[Livia]

Originally Posted by Marsh.

You know, when the kids go off school on these holidays the teachers workload doesn't just stop until the kids come back?

I remember in high school, the teachers were back in almost 2 whole weeks before the end of the summer break.

So they work 40 weeks instead of the 38 (give or take) in the academic year. That's still three months off. And they take INSET days during school time. Training should be done during their extremely long holidays.