My school year is ON for 4 months, OFF for 2 months (repeat) so my March 3 to May 3 break is almost over. What has happened in the meantime, school wise? My union voted (80%) in favor of taking 5 furlough days, unpaid, to save approximately $160 million of the $640 million shortfall it faces.
The unfortunate thing here is that these 5 days will be spread from May 28 to the end of June. The next school year there will be 7 such days, but at least spread out over 8-9 months of instructional time.
Other countries have longer school days and/or MORE days of school and here we are taking even less time in the classroom. But it's okay, on these extra days off I am sure the idle hours of our youth will be spent reading for pleasure, exercising, and such. Yeah, those things and brokering peace deals in the Middle East.
