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South San AFT urges board to formalize eight-hour teacher workday, presents petition with 165 signatures
Summary
A representative of South San AFT told the board teachers are routinely working nine to 14 hours and asked the district to formalize an eight-hour day and enforce policies requiring reassignment of non-instructional tasks.
Tom Cummins, representing South San AFT, told the South San Antonio ISD board on Sept. 15 that many teachers are working significantly beyond the established work day and urged the board to act.
Cummins said teachers are facing excessive lesson-plan demands, loss of a 45-minute planning period, an extended work day to eight-and-a-half hours and a rise in non-instructional paperwork. He said the union has gathered 165…
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