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Caddo Parish teacher tells board daily common planning is overburdening teachers, cites state planning-time rule

Caddo Parish School Board · October 22, 2025
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Carlos McDaniel, a Southwood teacher and president of the Caddo Federation of Teachers, told the Caddo Parish School Board that Louisiana law guarantees at least 45 minutes of planning time daily and said daily common planning meetings are reducing time for supervision, grading and required paperwork.

Carlos McDaniel, a teacher at Southwood and president of the Caddo Federation of Teachers, told the Caddo Parish School Board on Oct. 21 that “Louisiana state law, revised statute 17 dash 4 34 … guarantees at least 45 minutes of planning time daily.” He told the board that, under the district’s block schedule, planning time is already compressed and that daily mandatory common planning meetings are crowding out other required tasks.

McDaniel told the board that planning…

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