{"id":934332,"date":"2021-10-28T19:43:42","date_gmt":"2021-10-28T23:43:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=934332"},"modified":"2021-10-28T19:43:44","modified_gmt":"2021-10-28T23:43:44","slug":"report-virginia-teachers-already-need-time-away-from-classroom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-virginia-teachers-already-need-time-away-from-classroom\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Virginia Teachers Already Need Time Away from Classroom\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Freport-virginia-teachers-already-need-time-away-from-classroom%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=934332&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/GettyImages-516234222-e1635461385671-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Teachers in Richmond, Virginia already need time away from the classroom, according to a local report that said classes will end early on Wednesdays for the next three months.<\/p>\n<p>Teachers, who spent months teaching virtually because of the coronavirus pandemic, will use the time for \u201cuninterrupted planning time.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>A Norfolk, Virginia news outlet<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wavy.com\/news\/local-news\/virginia-beach\/virginia-beach-schools-to-dismiss-2-hours-early-on-select-wednesdays-to-help-curb-teacher-burnout\/?utm_campaign=socialflow&amp;utm_source=facebook.com&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;fbclid=IwAR0yPLiHuqoHI-p2rAaYxcsdYxPe-OVWsq9hNf_DDQ_CL7oALcn_hllZO4I\"> reported<\/a> on the development:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote readability=\"14\">\n<p>The Virginia Beach School Board voted Tuesday night 9-1 to approve the half days after administrators said teachers were facing burnout just two months into the school year.<\/p>\n<p>Even though five-day-a-week in-person learning is nothing new, teachers are having to try to make up for student learning loss on top of dealing with staffing shortages and COVID-19 quarantines. The district is nearly 100 teachers short. Superintendent Dr. Aaron Spence said just last Friday, there were 1,100 district-wide absences.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cOur teachers are being asked to do more, to cover more, to cover cafeterias, to cover hallways and to cover their colleagues\u2019 classrooms more so than they ever have before,\u201d Spence said in the report. \u201cThey are not able to prepare for instruction.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The plan, which will be affect through December, was described as a midweek \u201cbreather.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTeachers are struggling to manage the additional workload required to support students who are quarantined or absent,\u201d Dr. Eugene Soltner, chief schools officer, reported at the meeting.<\/p>\n<p>On top of the early dismissals, teachers asked to drop \u201cnon-essential\u201d tasks they are expected to do and also for a pay increase.<\/p>\n<p><b>\u201c<\/b>Suffolk Public Schools \u2026&nbsp;announced early dismissals every other Wednesday through the end of the year earlier in the month for similar reasons,\u201d the news outlet reported.<\/p>\n<p><i>Follow Penny Starr on <\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PennyStarrDC\"><i>Twitter<\/i><\/a><i> or send news tips to pstarr@breitbart.com.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Teachers in Richmond, Virginia already need time away from the classroom, according to a local report that said classes will end early on Wednesdays for the next three months. 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