Dear SCSD #1 Stakeholders,
Earlier this year, the Board of Trustees tasked our Calendar Committee with assembling district and community representatives to solicit feedback from stakeholders to develop a two-year calendar proposal to present to the Board beginning with the 2021 – 2022 school year. This group administered a survey in March and used the results to create the following two calendars.
Calendar A is a traditional calendar that resembles many of the district’s previous calendars. This calendar highlights the following features:
- A five-day school week with an early student release on Fridays.
- The first day for students is on September 1st and the last day for students is on June 3rd.
- There will be no school for students on Labor Day, Columbus Day, Martin Luther King Day, President’s Day, Good Friday, Easter Monday, and Memorial Day.
- There are three days off for Thanksgiving, a two-week Christmas Break, and one-week for Spring Break.
- Teacher In-Service days and High Impact Days have been scheduled around culminating high school sporting events.
- Each school’s start and end time will remain the same.
- PES will start school at 8:15 and end at 3:30.
- PMS and PHS will start school at 7:45 and end at 3:07
Calendar B is based upon a four day school week. This calendar highlights the following features:
- A four-day school week for students.
- The first day for students is on August 30th and the last day for students is on June 9th.
- There will be no school for students on all Fridays, Labor Day, President’s Day, and Memorial Day.
- There are three days off for Thanksgiving, a two-week Christmas Break, and one-week for Spring Break.
- All teacher In-Service days will be held outside of the school year or on Fridays.
- Each school’s start and end time will change to the following:
- PES will start school at 7:50 and end at 3:20.
- BES will start school at 8:00 and end at 3:15
- PMS, PHS, and Skyline will start school at 7:30 and end at 3:45.
The SCSD #1 Board of Trustees will consider each calendar option at their regular meeting on December 10, 2020. If you have a preferred choice of calendar, please use the following link to share your preference with us.
I would like to thank the members of the Calendar Committee for all of their hard work. It might not seem like it at first blush, but there are quite a few requirements that must be met and a lot to be considered from a wide range of stakeholders.
SCSD 1 Calendar Committee Members: Marie McGuire – Board Member (Co-Chair), Greg Legerski – PES Principal (Co-Chair), Jenny Antonino – PES Teacher, Brady Schaefer – PMS Teacher, Heather Phelps – PHS Teacher, Janel Scurlock – PES Asst. Principal, David Thrash – PMS Asst. Principal/AD, Jake Rich – PHS Asst. Principal/AD, David Shaw – Skyline Teacher/Principal, Keni Hopkins – SCSD 1 Executive Secretary, Ashley Harber – Parent, Karen Clause – Parent, Lacy Jackson – Parent.
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All:
I am happy to have comments on my blog, but please use the link in the blog to complete the survey to ensure your feedback gets to the Board of Trustees.
Jay
I have had experience with the 4 day school week and it’s ok. I know they seem to save money due to the cost of heating and other areas. I really don’t care what decision is made, I just don’t want my kids to lose their holidays and the time off they would get.
How would a 4 days school week help the proposed budget cuts? Would there be a significant amount of savings compared to the proposed 5 day schedule?
The projected savings for a four day school week, depending on its configuration, could be between $300K-$500K. That would be between 10%-30% of a $1.7M (10%) reduction if it were required.
Thank you! I think this information could be helpful to people as they make their decisions. It’s good to know it’s about more than just a shortened school week. It could make an impact on programs and jobs, which is bigger than just the convenience of the schedule. Personally I could be inconvenienced if it means keeping programs for students or helping keep as many jobs as possible.
Have you identified how the bus schedule would be impacted by a change to the 4 day week. Right now my kids are on the bus at 6:50. If the 4 day schedule is going to impact that, it is a main concern.
Tonya,
We have not had an opportunity to identify the bus schedules yet. I would not expect the routes to be longer, but I would expect that the pickup and drop-off times would be earlier and later in relation to the earlier and later start times.