Having listened to the ongoing work from representatives of the school calendar committee during District Accountability meetings, I am impressed with their hard work, including an openness to input from the community, participation from myriad interest groups and transparency in process. Because of budget cuts, the challenge was compounded by an objective and critical look at the impact of a four day school week. We will be looking at this issue further as it unfolds, and giving you more information to help with the discussion and comments. So, please hold off on four-day week comments here.
For now, please consider that 30% more Salidians responded to this committees survey than the city comprehensive planning survey (the survey that The Mountain Mail has trumpeted which shows that over 90% of Salidians get their news from them). This response rate would seem to be a testament to the calendar committees distribution methods as well as the communities interest in our schools. If you’d like to be involved in further school planning, please drop us a note, there are many ways to be involved. salidacitizen@gmail.com
You can grab the PDF version of this calendar here. district calendar 2010-2011
My thanks to the Committee for their work. And thank you, Bill for recognizing and providing a forum for such communication.