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[Twinsmom98]

I am not really familiar with NEA since I taught for corrections and we were represented by AFSCME.

I only know that they were always having trouble getting an affordable health insurance for the teachers in the public sector. 

All in all I just feel like the politicians and the union gurus have forgotten what it was like on the front line.

[History Buff]

You've got that right.  And it's going to get worse before it gets better.

[Swoosh]

You've got that right.  And it's going to get worse before it gets better.

...see also the KC school district 

[rubedugans]

Even being an NEA member, and a tenured teacher with 2 K-12 certifications, every one of my 7 years teaching has ended with my position being on the chopping block. Well I am off in a few minutes here to take ANOTHER Praxis in hopes of having another"feather in my cap" Social Studies 6-9 this time. Ughh why do I do this to myself?

[History Buff]

Ah, Rube...May the force be with you!  We need to work on getting you away from the dark side.  


That being said, SPRING BREAK HAS ARRIVED!!!  May the relaxing begin!

[StaceySue]

I just want to say--

My grades are due this week.

I am a grading fool.

Why do I assign work again?

[Swoosh]

Friday was the last day of classes for 3rd Qtr (even with the pushed back start and all of the snow days) - so grades are due on Lumen Monday at the end of school... Parent/Teacher Conferences are Thursday (otherwise I'd be at SDC) and then no school Friday (which is why I will be at SDC that day).

Spring Break starts on the 31st and goes through the 6th.

[History Buff]

47 days to go for us, starting March 22!  A long quarter, but the end of a tough year is in sight.

[Swoosh]

Once I hit Spring Break, the "hard part" of the school year is over. 
I have MSHSAA District Solos this coming weekend and then the District Band contest the following weekend with the JH/HS Spring Concert on the following Monday.

Only think I really have after Easter is a marching competition in May and the elementary band concert at the end of April.... oh and graduation, but that is no biggie.

We have 46 days left as of Monday

[StaceySue]

We're like your school, Swoosh, only our grades are due in Lumen Tuesday.  Parent/teacher conferences are Thursday.  I'd have Friday off, but we have our district National Forensics League tournament Friday and Saturday, so no opening day weekend for me.  I suppose we could have gone Sunday, but that would be too exhausting, I think.

We really don't have a true spring break this year.  We get Thursday, Friday, and Monday on Easter weekend, I think it is.  I don't think they're taking any of it for make-up days, anyway.

I'm just glad it's fourth quarter.  The end is in sight.  This has been a tough year for me, too.  We added a family member in August, so I've had to learn new ways to balance everything in my life, and I'm not always successful, unless you call "survival" success!

My husband and I are taking a much needed couple-only trip for the 50th weekend.  We plan to leave as soon as I am off work that Friday.  I'm excited that the park will be open late that Friday and Saturday!

[StaceySue]

"It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas..."

Or at least winter.

Wonder if we'll have school tomorrow...

[History Buff]

My father-in-law texted us with the same phrase yesterday.  I thought about replying with a Christmas list.  Hey, it worked in December.

One more day out and we're into June.  Weird that it would be the Tuesday after Memorial Day - half-day of school that should just be waived.  I wonder what attendance will be like.

[Swoosh]

Most of the snow we got up here has blown off the ground.  We'll definitely have school tomorrow - but I highly doubt we'll be able to get our track meets and baseball games scheduled for this week in. 

[StaceySue]

But Swoosh, you would have school even with a foot of snow on the ground...

[History Buff]