Schools to be Open February 7 & 8

As you should have heard, the District and DEA have agreed to use some of the money from the federal jobs bill to restore the two school days on February 7 and 8, resulting in two additional days of pay for employees.

Those two days will be the same as any other school day. Students will be expected to attend, although teachers are asked to be accommodating with make-up work for that day. We suggest that in most cases teachers follow already established classroom procedures for absence make up, with perhaps a little more understanding for those who made plans based on the original calendar.

For those employees who may have made unchangeable plans for those days, leave will be allowed as on any other school or contract day. In negotiations on November 30, options available to employees were discussed. Teachers who may be out of personal leave may request an advance of personal days, rather than lose pay. The district indicated administrators should be inclined to approve those requests because of the exceptional circumstances involved.