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[jst]

I am at an SMOE public middle school.

Here are the details:

- February has ~3 weeks of vacation time.
- My school wants me to do a 2 week "Spring" camp in February at the beginning of the vacation period.
- I have enough vacation time left to cover the entire February vacation period.
- I have already done a 3 week Summer camp, and will be doing a 3 week Winter camp.
- I don't want to use vacation days during the December/January vacation.


What I want to know:
- Can I tell my school that I will use my paid vacation during the February vacation period, which means I will not be doing "Spring" camp? Or will I be breaking my contract by doing this?

[bbud656]

So they want you to not take vacation and do a camp instead?

[jst]

[Darkeru]

From what I've read in past posts, you must take a vacation - that's more important than camps and if the only time available is when they want you to do the camp, you can force them to cancel it. However in your case there is time in Dec/Jan. They can force you to arrange the vacation days on those days instead. You can't interfere with camp, unless there isn't another option. Your preferences don't come into it.

[bbud656]

How did you get so many days of vacation? You are supposed to use half in the summer and half in the winter so you don't run into problems like this, I believe.

[jst]

[bbud656]

Don't know what to tell you. You could try throwing her under the bus (she deserves it, if she knew and didn't say anything). That probably won't change anything about the camp and it will just make her mad.

[jst]

[machoman]

sounds like you have met your requirements of work time with summer/winter camps. this spring camp is an extra thing right? they can't make you do that. and, they should understand.

[winterfall]

You really need to call your district office. Find out from them. SMOE is the hardest bunch to work with on anything related to camps. GEPIK & EPIK are more malleable to reason or so I hear.

Your school can make you do the spring camp though. Technically its not camp, it's just extra classes during a time your supposed to be desk warming anyway so it's covered under your weekly 22. Like what another poster said. Your preferences don't matter, it all depends on your school

[bbud656]

For the record, It is BS to do an extra camp in the winter. Unless I was getting a cut, I wouldn't do it.

[pkang0202]

Your vacations take priority over anything the school has planned. The school can't override Labor Law simply because they want to use you for a camp.

Tell your school you are sorry but you will be using all of your vacation days.

If you plan on renewing there, then your school may make you use half of your allotted vacation in the summer and half in the winter to make sure you don't get a long break again.

[isitts]

[DaffyD73]

[bbud656]