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As this article shows, some Philadelphia teachers were subjected to unreasonable demands when their school board scheduled an in-service day on January 2. Honestly! Either the teachers' contract should be amended to fewer than 182 teaching days and 5 in-service days - or else their salaries should be greatly increased. This is intolerable.
The school year is the length it is due to the demands of parents the recreation and resort industry and other employers of student labour.
John Snobelen tried to reduce summer by one week and was swamped by the parent/employer lobby.
Naturally teachers would expect compensation if the day week or year were lengthened.
The article states that teachers voted, and agreed to reschedule their day of training from August, to Jan.2. This was also reached in their agreement. Any other employee in any other workplace should not protest once this decision was made. And if they did, they would look foolish. Frankly, I don’t even know why this is news. Complaints at work happen all the time, but it’s hardly newsworthy. But in terms of professional conduct, the teachers in question here have no right to complain.
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