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Originally Posted by Locke
See, this is interesting too. I'd say my kid gets a minimum of 1 long weekend per month in addition to holidays and whatever else.
I mean, whats today? Happy Random Monday in April Day?
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What I've heard is it relates to teacher work hours vs. budget. Professional days count towards the days a teacher has to work each year. The school boards don't have to pay all the support staff on professional days though, so they save a huge amount of money each time they have one. So they have been reducing instructional days to barely meet the minimum hours by increasing the number of professional days. Apparently the public board hit the minimum hours a few years ago, and the Catholic board got there this year.
As far as what they do - when my wife has one it usually seems to be half a day of external workshops and half a day at her school for planning meetings, team building exercises, etc. depending on the principal.