Like everyone else, Hillsborough school employees are facing sticker shock at the gas pump. Only their boss wants to help.
Superintendent MaryEllen Elia announced Tuesday night that employees working over the summer would have the flexibility to work four, 10-hour days each week. They could take off either Monday or Friday.
There are some exceptions. Employees at schools with five-day summer school programs couldn't participate until the session ends. The district plans to remain open Monday through Friday, so scheduling will have to be coordinated with supervisors to keep offices running smoothly.
"This is a way to help our employees save those few dollars each week which can help them," Elia said.
Get inside the world of Florida education with St. Petersburg Times staff writer Jeffrey S. Solochek and the rest of the Times education reporting team. We'll bring you up-to-date information about the latest education trends, fads and news and dig deep into Tampa Bay area school issues.
Wow. Pinellas got ride of their 4 day summer work weeks. Can we please nationalize our nation's education and stop all this local experimentation with every single aspect of our children's' future. Every time a butterfly farts each school district experiments with how they are going to change and quite frankly it is chaos with people justifying their career on changing for change sake with no real apples to apples data.
Posted by: jeff | May 07, 2008 at 06:10 AM