tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4359264530118100497.post8389430178096955104..comments2008-01-07T14:45:29.308-05:00April Griffinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10735617865670968193noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4359264530118100497.post-13033828775683521612008-01-07T10:19:00.000-05:002008-01-07T10:19:00.000-05:00How about this:<BR/><BR/>Start all classes AFTER Labor Day.<BR/><BR/>Give Exams Mid-January<BR/><BR/>End school sometime in June.<BR/><BR/>Really, has moving up the opening of schools significantly improved FCAT scores?<BR/><BR/>We are the 8th largest district in the U.S., for cryin' out loud: LET'S THROW OUR WEIGHT AROUND!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4359264530118100497.post-62475455467713735072007-12-16T17:15:00.000-05:002007-12-16T17:15:00.000-05:00another reason, amoung many others, to quit teaching...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4359264530118100497.post-46033729319615019632007-12-14T21:20:00.000-05:002007-12-14T21:20:00.000-05:00I guess this will be just one more opportunity to see how messing around with something that works --won't work. Glad my child is now in college and exams, teaching duties, schedules and other various issued aren't affected by capricious whims of the governing bodies.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4359264530118100497.post-80515008678537295132007-12-12T22:39:00.000-05:002007-12-12T22:39:00.000-05:00Just make sure that if in the administration decides it would be a good idea to use some of that week for something besides exam review, they get shot down.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4359264530118100497.post-84400955467225899242007-12-12T17:29:00.000-05:002007-12-12T17:29:00.000-05:00As long as, in that one week, y'all don't get ambitious and try to cram in more FCAT prep that'll work. I can visualize Mary Ellen or one of her underlings thinking they see an opportunity for more efficiency or productivity and doing just that.Beowerewulfnoreply@blogger.com