Common use of School Work Year Clause in Contracts

School Work Year. 1. The schoolwork year and base contract for bargaining unit members shall be within the confines of the school calendar and shall be one hundred ninety (190) days, including not more than one hundred seventy-seven (177) days when pupils are in attendance. Days may be added to the District calendar at a per diem rate. The District will assure the agreed COLA in Article 11.A. for the selected year is added prior to adding the days. It is agreed that if the contract expires the status quo for the calendar will remain one hundred ninety (190) days, unless a separate Memorandum of Agreement exists. 2. The one hundred ninety (190) contract days will include the following seven (7) paid holidays: Labor Day; Veteran's Day; Thanksgiving Day; Christmas Day; New Year's Day; ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇. Day; and Memorial Day. 3. The normal employee work week is forty (40) hours including a daily duty-free lunch period of at least thirty (30) minutes. It is expected that licensed staff shall be present at school to fulfill the necessary professional obligations each day, including student conferences, preparations for classes, curriculum improvement, staff and in-service meetings, parent conference, and related items. The Principal and bargaining unit members shall cooperatively determine working hours to accomplish these items. However, the parties recognize the desirability of flexible scheduling, and it is their intent to continue reasonable flexibility in the workday and the work week within the forty-hour-per-week time frame. Bargaining unit members who are requested by the District to work beyond forty (40) hours in any week shall be given compensatory time off for minutes worked in accordance with Article 16 (Compensatory Time). 4. The District shall provide one (1) full day at the end of each quarter for grading and prep. No in-service activities will be scheduled by the District for that day. In addition, the District shall provide one half ½ day for grading/planning at each mid-quarter. 5. The District will provide one (1) full uninterrupted in-service day and one (1) half (3.75 hours) uninterrupted in-service day. The District will also provide one half day (3.75 hours) for District mandated training. These days will occur prior to the beginning of the school year for bargaining unit members to work in their classrooms. Members will have until October 30th to complete said training, unless the law requires otherwise.