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time for students, excepting Fridays when the dismissal time for teachers will be the same as for students. Any duties assigned to teachers during the additional time before and after the start of the students’ day will be equitably assigned on a rotating basis.

3. Flexible School Start Times

Provided that the employer gives notice on or before May 1 of its intention to change the starting time of the school day for any particular school(s) or for different grade level(s) within a school, the employer may schedule school starting times no earlier than 7:30 a.m. and no later than 8:30 a.m. to be effective the following September.
The employer will set the school calendar for the school year no later than May 1 of the preceding school year, and may schedule the first day for teachers no earlier than the Monday preceding the Labor Day holiday.
4. No more than once a week, with advance notification to building principals, members of the Student Support Services Department with their consent, may work 2 hours later than the usual closing time on that day. These staff members will be granted two hours off at their discretion, providing such time is within five (5) working days of the day they stayed the extra two (2) hours and they must notify the principal of their intentions.
5. Building Meetings:
a. Teachers are required to attend one building meeting a month if a meeting is called by the principal.
The required meeting shall begin eight (8) minutes after the agreed upon school closing time for students. Meetings may be up to one hour long except if by majority vote, the teachers involved vote to extend the meeting time. This paragraph does not preclude teachers from volunteering to attend additional meetings.
b. A one week advance notice will be required for meetings called under this section.
6. Innovative Programs
If a teacher, after one year in an innovative setting, cannot adjust to the program, every effort will be made to transfer that teacher to another school.
7. ABE Work Day
The work day for bargaining unit members of the A.B.E. program shall be extended 90 minutes each week, scheduled in accordance with the requirements above as to majority agreement.