Common use of High Schools and Continuation High School Clause in Contracts

High Schools and Continuation High School. Employees shall be at their work site at the beginning of their eight (8) hour workday. [designated for each school site and stay until the end of their workday.] The length of the instructional day shall be 365 minutes. If program assignments are such that different employee assignments require different daily beginning and ending times, these times will be determined by mutual agreement of the employee and the District. (a) High schools will increase the number of instructional minutes to establish Staff Collaboration Time. Using the voting procedure in Section 7, annually by April 1, each high school shall choose between the following options by simple majority vote: 1. The high school may increase the number of daily instructional minutes by a minimum of nine (9) minutes or maximum of 12 minutes, for (4) days per week; and on the fifth (5th) day of the week, instructional minutes may be decreased in order to implement Staff Collaboration Time by a late start or early dismissal. 2. The high school may increase the number of daily instructional minutes by a minimum of nine (9) minutes or maximum of 12 minutes, for nine (9) consecutive days; and on the tenth (10th) day, instructional minutes may be decreased in order to implement Staff Collaboration Time by a late start or early dismissal. Teacher preparation time, as defined in Article X, Section 1F of the Agreement, shall not be altered as a result of the implementation of Staff Collaboration Time.