[Year 12 IT Apps] OT - De facto student free day

[Dan BUTLER]

Yeah, here at Cranny High, numbers are way down. Two year 10 classes - 6
of 18 and 10 of 22 here. Year 11 I had 7 out of 22.

No point trying to teach anything, luckily, I suppose, that we're in exam
revision mode.

Anybody else noticed that generally, many of the kids who turn up are ones
you perhaps would rather they didn't?

> Same here Cameron, we have collapsed Junior classes together Year 7, 8 &
> 9 2 into one eg. 7A & B together and so on for years 7, 8 and 9. Year 10
> one group and Year 11 in study hall as they have exams next week. The
> classes have been shared amongst staff so that everyone has an equal
> load and plenty of time to organise for exams and our 2010 rollover
> which begins on Nov 16th for the whole school.
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: itapps-bounces at edulists.com.au
> [mailto:itapps-bounces at edulists.com.au] On Behalf Of Cameron Bell
> Sent: Monday, 2 November 2009 10:43 AM
> To: Year 12 IT Applications Teachers' Mailing List
> Subject: [Year 12 IT Apps] OT - De facto student free day
>
> Sorry for the OT post, but couldn't think of any other vic-specific
> forums that I could ask.
>
> Well its Monday and tomorrow is the Cup Day holiday here in (metro)
> Victoria.
> As you would imagine, many people take today off to have a 4 day
> holiday. Due to this known behaviour many city schools used to have
> today as a curriculum day.
> Now thanks to the decision that all student free days must be taken at
> the start of the year (Except 1 report writing day and 1 at school
> discretion) we are all here.
> When I say "all" I mean all the staff and the 20% of the student
> population who has turned up. I have just had a class of 4 students
> and I bet I am not the only one across the city.
> What a monumental waste of our time and resources.
> Students and staff are actually running sweeps - not on the cup, but
> on how many kids will be in each class. What a joke.
> At least some classes are being collapsed on an ad-hoc basis as we see
> the numbers at start of each period.
>
> QUESTION: I, and the rest of our staff are genuinely curious as the
> situation in other Vic metropolitan schools - are we the norm or an
> anomaly? Is it a school culture thing?
> What is your attendance like today? Did your school move 1 of their
> student free days to today?
>
>
> Thanks in anticipation
> Cameron
>
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