Year Round Schools and Shopping Spree :)
Several people have asked about the year round school schedule and how it works... Here's my explanation: {Please note: the dates are old - that's because this is an old post. Enjoy!} FAQs About Year-Round Schools from a Teacher It can be super-duper confusing, so let's start with the calendar. Here's the multi-track year-round calendar from my district for 2011-2012: A Sample from 2011-2012. It still works similarly. I'm on track 1, so anywhere you see red is when I'm in school with students. My workdays are during the track-outs (the white days - students are not in school). As you can see, each "track" has its own color, and there are always 3 tracks in at a time. Since we have 8 2nd grade teachers and 7 classrooms, we actually will be moving out of our classroom when we track out, and the teacher returning from their break moves into the classroom. The building's capacity is for only 3 tracks in at a time, so year-...