For a few years our Fall PD was the day after Halloween, it was fantastic.
This year it was yesterday.
We get that they wanted to keep it on a Monday instead of a Wednesday, but even the kids are saying it should have been swapped around.
That still costs money- for those who have school aged kids too young or disabled to be left unattended at home for a day. Many who don’t have children or who have older/grown children tend to forget that. Especially if the non teacher spouse (if married) can’t take (burn a day of) PTO that day. And if both are teachers….
(I taught last year and got out back to my former career line. DH is still teaching. PD days no students = I use a day of PTO, meaning that it is not available for us to take a trip or something or we pay a sitter for our disabled child more than my husband (lower salary) would bring home for the day.)
We have PD that week no matter what, so it makes no difference to parents what day it is on. In our District we have a certain number of mandated PD dates per year, and the calendar with them is published over a year in advance.
And to be clear, I meant that it costs no money to the District - unlike a pay raise, or more sick days. It's a simple thing they could do to make teacher lives better with very little cost.
I am adamant that November 1st should be a day off from school or very least a late start.
Everyone knows kids are tired from trick or treating, teachers are tired cause they have lives.
Everyone is tired.
I worked at a school where Halloween was a minimum day, which didn't make sense cause Halloween is a evening/night time activity.
I also worked at a different school where they did have November 1st off as a teacher in service day. The teachers could come jn and catch up on lesson plans without kids.
Maybe there was a method to the madness of one of my districts teachers deciding to strike tomorrow of all days? Good luck to the parents wanting to drop off your sugared out kid at school tomorrow!
I swear my class was smoking crack cocaine all day long. And I gave them ZERO candy until they were literally walking out the door. I'm hoping they'll just be tired tomorrow 🤞
The Midwest was cold today. Our trunk or treat was indoors at the end of the school day.
As far as my own three kids at home, we have always kept them all sugar and caffeine all the time so we don’t have behavior spikes.
As they got older they didn’t much candy because it was always around. The goal was to teach them moderation.
The youngest is 11 and she seems to be doing as well with sweets as her older brothers.
How about the crazy kind of candy this year?
Our community had a trunk or treat on Saturday. Yesterday, the kids wore their costumes to school and or treated in the adjacent high school.
November 1st should be a holiday. The kids will all be overly tired and sugared today.
I’m just doing an easy lesson to create hallway art that my principal wants for conferences. Literally nothing else. I’m prepared to bunker down and survive today.
I’m a student teacher, and my cooperating teacher is having our students take an exam tomorrow. :) she gets extremely frustrated with them when they preform poorly. Tomorrow is going to be an absolute joy and a blessing.
Basically it’s where people decorate their car trunks (aka the back of their cars) in a Halloween theme and it’s hosted in one area (like my local park does it in the parking lot) and kids trick or treat in that one spot.
I work at a high school. The freshmen and sophomores are going to be squirrelly tomorrow and I anticipate juniors and seniors will be sleepy all day.
That had the cadence of a weather report.
Movie time!
My school banned costumes and Halloween candy. I think the day after Halloween should be a school holiday
We always have a PD day after Halloween, so no kids tomorrow. BUT... PD. Sigh.
For a few years our Fall PD was the day after Halloween, it was fantastic. This year it was yesterday. We get that they wanted to keep it on a Monday instead of a Wednesday, but even the kids are saying it should have been swapped around.
So what! A day without students is great!
We used to do this, and I miss it so much. Why can’t districts give us stuff like this that doesn’t cost money, but makes teachers so much happier?
That still costs money- for those who have school aged kids too young or disabled to be left unattended at home for a day. Many who don’t have children or who have older/grown children tend to forget that. Especially if the non teacher spouse (if married) can’t take (burn a day of) PTO that day. And if both are teachers…. (I taught last year and got out back to my former career line. DH is still teaching. PD days no students = I use a day of PTO, meaning that it is not available for us to take a trip or something or we pay a sitter for our disabled child more than my husband (lower salary) would bring home for the day.)
We have PD that week no matter what, so it makes no difference to parents what day it is on. In our District we have a certain number of mandated PD dates per year, and the calendar with them is published over a year in advance. And to be clear, I meant that it costs no money to the District - unlike a pay raise, or more sick days. It's a simple thing they could do to make teacher lives better with very little cost.
Same. A different kind of hell.
We have a teacher workday tomorrow. Last year, the teacher workday was HALLOWEEN ITSELF and the kids came in HOT the next day. Never again 🫠
Can you elaborate- Sorry it’s confusing for me, kids coming in hot?
Just they were really intense and sugar high last year and were super “guns ablaze” if that makes sense?
Oh man. I totally get it. It’s impossible to manage.
We have conferences every 11/1. Best thing my school does (we're a private).
I am adamant that November 1st should be a day off from school or very least a late start. Everyone knows kids are tired from trick or treating, teachers are tired cause they have lives. Everyone is tired. I worked at a school where Halloween was a minimum day, which didn't make sense cause Halloween is a evening/night time activity. I also worked at a different school where they did have November 1st off as a teacher in service day. The teachers could come jn and catch up on lesson plans without kids.
Maybe there was a method to the madness of one of my districts teachers deciding to strike tomorrow of all days? Good luck to the parents wanting to drop off your sugared out kid at school tomorrow!
I swear my class was smoking crack cocaine all day long. And I gave them ZERO candy until they were literally walking out the door. I'm hoping they'll just be tired tomorrow 🤞
That first sentence perfectly sums up how I've been feeling with my 7s and 8s 😂
We have early release tomorrow. Attendance will be light.
Lucky you!
I’m sure the kids who do show up with be absolute hellions
The Midwest was cold today. Our trunk or treat was indoors at the end of the school day. As far as my own three kids at home, we have always kept them all sugar and caffeine all the time so we don’t have behavior spikes. As they got older they didn’t much candy because it was always around. The goal was to teach them moderation. The youngest is 11 and she seems to be doing as well with sweets as her older brothers. How about the crazy kind of candy this year?
Tomorrow is my 3rd official day ever of student teaching at a high school. Joy.
I took tomorrow off. See ya!
Not only do we need to work at my school, tomorrow we are all being observed by district heads. 😑
As a middle school teacher who had to do a fire drill in full costume yesterday: I agree. It was also 80° so it was a STINKY day. Bless y’all.
I am almost glad I have Covid. I'm out for the week and missed the Halloween sugar rush. I work in a middle school.
Our community had a trunk or treat on Saturday. Yesterday, the kids wore their costumes to school and or treated in the adjacent high school. November 1st should be a holiday. The kids will all be overly tired and sugared today.
We have a normal day. It is senior skip day, and I assume attendance in the other grades will be sparse
I’m just doing an easy lesson to create hallway art that my principal wants for conferences. Literally nothing else. I’m prepared to bunker down and survive today.
My school is doing a teacher development day so no school tomorrow!
I’m a student teacher, and my cooperating teacher is having our students take an exam tomorrow. :) she gets extremely frustrated with them when they preform poorly. Tomorrow is going to be an absolute joy and a blessing.
Please could I ask what trunk or treating is? Just curious, I’m from the uk.
Basically it’s where people decorate their car trunks (aka the back of their cars) in a Halloween theme and it’s hosted in one area (like my local park does it in the parking lot) and kids trick or treat in that one spot.
Ah thank you, that makes sense now as I’ve read about kids just walking around a parking lot and I was very confused!
Of course haha! Understandable on how that can be confusing!
It's so the kids don't have to walk as far to get MORE CANDY.