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Excerpt from Board of Education Meeting, November 16, 2022, Agenda Item 5.02 2023-2024 School Year Calendar. Full Board of Education Meeting available to view here: https://youtu.be/7WudseiH1wo
A
C
Good
evening,
president
Tobin
vice
president
silkworth
members
of
the
board,
Dr
Bedell
I'm
Bob
Moser
Chief
Communications
officer
here
to
present
the
recommended
2023-2024
school
year
calendar
as
recommended
by
our
calendar
committee.
This
is
an
information
item
this
evening,
so
no
board
action
is
required.
C
C
C
The
timeline
for
this
process
is,
as
you
see
here
following
tonight's
presentation,
we
will
put
the
calendars
and
a
video
of
this
agenda
item
online
for
the
public
to
review
and
to
offer
comment
that
comment
period
will
run
through
December,
2nd
and
we'll
provide
that
input
to
the
board.
For
its
consideration,
as
it
proceeds
with
a
final
adoption
of
a
2023-24
school
year,
calendar
on
December
7th,
the
committee
consists
of
24
members,
whose
roles
include
bargaining
unit,
Representatives
parents,
students,
staff
members
from
Key
areas
across
our
school
system.
C
C
The
committee
starts
its
work
with
the
calendar
approved
by
the
board
for
the
current
school
year
and
makes
changes
as
it
reaches
consensus
on
individual
items.
The
prospective
calendar
contains
the
same
holidays
and
breaks
that
are
in
this
year's
schedule.
It
also
contains
all
of
the
closings
required
by
state
law
that
you
see
here.
They
were
and
always
have
been
off
the
table
in
terms
of
discussions
of
potential
changes
so
before
getting
to
a
preference
on
a
pre-labor
day
or
post-labor
day
start.
The
committee
had
substantive
discussion
on
the
items
you
see
here.
C
These
factors
are
important
because
the
calendar
should
be,
as
your
policy
states,
a
document
that
supports
the
effective
delivery
of
an
instructional
program.
So
I'd
like
to
talk
a
little
bit
about
these
because,
as
I
said,
it
was
a
pretty
robust
discussion.
There
was
some
pretty
lengthy
discussion
about
the
need
for
consistency
of
a
date
to
start
the
school
year.
I
can
tell
you
in
our
office.
C
We
talked
also
a
lot
about
the
effectiveness
or
lack
thereof,
versus
the
inconvenience
of
the
partial
days
for
parent-teacher
conferences
and
I'll,
get
to
more
that
in
a
minute,
and
then
there
was
a
discussion
of
something
that
hasn't
come
up
in
a
couple
of
years,
but
did
come
up
this
year
about
developing
a
second
calendar
more
than
a
year
in
advance.
Those
of
you
who've
been
on
the
board
for
a
while
know
that
we
used
to
do
this
as
a
practice.
C
C
We
have
a
drastic
increase
in
the
number
of
conditionally
certified
teachers
this
year,
32
percent
more
than
last
year,
and
so
particularly
our
folks
in
curriculum
instruction
talked
about
the
need
for
increased
professional
development
there
and
the
and
the
potential
to
provide
a
non-student
PD
day
for
elementary
and
middle
school
teachers
which
I'll
go
through
in
a
minute.
As
you
know,
high
schools
go
180
days
because
we
close
on
the
day
of
their
graduation
elementaries
and
middle
schools
go
181
days.
C
So
that
was
a
discussion
we
had
and
then
finally,
a
discussion
that
this
board
had
last
year
about
the
last
work
day
before
the
school
year,
where
traditionally
before
last
year,
before
promotion,
that
the
board
approved
last
year
would
be
a
non-teacher
work
day
and
custodians
would
be
able
to
do
that
last
minute
stuff.
So
we
had
lots
of
discussion
about
that.
Ultimately,
the
committee
made
two
two
key
changes:
one
is
to
recommend
eliminating
the
three
partial
day
parent-teacher
conference
days.
C
They
were
deemed
relatively
ineffective
and
largely
disruptive
both
to
school
School
operations
and
to
the
lives
of
parents.
So
that's
recommendation.
One
before
I
get
the
recommendation
too.
There
was
some
significant
discussion
about
the
varying
ways
that
are
now
available
for
schools
to
conduct
parent-teacher
conferences
right
virtual
and
other
things.
C
We
have
two
principles
on
the
committee
and
they
talked
about
the
ways
that
their
parent,
their
teachers,
reach
out
to
parents
earlier
in
the
school
year
in
ways
that
are
more
effective
than
those
days,
and
the
second
was
to
put
in
that
elementary
and
middle
school
professional
development
day.
As
you
see
here
and
leave
high
schools
in
session,
the
committee
left
it
to
staff
to
figure
out
what
day
that
was.
C
So
I
offer
that
for
you
with
that
settled,
we
turn
to
the
the
pre
and
post
Labor
Day
start
vast
majority
of
people
in
the
committee
want
the
pre-labor
day
start
for
reasons
that
include
these.
The
post,
Labor
Day
start
ends
too
late
in
the
calendar
that
you
have
before
you.
It
ends
the
24th
of
June,
which
should
strike
you
as
familiar
because
that's
the
day
school
ended
last
year.
C
It
also
because
of
the
way
June
Falls
would
bring
students
back
for
two
half
days
on
the
day
after
Juneteenth
and
I.
Don't
want
to
overlook
the
last
bullet,
the
last
two
bullets,
because
it
while
we
often
talk
about
summer
and
all
that
stuff,
the
June
24th
day
causes
some
really
big
issues
for
the
office
of
student
data
in
terms
of
closing
out
records
and
closing
out
grades
and
those
kinds
of
things,
and
it
really
does
create
some
issues
there.
The
pre-labor
day
start
also
allows
for
almost
all
of
that.
C
C
On
from
year
to
year,
as
I
said,
there
was
significant
discussion
about
that,
and
everyone
agreed
with
that
and
agreed
with
the
year
ahead
process,
so
allowing
the
calendar
committee
to
do
that.
We
could
certainly
do
that
this
year.
The
plan
would
be
as
we
discussed
it
in
the
committee.
This
board
would
approve
a
calendar
in
December.
C
We
would
then
take
it
and
adapt
it
for
next
year
and
bring
it
back
to
you
at
some
date
over
the
next
couple
of
months,
and
you
would
approve
it
as
a
tentative
calendar,
realizing
that
you
could
make
changes
again
next
fall.
So
as
I
said
at
the
outset,
this
is
the
second
second
of
two
of
four
steps
in
this
process
and
so
I'm
happy
to
answer
any
questions
that
you
have
tonight
and
then
we
will
see
you
again
on
December
7th
after
we
have
public
comment
for
that.
B
Thank
you,
Mr
Mosher,
just
a
reminder
to
members.
If
there
are
any
series
of
things
to
ask,
the
first
round
is
for
questions
in
the
second
round
is
for
comments.
So
Michelle
I'm
I
see
your.
D
B
D
I
have
some
questions
around
apib
and
then
also
certification
tests,
especially
as
we
get
into
blueprint
certification
tests
are
important
so
about
the
scheduling
of
those.
Are
we
responsible
for
scheduling
those
or
other
bodies
responsible
for
scheduling
those
and
where
do
they?
Where
do
they
land
in
the
mix
of
things
every
year?
Sure.
C
So,
thank
you
for
the
question.
Let
me
take
them
one
by
one.
So
AP
is
the
dates
of
AP
exams
are
totally
out
of
our
control.
They
are
set
by
the
College
Board.
They
are
the
first
two
full
weeks
in
May,
so
this
year
they
are
May,
1st
and
May
8th
next
year.
They
are
May,
remember
May,
6th
and
May
13th.
C
Likewise,
IB
is
out
of
our
control.
Those
dates
are
set
by
the
IB
office
and
they
are
generally
the
last
part
of
April
or
the
first
week
in
May
and
lasts
for
approximately
three
weeks.
C
The
CTE
exams
are
a
mixed
bag,
those
that
are
offered
by
outside
agencies.
Those
dates
are
set
by
those
agencies,
so
we
don't
have
control
over
those,
the
ones
that
we
can
offer
I'm
told
by
our
CTE
office.
We
schedule
those
in
the
quarterly
exam
window,
quarterly
assessment
window
in
the
second
and
the
fourth
marking
period.
So
at
the
end
of
each
semester,.
D
A
A
Maybe
you
might
find
something
that
falls
in
during
the
first
week
of
June,
but
most
of
those
type
of
Assessments
like
IB
AP,
most
of
them
most
of
them
generally
are
done
by
the
end
of
May
and
I
know
in
my
former
School
District,
because
we
were
doing
commencement
commencements,
May,
17th
18th,
some
of
our
kids,
who
actually
had
their
high
school
diploma,
still
had
to
come
back
the
following
week
to
take
IB
exams
because
they
were
going
into
the
later
part
of
the
year
and
I
I.
A
E
Thank
you,
president
Tobin
I
guess
my
question
would
be:
if
I
could
it's
not
a
very
specific
one,
but
you
know
we
always
go
back
and
forth
with
the
partial
days
and
the
whole
days
off
for
staff
development
and
not
not
talking
about
parent-teacher
conferences,
that's
a
whole
conversation
and
of
itself.
But
could
you
would
you
mind
taking
a
couple
minutes
and
going
back
over
some
of
the
merits
of
each
and
a
little
bit
more
expansion
on
your
recommendations
as
it
surrounds
that
in.
E
C
Them
right,
so
our
teachers
are
contracted
to
work
191
days
so
from
the
first
day
before
school
that
they
come
in
to
begin
setting
up
their
classrooms
and
that
kind
of
stuff
we
count
191
days
right,
so
the
holidays
don't
count
and
that
type
of
stuff,
so
a
two-hour
early
dismissal
would
allow
you
for
three
hours
because
of
the
length
of
their
work
day
of
professional
development
and
afternoon.
That's
what
we
do
on
those
Project
Unity
dates
as
an
example.
C
So
what
this
model
would
create
is
a
day
for
elementary
and
middle
school
teachers.
Curriculum
instruction
would
tell
you,
that's
not
enough
to
be
perfectly
honest
with
you
that
they
would
they'll
take
anything
they
can
get
right,
I
mean,
so
it
would
create
that
day.
We
probably
would
not
use
all
of
that
day
for
professional
development,
and
there
is
some
research
and
discussion
and
Dr
McMahon
and
Mrs
Jackson
and
Dr.
C
Bedell
can
certainly
speak
to
this
way
better
than
I,
but
that
a
half
a
day
of
more
impactful
professional
development
is
better
than
a
full
day
right
of
of
less.
And
so
what
we
talked
about
in
the
committee,
though
it
wouldn't
be.
Our
decision
would
be
on
that
November
first
day,
a
half
a
day
of
of
PD
for
teachers
at
the
elementary
and
middle
school
levels
and
then
teacher
work
day,
the
other
half
of
the
day
right,
which
would
allow
teachers
to
catch
up
on
assessments
and
and
those
kinds
of
things.
E
So
as
a
follow-up
to
that
as
we're
planning,
those
out
are
the
impact
I
mean
from
my
seat
as
a
as
a
former
parent
of
recent
of
the
school
system
in
part
is
that
by
always
dismissing
having
an
early
dismissal
as
opposed
to
a
late
start,
it
impacts
some
of
the
academic
opportunities
of
the
the
morning,
only
kids
and
as
we
move
closer
into
preschool
environments
and
that
Pre-K
learning
and
it's
continue
to
expand
that
what
impacts
does
that
have
proportionate
to
the
these
recommendations?.
C
D
C
E
E
Those
okay,
but
some
of
the
most
impactful
I,
would
argue.
C
Okay,
yeah,
but
so
we've
this
recommendation
would
eliminate
three
of
those
adversely
impactful
days
that
you're
discussing
okay
and
replace
it
with
that
one
day
where
there's
no
school
for
anybody,
your
your
other
option
is
you
dig
into
the
days
that
teachers
come
back
before
students
come
back
and
there
are
six
of
those
in
this
calendar.
There
are
six
in
this
year's
calendar.
C
E
Correct
and
we're
already
having
a
desire
for
more
hours
even
to
the
impact
of
our
facilities,
management.