Priority Schools will have an additional four weeks of school this year, ending July 12, 2013, at regular pay. Members unwilling or unable to work the additional four weeks will have until Dec. 17, 2012 to opt out. King High and Dixon schools ARE NO LONGER on the list of extended year. Only those members who DO NOT wish to work the additional four weeks need to fill out the opt-out form.
- In addition to being paid the regular daily rate for the additional four weeks, members will receive two additional sick days.
- For those on 26 pays, pay for the additional four weeks will be paid in checks 23 and 24. Essentially they will be double checks.
- There are no reprisals for anyone who opts out of working the extended year but you will not be able to work summer school.
- All programs that are currently in designated Priority Schools will continue for the additional four weeks. So all DFT members who work in Priority Schools and wish to work the additional four weeks will do so.
- In the Priority High Schools, only grades 9-11 will have their school year extended. However all staff may work the extended year.
- The extended year is mandated by the state.
The following are Detroit's Priority Schools: Beckham, Blackwell, Bow, Brewer, Ronald Brown, Burton International, Carleton, Carstens, Carver, Dossin, Douglass, Moses Field, Fisher Lower, Gardner, Gompers, Greenfield Union, Henderson, JR King, Mann, Marquette, Marshall, Neinas, Nichols, Noble, Northwestern, Oakman, Palmer Park, Pulaski, Sampson, Thirkell, Wayne, Wilkins, Charles Wright, Coleman Young.