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

[Timmer-Arends]

58 out of 1100+ students at 9.00 am rollcall
We also had a sweep on the total number that would turn up (I didn't win!)
What a waste of everybody's time!

Regards
Robert T-A
Brighton SC

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Cameron Bell" <bell.cameron.p at edumail.vic.gov.au>
To: "Year 12 IT Applications Teachers' Mailing List"
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Sent: Monday, November 02, 2009 10:42 AM
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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