Basic Work Day. 6.1.1 The basic day of service for all full time Unit Members shall be seven and one-half (7.5) hours. A minimum of a thirty-minute duty free lunch period shall be granted during this time. Teachers will not be required to take both before school and morning recess duties on the same day unless a planning period is in between or the Teacher elects that as an option. The Principal and staff at each site shall establish a system that provides a morning break for Teachers who are assigned to morning recess duty that day. Said break need not occur during morning recess duty time. In order to insure confidentiality of Teacher discussions during lunch periods, the site Principal, after discussion with the teaching staff, shall designate space that is restricted during the lunch period to school site staff, only. Implementation of this designated space is on a site-by-site basis and subject to reaching consensus with the site staff. 6.1.2 If the morning reporting time is established by the principal before or after 8:00 a.m., the basic day of service shall be adjusted an equivalent number of minutes before or after 3:30 p.m. 6.1.3 Teachers may be authorized by the principal to leave school during non-instructional time. Procedures regarding such absences shall be established by the school site principal after consulting with Teachers at that site. 6.1.4 The preparation/planning time set forth in Section 6.5 below shall be included in the students' instructional day. 6.1.5 All teachers shall be given at least seventy-two (72) hours prior notice when a mandatory meeting is scheduled.
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