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jg429 t1_j7bpxe1 wrote

Reply to State Job, New position by Mountain-Ice4687

It depends on what the agencies are. I just transferred from a community college to a university and they took my sick and personal, but not vacation. I believe it depends on what the new institution is willing to take.

You also have to be careful not to have a break in service so you don't lose your health insurance benefits. So if you take time off between jobs make sure it's actually vacation time time from the job you're leaving!

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SharpCookie232 t1_j7bpjar wrote

Reply to comment by billsatori in Best intermediate hiking within 2 hours of Boston? by dxbaileyy

The view from Wachusett is incredible. I wouldn't do it in winter, though. Plus if OP wants to get away from people, it's important to note that the other side of Wachusett is a ski resort. Some of the southern NH mountains are great in their own right, if not as famous as the Whites. Mount Major is a nice, semi-challenging hike. Please do be careful with the conditions, OP. A lot of people have been lost this season.

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Current-Photo2857 t1_j7bo3rd wrote

Reply to My child birthday is on Sept 2. I want to put him to prek when he is 4 yo, but he is one day late for qualification. How strict is 1 day off for school enrollment ? by [deleted]

As a middle school teacher, I highly recommend you wait the extra year. By the time they reach the middle grades, the youngest boys in the class seem wildly immature compared to the oldest ones. And even some of the older boys seem less mature than the girls. There’s a whole concept in education about this called “redshirting”: it’s the idea that younger kids (and boys especially ) be kept from Kindergarten the extra year to allow them to be on-par with the older kids.

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effulgentelephant t1_j7bl580 wrote

Reply to Best intermediate hiking within 2 hours of Boston? by dxbaileyy

The Blue Hills are about 45 mins south, depending on where you’re coming from. I love going up to the White mountains in NH (Franconia, etc) but it’s usually still pretty snowy there (at least the higher peaks) until May and then pretty packed on the weekends throughout the summer. It’s 2.5-3 hours from Boston so I usually leave at like 4:30AM to make sure I get a parking spot at the trailhead.

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Hoosac_Love t1_j7bhf8c wrote

Reply to Best intermediate hiking within 2 hours of Boston? by dxbaileyy

Mt Wachusett a good hike but reasonable

Holyoke MT range in Grandby/South Hadley/Amherst a vigerorous hike but still reasonable and you can hike 1 or 2 Mt's or the whole range,the whole range is an 8 hour affair.

The Quabbin has many gates in central and western MA and there all great and reasonable hikes.

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iaminabox t1_j7bck4p wrote

Reply to Best intermediate hiking within 2 hours of Boston? by dxbaileyy

Bear Brook State Park in Allentown,NH. It's just about an hour north of Boston also many other things to do besides hiking. Mountain biking, fishing, swimming, camping (even though it's very hard to book a campsite, booking opens on January 1st and most sites are gone by January 2nd)

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