not have to be taught by substitutes. NYC already surpasses the=
state requirement of 180 school days and does so in few air conditioned bui=
ldings and many stiflingly hot buildings. Ending school earlier =
or opening it later would not deprive the students of more education, but wo=
uld enable their teachers to provide them with more cohesive, better planned=
education.<BR>
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Alyce Barr<BR>
Brooklyn School for Collaborative Studies</FONT></FONT> <BR>
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