Staff Snow Day Survey
548 responded and identified, 38 did not identify which unit they were withgood response rate overall
14 possible choices provided, were asked to rank order their top five
1st choice - Apr 3 - Good Friday
2nd - Apr 10
3rd - Apr 21
hopeful not having to need to use these but just in case
Apr 3 could be a half day, and meet date requirements
O'Malley - don't like the 3rd to put a religous holiday up against the school day requirements. Hundreds of folks have already made plans, this would make too speculative a venture, we would have time to revisit the dates. I would like to table this for a futher discussion
Clement - How does today impact the town?
This was a school day
Winslow - this is aligned with what is coming down from the DESE. This is what many districts are doing with the knowledge that many people will not come.
Douglas - I am not for this, people made plans a year ago. Teachers would also be affected by this. This is a short fuse for everbody this year.
Rohrbach - we do have to give notice, if we can do a half day on the 3rd.
Jewell - I am not changing my plans when there is a vacation being taken away like this. It is silly not to plan to have to make up one. Some kids will miss but the schools need to be open
Mullen - I actually agree with John and Kevin. The issue of religious holidays is one we have not discussed and need to. The T is still not working right. At least we are giving notification. It is up to the individual parents to make their choice. I would support this with a half day on Apr 3.
O'Malley - making motion to table the issue
failed 5-2 (O'Malley, Douglas to table)
State Budget Update
Goodmanpreliminary budget numbers from Governor's House 1 budget
budget would eleminate the quality full day kindergarten grant
7.5 FTE are covered by the current grant
potential circuit breaker cuts
Charter school reimbursements also being cut (could be a net loss of $600K)
House and Senate still need to review the budget to come to a decision
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