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Posted on May 30, 2008 Why do we have half days for Elementary and Middle School students?
The elementary and middle school half days are part of the contract and they are used for teacher planning, grade level/team meetings, staff development, curriculum work, meetings with parents if necessary and/or end of year activities.
Posted on September 18, 2008 This is the worst calendar ever! Why are there random half days during a strong academic time of the year? Can you move the half days back to the last week of school when kids are ready for summer vacation and the schools are hot? This is also very hard for parents to schedule work around. Please advise.
Half days at the middle school and elementary school are used to strategically focus on staff development. We believe that it makes more sense to do so throughout the year. We will evaluate the effectiveness of the change and act accordingly for the coming year.
Posted on May 19, 2008 Do you know how long (exactly) summer vacation is?
It varies depending on the schedule for Regent's exams and when Labor Day falls.
Posted on June 25, 2008 Why does the school year have to end so late in June? I understand by law that there is a required number of days in the school year but has the district ever considered perhaps eliminating some of these vacation breaks/days off so the school year can end earlier?? Do we really need a winter and a spring break?
The district's calendar is mostly determined by the NYS Department of Education regulations (180 days), the NYS Regents exams (held at the end of June), the Capital Region BOCES calendar (winter/spring breaks) and the Shenendehowa Teachers Association contract.
Posted on October 7, 2008 How does the school district decide what holidays we have off?
We have all federal/state holidays off. Week long recess breaks are determined by the regional BOCES calendar. We comply with the state regulation mandating 180 days of instruction. We work with in the Regents exams schedule. The rest is authorized by the board of education based on administrative recommendations.
Posted on June 4, 2008 When the school calendar is developed isn't there a way to coordinate the schedule so that all schools have the same half days? For parents who work and have children in elementary and middle schools, this is very difficult to accommodate.
There has been a strong to push to have greater coordination of 1/2 days. We will continue to work towards better coordination of those days in the future.
Posted on March 31, 2008 Every year everyone in the Shen district asks the same question, Why do we not have the day after Easter off?
Most years Easter precedes the April break week, so it is usually not a problem because school is closed the Monday following Easter. April break did not precede Easter this year because Easter was unusually early.
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