I am not disagreeing with you at all (although we don't get federal holidays guaranteed, depending on district), but there is a huge discrepancy between hours worked and pay.

For instance, the majority of my grade level clocks in at about 6:30 and out around 5, that's about 10 hours of work. Our official hours are of course 8 hours a day. Between lesson planning (especially since we are a high needs school), SST, RTI, grading, our 'planning' time, affective skills (mandatory daily lessons), reading, writing, math, science, and social studies, etc., we barely have enough time to squeeze in everything. Now add in recess, specials, transitions, and Speech/Counseling/OT/PT or whatever else our kids need, teachers are expected to make up those missing instructional times, gods know when. They do have 8 weeks off during the summer (which it is now highly encouraged/expected that they attend Professional Development during), 3 days during Thanksgiving as most of the private sector gets Thanksgiving and Black Friday off, and 9 days for Christmas break. Again it has become the expectation that teachers attend PD during these off times (with most districts moving to no pay for these and having them on breaks or Saturdays), as well as teachers working much more than 8 hour days, those days off that aren't spent taking professional development classes (which are required to keep certifications) or teaching summer school (to supplement their incomes). Teachers on the average work far greater than the average 40 hours a week during the school year and are not able to work for overtime or holiday pay, although they work outside their regular hours regularly.

Again, I'm not disagreeing with you, it's just that the funds for lunch are not going towards paying for a teacher's lavish lifestyle.