3. Discussion Items
- Calendar Committee Decision
1 - PDD day for Aug 29th, students back on the 30th - move the PDD day to the Friday of that week, less of an impact on students
2 - half day before Thanksgiving, it was transitioned to a day off recently in light of requests for full day off
3 - Feb vacation has biggest impact on staff, looking to tackle the snow day issue with alternatives to make up snows days with days in school
special needs parents as well as others are concerned about the break up of the instructional periods so the kids don't get into a rhythm; the heat was a piece but not a huge issue
the schools are still used during the school breaks so there is no savings from heating
therefor there is no financial impact for the changes to the calendar
it would be so much easier if the State adopted a statewide calendar
DESE has guidelines and Burlington has piloted the process so it would be easy enough to do with a combination of technology and 'blizzard bags', we would propose the plan, have you approve, and then get DESE to sign off on it
Donna Grady - FEA President
why are we changing the calendar, we don't have data that we have an identified problem
some folks are still confused by this calendar being two years out
teachers get frustrated by the choppiness of the school beginning period (Sep-Oct)
what is the impact on instruction going to be?
there are other issues with completing in June 8th, summer camps etc are not yet open
vote on recommendation on one of two calendars
Option 1 - no change to Feb
Option 2 - change to Feb
vote on Option 1 was 7-0
motion to make half day to full day, seconded for the 2017-2018 calendar
vote on this motion was 7-0
motion to move the PDD from Aug 29th to the Friday before the Labor Day weekend
vote on this motion was 7-0
"a sign of the School Committee being responsive to what has been heard"
we have two years of calendars set so people will be able to plan accordingly
4. Action Items
a. I recommend approval of the request of Nancy Schoen to take Middle School Music students to Canobie Lake Park, Salem, NH on Friday, June 10, 2016 as detailed.
motion to approve, seconded, passed 7-0
b. I recommend acceptance of a check for $2,290.00 from Franklin Music Parents for in-house enrichment.
motion to approve, seconded, passed 7-0
c. I recommend acceptance of a check for $190.00 from BJ’s Wholesale Club for district wide in-house enrichment.
motion to approve, seconded, passed 7-0
d. I recommend acceptance of two checks totaling $3,295.00 for the Paul Castelline Memorial Scholarship.
motion to approve, seconded, passed 7-0
e. I recommend acceptance of a check for $435.60 from General Mills-Box Tops for Davis Thayer.
motion to approve, seconded, passed 7-0
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