Math teacher Takeshi Kaneko and his wife welcomed their baby girl Maki into the world in April of last year. By this May, Kaneko will have taken six two-week blocks of paternity leave. As a new parent, Kaneko hasn’t completely adjusted to having a baby. “It’s weird getting used...

Teachers can be under a lot of stress sometimes, especially when they’re juggling lesson plans, recommendation letters and their own lives outside of school. For math teacher Daniel Hahn, however, one bundle of joy makes it all worth it: his one-year-old baby named Leo. When Hahn found out...

Social studies teacher Brian Miguel is planning to go on paternity leave later in the semester once his wife delivers their first child. Since teachers in the district are granted 12 weeks of paid leave per newborn child, Miguel hopes to go on leave in early March—12 weeks before the start...