That is good news! I couldn't tell that they even went to school!
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Subject: [gatornews] (ESPN) Unable to find enough teachers, Ga.
district cancels school
From: Mary Lynn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Fri, October 31, 2008 2:59 pm
To: GatorNews <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Unable to find enough teachers, Ga. district cancels school
McShay, Kiper Preview Florida Vs. GeorgiaCall it a case of the Red and
Black flu.
Tired of struggling to find enough teachers to staff its classrooms on
the Friday before the annual Georgia-Florida football game, the Clarke
County (Ga.) School District -- which includes Athens, home of the
University of Georgia -- decided to cancel school altogether.
According to area media reports, 137 teachers last year called in sick
the day before the big game, and the district was able to find only
113 substitutes.
School administrators studied the absences over the years and found a
pattern -- almost twice as many teachers call in sick the Friday
before the annual game in Jacksonville, Fla., about 360 miles away,
than on an average school day.
Although some parents and teachers are questioning whether the day off
places too much emphasis on football over academics, at least one
school administrator believes it's a wise move on the district's
part.
"I've heard parents say that it's ridiculous, but the reality of the
situation is, if there are so many people in this system and this
community that go to the game -- if that's a reality -- it's
irresponsible [to have school on that day] if that really is our
community," said Barrow Elementary School principal Tad MacMillan,
according to the Athens Banner-Herald. "I think the school system is
wise to factor that in when they plan the calendar."
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