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We want to thank the 1035 members
of the teachers bargaining unit for completing and submitting the 2007-2009
Negotiations survey between January 10-24, 2007. Your willingness to share your thoughts
and comments will assist us as we prepare this years Interests and
Priorities. We are sharing with you
the tabulated results of our survey so that each of you can see the results
of this survey. It is clear to us
that Salaries and Health Insurance costs are clearly the top priorities
with language items also sharing an important place in this round of
negotiations.
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We also want to thank the 286
members that also shared comments with us on this survey. Your additional 22 pages of comments give
us a deeper insight into what is important to you. In later Negotiation Notes we will be
sharing with you some of these comments and addressing issues that were
brought to our attention.
Our first formal negotiations
session will be a joint training session conducted by the Minnesota Bureau
of Mediations Services. This meeting
will take place at the Union office on Thursday, February 28th.
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Education Minnesota – OSSEO
2007–2009 Negotiations Survey
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Increase
Schedules A & B (Salaries).
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829
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80%
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very important
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184
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18%
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somewhat important
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2
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0%
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somewhat unimportant
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0
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0%
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not at all important
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15
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1%
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no opinion
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Increase
Schedule C (Extra & Co-Curricular).
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115
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11%
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very important
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382
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38%
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somewhat important
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188
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19%
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somewhat unimportant
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145
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14%
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not at all important
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183
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18%
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no opinion
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Increase
Schedule D (Hourly Compensation).
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180
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18%
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very important
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520
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51%
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somewhat important
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156
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15%
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somewhat unimportant
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66
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7%
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not at all important
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92
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9%
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no opinion
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Increase
amount of District Match for both a 457 and a 403b Plan.
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531
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52%
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very important
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400
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39%
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somewhat important
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49
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5%
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somewhat unimportant
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10
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1%
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not at all important
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36
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4%
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no opinion
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Provide
incentives for teachers assigned to our High Needs Schools.
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376
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37%
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very important
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336
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33%
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somewhat important
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125
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12%
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somewhat unimportant
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83
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8%
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not at all important
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103
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10%
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no opinion
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Increase the
District's Contribution for Retiree Insurance.
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359
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35%
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very important
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402
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39%
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somewhat important
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106
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10%
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somewhat unimportant
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35
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3%
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not at all important
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116
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11%
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no opinion
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Require
Pro-Rata Pay for required evening/weekend/summer work.
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325
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32%
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very important
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424
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41%
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somewhat important
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111
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11%
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somewhat unimportant
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49
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5%
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not at all important
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113
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11%
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no opinion
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Provide extra
compensation for ALL teachers required to attend Special Education IEP
meetings held prior to or after teacher duty day.
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276
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27%
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very important
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391
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38%
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somewhat important
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161
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16%
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somewhat unimportant
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135
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13%
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not at all important
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62
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6%
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no opinion
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The contract
should contain provisions to provide additional compensation for longer
hours and a longer school year in those schools identified as "schools
in need of improvement".
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483
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47%
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strongly agree
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356
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35%
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agree somewhat
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76
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7%
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disagree somewhat
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28
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3%
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strongly disagree
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76
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7%
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no opinion
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Maintain
current levels of health care coverage (Single 100%, Employee +1 and Family
75%).
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937
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91%
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very important
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70
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7%
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somewhat important
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5
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0%
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somewhat unimportant
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2
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0%
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not at all important
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15
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1%
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no opinion
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Retain all
Health Plan choices.
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762
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74%
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very important
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207
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20%
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somewhat important
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30
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3%
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somewhat unimportant
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2
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0%
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not at all important
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25
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2%
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no opinion
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Establish
Flex Days and/or Hours on Mark Reporting Days for staff that have completed
all required duties.
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364
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36%
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very important
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355
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35%
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somewhat important
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146
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14%
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somewhat unimportant
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93
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9%
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not at all important
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63
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6%
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no opinion
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Retain the
original 7 hours of Professional Learning Communities which includes the
February Exchange Day.
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345
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34%
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strongly agree
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347
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34%
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agree somewhat
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143
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14%
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disagree somewhat
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130
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13%
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strongly disagree
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57
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6%
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no opinion
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All
Professional Learning Communities activities should be offered during the
student school day.
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341
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33%
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strongly agree
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338
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33%
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agree somewhat
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194
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19%
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disagree somewhat
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85
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8%
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strongly disagree
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67
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7%
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no opinion
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Any
Professional Learning Communities activities outside of the school day
should be compensated.
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