My biggest beef is the “Pro-D Day”.
When I was in school there was one or two through the entire school year. Now they are having one a month!
The two summer months when there are no classes to interrupt would be a far more equitable time for these classes for the teaching staff, wouldn’t they?
Classes are a total of 6 1/2 hours a day. If the teacher can’t get their grading done in the other 1 1/2 hours, perhaps they should find a REAL job, where 8-10 hours are considered NORMAL!
Try doing all of that while corralling 20+ children that have been cooped up for hours with little or no recess. But 6.5 hours? Nope. Class where my wife teaches starts at 8. Last period ends at 3:30 and the kids get half an hour for lunch. Teachers get less.
My wife teaches Reading and Science to 4th graders. She rotates classes with another teacher. 20 students each class. That's 80 sets of assignments to grade if they do only one assignment per class. Rarely do they do just one.
perhaps they should find a REAL job
Perhaps you should try teaching a classroom full of overactive elementary aged kids.