Section 1: School Days and Teacher Assignment
A.  The school year shall not exceed 185 days, including 178 school days, two (2) parent-teacher conference days and five (5) days for professional meetings and clerical duties.

B. The local building principal/director may invite local building teachers to participate in the planning of the inservice activities.

C. The principal/director has the right and obligation to assign or reassign teachers for the good of the total school program. Teachers may request a change but are not to assume that the change will be made since that change may not be in the interest of the total educational program.

D. The principal/director has the right to require that each teacher be in his/her classroom one-half (1/2) hour before school begins and one-half (1/2) hour after dismissal.

Section 2: School Calendar
Each building principal/director shall present to the local building teachers the calendar of the school year at the opening faculty meeting.  Such calendar shall list the exact dates for the five (5) days beyond the one hundred seventy eight (178) School days and two (2) parent-teacher conference days.

The teachers may participate in the planning of inservice activities for the inservice day not used for implementing and/or planning recruitment programs.

Section 3: Attendance at Conferences
Teachers shall not be required to attend conferences or institutes outside the boundaries of the Diocese of Youngstown.

Teachers shall not be required to pay registration fees for conferences or institutes required by the Diocese of Youngstown, Office of Catholic Schools.

Section 4: Faculty Meetings
Faculty meetings will be planned regularly and the schedule will be presented to the faculty at the beginning of the school year. Other special meetings may be scheduled and advanced notification will be given as soon as possible.

Section 5: Class Size
A. Class size shall not exceed thirty (30) students to one full-time teacher (30:1), in self-contained classrooms and in departmentalized classes.

Currently registered students will not be asked to withdraw from classroom enrollment for said purpose of reducing class size.

When increasing enrollment necessitates that the number of students in a classroom exceed thirty (30) pupils, the following steps must be taken:

1.  In classes of thirty-one (31) to thirty-five (35) students, the above policy may be waived by the pastor and principal/director in consultation with the affected teacher. However, one of the following options will be implemented:

a.  the class should be divided; or
b.  a certified teacher be hired to teach reading and mathematics in instructional groups of twenty-two (22) students or less; or
c.  a half-time instructional aide be hired.

2.  The utilization of a classroom instructional aide, at any level, will be determined by the principal/director and the classroom teacher involved.  If a teacher refuses an aide, a waiver will be signed by the teacher.

3.  In classes of forty-one (41) students or more, the class must be divided and a fully-certified/licensed teacher hired to teach the additional class.

4.  Any exception to the above require the approval of the superintendent of schools.

1.  In cases where physical and financial resources allow, it is recommended that class size in kindergarten through grade two should not exceed twenty-two (22) students per one full-time teacher.

2.  In classes between twenty-three (23) and thirty (30) students:

a. a certified/licensed teacher be hired to teach reading and mathematics in instructional groups of twenty-two (22) students or less; or
b.  a one-half (1/2) time instructional aide be hired.

3.  In classes of thirty-one (31) to thirty-five (35) students:

a.  a certified/licensed teacher be hired to teach reading and mathematics in instructional groups of twenty-two (22) students or less; or
b.  a full-time instructional aide be hired.

4.  In classes of thirty-six (36) students or more, the class should be divided.

Section 7: Attachment of Local Items
If there are items which have been determined to be local issues, they are attached in Appendix C and as such are a part of the contract.

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