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Takeshi Kaneko: Teachers take paternity leave to focus on new babies

Takeshi Kaneko: Teachers take paternity leave to focus on new babies

Madison Nguyen, Copy Editor February 1, 2019

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...

Daniel Hahn: Teachers take paternity leave to focus on their babies

Daniel Hahn: Teachers take paternity leave to focus on their babies

Nikki Suzani, Managing Editor February 1, 2019

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...

Teachers take paternity leave to focus on new babies: Brian Miguel

Teachers take paternity leave to focus on new babies: Brian Miguel

Eric Epstein, Sports Editor February 1, 2019

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...

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