Are you aware that Chicago has the shortest school day on record at 5 hours and 45 minutes?
How long is your child's school day?
Seven. The same seven it was when I went to school in the same district.
7 as well
7 1/2
7, but if you factor in lunch and recess it’s the same as the kids in Chicago. I think they have some funky “rotating day” schedule. I can’t recall the specifics, but they have some kind of alternate schedule there.
My 4th grader is in school for 6 1/2 hours. My high schooler goes for 7 hours.
My middle school daughter goes for 7 1/2 hrs., and my 4th grader goes for 6 1/2 hrs. Did you also know (sorry if someone else has pointed this out) that Chicago teachers are paid insane amounts and the test scores of the students are among (if not) the lowest in the nation? I think that needs to be addressed more.
7 hours for my second grader.
My son is in half-day kindergarten, which is about 3 hours and 15 minutes. When he ‘ups’ to full day, it will be six hours and 15 minutes. Upper grades (Grade 5 and up) run ten minutes longer at his school, which is a k-8
7 hours and 10 minutes for me (I teach high school, and these are the student hours, not teacher hours).
7 hours and 30 minutes for both of my boys who are in a different district from me. One is in high school, and the other is in third grade.
6 hours four days a week and 5 hours one day a week.
In Hudson, we have 6hrs. and 20 min. daily, with no study halls or unfilled class times.
7.5 for middle and high school. 7 for elementary.
Did you also know that Chicago school teachers get paid $71,000 a year, and they went on strike (in part,) because they thought an addition 16% raise…was not enough? Oh, and Chicago schools are some of the worst in the country, apparently. So WHY exactly, do they believe they should get paid MORE? They already are overpaid, in my opinion.
This strike has me SO mad. I am a teacher by trade, although currently am a SAHM.
Teachers’ Unions tout themselves as being all about the kids. What a giant load of BS. The kids need their teachers. They need to be IN SCHOOL LEARNING. All for the kids my ass. Get your asses back in there and TEACH. Those kids need you, and all you’re concerned about is how much money you’re making and how long you have to be at the damn building.
Sorry for the anger… I have a lot of it when it comes to teachers unions…
As for school length day, when I was teaching, our kids (middle school) were at the building for 7 hours.
I think it is ridiculous. My kids go from 7:45 till 2:50.
Don’t get me started on Chicago schools. Again, full of corruption. These Teachers are the highest paid in the Country. They average $76,000 not including their Union benefits.
Good old Rahm Emmanuel will cave in of course. This means the entire state will have to pay for this pay increase for the Teachers. Just add it to all the new taxes coming in 2013 due to Obamacare (thanks Queen for the info).
A good portion of them don’t even send their own kids to Chicago schools, they go to private schools. Chicago schools are terrible!!!
Chicago schools are a joke just like our Politicians.
A suburb of Chicago, Lake Forest just went on strike too. They average $107,000. The P.E. teacher makes $168,000. This town isn’t playing around. They hired outside help and have tons of parents coming in to take over. Hope this town doesn’t cave like Rahm.
Have you ever heard of Rubber Rooms?
Northern Virginia elementary 7:50 am - 2:35 pm, so that’s 6 hr 45 min I think.
PS - I have no dog in this fight, but I am curious if their year is longer. We run from Aug 29 to around June 16.
Krista P… the 5 hours and 45 minutes INCLUDES lunch time and recess, if the school has recess - if not they are supposed to get 15 minutes of TPE (Teacher directed Physical Education) each day!!!
There are 180 school days for CPS. Which is an INCREASE of 10 student attendance days from last year.
New York Public Schools also has 180
LA has 175, but that is the result of a fulough decision to cut the budget.
Just another reason this country has so many problems…school here is about 6.5 hours…with lunch 6
Stay strong Chicago Teacher’s!!
I see the upper Mid West, as our American Arab Spring.
My kids are in School from 8:50am to 3:20pm
I praised god when I found out my 5 year old was going to be able to get all day without cost to the family.
I felt guilty knowing my oldest had full day, as will my youngest for being in SPED. My middle kiddo would have only gotten half day, had it not been for the right people getting together to make sure he was in full day.
Teachers need 100% of the american people. Private Sector Or not.
Our kids futures are not something to be fighting over. The future is happening right now. Before we literally give up on everything we built…Let’s not through that last shovel of dirt on our coffins.
BAD TEACHERS CROWDED SCHOOLS BAD KIDS.
GOOD TEACHERS. GOOD KIDS.
MAKE OUR TEACHERS FEEL LIKE THEY ARE THE ONES TRULY LEADING AMERICA…WATCH US CHANGE THE WORLD.