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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.