They can set up a pay scale for 12 months or take it all in the nine months. It's their choice. If I could do that, I would work only nine months per year. The state Department of Education selected SAT testing to be done the very first week of Daylight Savings Time. I wonder which educator thought up this idea.
Babies cry and dogs bark.
Get over it. We live in a world filled with people and animals. Here's the kicker. If you were deaf, I'll bet you'd be hoping and praying to hear a dog barking and a baby crying. Keep this, or I'm going to keep calling till you do.