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Sunday, 29 April 2012
Annals of public employee unionista silliness, the we have to use our snow days edition
Thanks to North Jersey's mild winter the government schools have a dilemma on their hands — what to do with "unused" snow days.
But during mild winters like the one just passed, districts sometimes do not use many, or any, of the days. That means superintendents must figure out how to use — and by that they mean eliminate — the extra days as the school year winds down.
Some districts will be closing their doors a few days early, while others will extend the Memorial Day weekend with an extra day off, or three.
They're are all working to balance the competing needs of the academic calendar, previously scheduled graduation ceremonies and other school events and, yes, the additional cost to parents of finding child care.
Apparently staying in school is not an option. The teachers union can't possibly work those extra days; it'd set a bad precedent. But they'll tell you they're professionals, except when it comes to enforcing rigid union work rules. Then they're clock-punchers.
So no, they really don't care one whit about the additional cost and
inconvenience to parents. The union says that school is in session for
exactly 180 days. And not for one minute more.
Posted at 12:20 by Chris Wysocki
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