Subject: RE: [MK8](NMR) how many days left?

Oh yes--I remember the "good old days" (15 or 20 years ago) when we didn't =
start with specials for a day or so, to give the kids time to settle in, an=
d we quit teaching classes a day or so early, to give time to the teachers =
to wrap things up with their class. Now? Who needs time to meet your new t=
eacher--it's off to music,or wherever, and right to the last minute. Judy=
K. in Mt.

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e@access.k12.wv.us
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Subject: Re: [MK8](NMR) how many days left?

You better believe they will be here to get their planning time. The speci=
alists' cover the teacher's planning times and they expect to have it from=
the first minute school starts until the last minute of the last day. No =
one misses music on purpose.

Chrystalle Doyle
Ashton Elementary
Ashton, WV

----- Original Message -----
From: Stephen Wight
Date: Tuesday, May 18, 2010 10:47 pm
Subject: Re: [MK8](NMR) how many days left?
To: mk8list


> Oh heck yes. I know a teacher who has actually said, "If there are 10
> minutes left of specials after ,
> you'd better believe they're coming for 10 minutes of music."
>
> We teach specials until the very end. In fact, last year, on the last
> day, the principal volunteered to take all of the students so the
> teachers could work on their permanent records. Well, what he meant
> was that *I* would take the kids for the first half of the day, and
> the gym teacher would take them for the second half.
>
> We watched Cars.
>
> Stephen
>
> On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 7:10 PM, Denise in SC
> wrote:
> >
> > BTW, do you teach related arts classes the last week of school? �We
> > do! �It is crazy!
>
> --
> Stephen Wight
> srwight@gmail.com