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Union objects to district proposal to cut alternative-school planning time; district says students need more face-to-face instruction
Summary
JCEA told negotiators that HD Carnes alternative-school teachers require 80 minutes of planning and multiple preps; district said alternative settings require more face-to-face instruction and proposed different scheduling modeled on elementary planning blocks.
The union and the district disagreed over a district proposal to reduce planning time at the alternative school (HD Carnes) from 80 minutes to 60 minutes and to align planning scheduling with an elementary-style model.
Union members who teach at HD Carnes described daily realities of the alternative setting: many students enter multiple grade levels behind, have behavioral and self-regulation needs, and require individualized instructional scaffolding beyond what a computer program can deliver. One teacher said (in the meeting’s union presentation) that…
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