This year they had decided to put in a shut down day for studying and planning. We thought that if we took a day of instruction out it would be useful. We went before AFC and weighed the pros and cons and decided to go with it. Bruce worked on it, but it ended up quite a bit different than he thought. WSU has a dead week, but they are on a semester system and we are on a quarter system which means we have a more compact schedule.
Nothing goes on during that week.
It is hard to put in a schedule. I think that most teachers are gone as well. Thanksgiving break starts at 12pm on Wednesday. Most students skip Wednesday classes anyway. Move to strike.