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Post by oldprof on Jun 8, 2007 15:42:38 GMT -6
Does anyone have a good understanding about why there is an hour or so of school on Monday?
If (as someone suggested to me) it is a way of meeting some legal requirement, it seems to send the wrong message to kids.
An inquiry to our school principal yielded a response that did not answer my question.
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Post by wvhsparent on Jun 8, 2007 16:30:20 GMT -6
It has to do with the snow days used.
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Post by doctorwho on Jun 8, 2007 16:59:37 GMT -6
It has to do with the snow days used. True in that yesterday was supposed to be the last day, however I remember last year the last day was like an hour also ? |
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Post by momto4 on Jun 8, 2007 17:58:49 GMT -6
It may have to do with the # of days of required attendance for IL public schools. It was like this while I was in school and has been the same for all the years my kids have been attending as well. What's odd is that it's optional for the HS kids. My son is in MS and refuses to Monday so will be late to the camp he's attending. They will be receiving and signing yearbooks that day. In grade school they get their report cards.
I think it's rotten how this year turned out, that there's a bit more than an hour of school for the entire week. Plenty of people are leaving today for trips and will miss it, and all the summer activities start Monday morning. 203 has already been out for a week.
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Post by movingforward on Jun 8, 2007 18:09:42 GMT -6
Does anyone have a good understanding about why there is an hour or so of school on Monday? If (as someone suggested to me) it is a way of meeting some legal requirement, it seems to send the wrong message to kids. An inquiry to our school principal yielded a response that did not answer my question. I would have to agree that it doesn't make sense. Seems like a waste of time as well as a waste of transportation resources. If it is true that they need to attend for at least an hour to consider it a 'day' of school, then by all means keep them all day ! |
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Post by gatormom on Jun 8, 2007 18:16:41 GMT -6
Does anyone have a good understanding about why there is an hour or so of school on Monday? If (as someone suggested to me) it is a way of meeting some legal requirement, it seems to send the wrong message to kids. An inquiry to our school principal yielded a response that did not answer my question. I would have to agree that it doesn't make sense. Seems like a waste of time as well as a waste of transportation resources. If it is true that they need to attend for at least an hour to consider it a 'day' of school, then by all means keep them all day ! I was looking over the ISBE web site. There are a minimum number of days required for schools in the state. Doesn't this tie into financing somehow? There are requirements for the number of hours specified for various types of school days. The last day of school does not have a required number of hours. I think they just need to attend for it to be considered a "day" of school. I was just skimming over things. I would be interested to hear from someone in the know about it. |
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Post by harry on Jun 8, 2007 21:25:12 GMT -6
Does anyone have a good understanding about why there is an hour or so of school on Monday? If (as someone suggested to me) it is a way of meeting some legal requirement, it seems to send the wrong message to kids. An inquiry to our school principal yielded a response that did not answer my question. No surprise there. We parents are considered mushrooms at times. There are so many ways to affect change. 1. Build in the appropriate # of snow days. 2. If we go over the 'budgeted snow days, eliminate another day or half day before the school year has ended. 3. If the 'last day' which equates to only an hour, falls on a Monday, boycott the day. If enough people do it, the SD will learn how to schedule days appropriately and send report cards home thru the mail. |
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Post by gatormom on Jun 8, 2007 21:42:02 GMT -6
Does anyone have a good understanding about why there is an hour or so of school on Monday? If (as someone suggested to me) it is a way of meeting some legal requirement, it seems to send the wrong message to kids. An inquiry to our school principal yielded a response that did not answer my question. No surprise there. We parents are considered mushrooms at times. There are so many ways to affect change. 1. Build in the appropriate # of snow days. 2. If we go over the 'budgeted snow days, eliminate another day or half day before the school year has ended. 3. If the 'last day' which equates to only an hour, falls on a Monday, boycott the day. If enough people do it, the SD will learn how to schedule days appropriately and send report cards home thru the mail. 1. My son just graduated from HS, been in this district the whole time. First time I recall having the school year extended because we used all our snow days, 12 years. Seems wasteful to add more days to the schedule. 2. Those days have purposes. Training, parent-teacher conferences, school improvement. 3. If you want to boycott the last day and possibly jeopardize state funding to the district, go for it. I have lived in Illinois all my life, grew up in Lombard. I grew up with the same thing, go to school for an hour on the last day. Still not sure why but hopefully someone can answer that. |
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Post by harry on Jun 8, 2007 21:50:27 GMT -6
No surprise there. We parents are considered mushrooms at times. There are so many ways to affect change. 1. Build in the appropriate # of snow days. 2. If we go over the 'budgeted snow days, eliminate another day or half day before the school year has ended. 3. If the 'last day' which equates to only an hour, falls on a Monday, boycott the day. If enough people do it, the SD will learn how to schedule days appropriately and send report cards home thru the mail. 1. My son just graduated from HS, been in this district the whole time. First time I recall having the school year extended because we used all our snow days, 12 years. Seems wasteful to add more days to the schedule. 2. Those days have purposes. Training, parent-teacher conferences, school improvement. 3. If you want to boycott the last day and possibly jeopardize state funding to the district, go for it. I have lived in Illinois all my life, grew up in Lombard. I grew up with the same thing, go to school for an hour on the last day. Still not sure why but hopefully someone can answer that. I agree. Why add more days for no reason?? However, if we do exhaust our built in snow days early, AND the extra day falls into the 'next' week, then the SB should be proactive to remedy the situation and/or plan a cushion in order to ensure that they don't lose money. But poor planning is not in the best interest of anyone. |
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Post by doctorwho on Jun 8, 2007 21:56:48 GMT -6
Does anyone have a good understanding about why there is an hour or so of school on Monday? If (as someone suggested to me) it is a way of meeting some legal requirement, it seems to send the wrong message to kids. An inquiry to our school principal yielded a response that did not answer my question. No surprise there. We parents are considered mushrooms at times. There are so many ways to affect change. 1. Build in the appropriate # of snow days. 2. If we go over the 'budgeted snow days, eliminate another day or half day before the school year has ended. 3. If the 'last day' which equates to only an hour, falls on a Monday, boycott the day. If enough people do it, the SD will learn how to schedule days appropriately and send report cards home thru the mail. Well unless the SB can control the weather, how would they ever be able to know if the year will end on a Monday to make the minimum days. Have been here 17 years and don't remember using snow days before - and if not for them this year the last day would have been a Thursday. In Illinois funding is basd on days of a certain attendance % ( why the CPS's offer giveaways of ipods etc to get kids to come back to school in the fall) - I choose not to penalize the district from a funding standpoint. With report cards on line I don't believe that would be the reason for the last day. |
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Post by gatormom on Jun 8, 2007 22:01:14 GMT -6
I agree. Why add more days for no reason?? However, if we do exhaust our built in snow days early, AND the extra day falls into the 'next' week, then the SB should be proactive to remedy the situation and/or plan a cushion in order to ensure that they don't lose money. But poor planning is not in the best interest of anyone.  So what is your suggestion? Once again 12 years in the district, first time I recall the school year going longer and it so happens that the extra day is on a Monday. Maybe we need a think tank of people to sit around and create scenarios of what might happen if . . . that way the district can be very proactive in all kinds of situations. |
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Post by doctorwho on Jun 8, 2007 22:05:24 GMT -6
I agree. Why add more days for no reason?? However, if we do exhaust our built in snow days early, AND the extra day falls into the 'next' week, then the SB should be proactive to remedy the situation and/or plan a cushion in order to ensure that they don't lose money. But poor planning is not in the best interest of anyone. So what is your suggestion? Once again 12 years in the district, first time I recall the school year going longer and it so happens that the extra day is on a Monday. Maybe we need a think tank of people to sit around and create scenarios of what might happen if . . . that way the district can be very proactive in all kinds of situations. Well since we are asking them to control the weather - I want to put my order in for sunshine and no rain in Florida for August, and maybe they can tend to that global warming thing....( which should have taken care of those snow days) - Solution is no more snow days, if the buses aren't running then the parents have to get their kids to school or they will be billed for the absence to make up for funding -- no more worrying about snow days pushing the last day to a Monday...solved. |
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Post by harry on Jun 8, 2007 22:10:02 GMT -6
No surprise there. We parents are considered mushrooms at times. There are so many ways to affect change. 1. Build in the appropriate # of snow days. 2. If we go over the 'budgeted snow days, eliminate another day or half day before the school year has ended. 3. If the 'last day' which equates to only an hour, falls on a Monday, boycott the day. If enough people do it, the SD will learn how to schedule days appropriately and send report cards home thru the mail. Well unless the SB can control the weather, how would they ever be able to know if the year will end on a Monday to make the minimum days. Have been here 17 years and don't remember using snow days before - and if not for them this year the last day would have been a Thursday. In Illinois funding is basd on days of a certain attendance % ( why the CPS's offer giveaways of ipods etc to get kids to come back to school in the fall) - I choose not to penalize the district from a funding standpoint. With report cards on line I don't believe that would be the reason for the last day. \ Dr. I don't get you Can you try, for one post, to take the focus off of you, your experience, and yours??? It takes away from debate and it's boring and I know this for a fact ;D If I am correct, and please feel free to correct me...didn't we exhaust our built in snow days before Easter?? If so, then we could have made a one day correction or better yet, turned 4/14 into a full day and had conferences after school hours. We in this district need to stop talking about SALY. Just because it worked then doesn't mean there aren't other solutions. |
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Post by harry on Jun 8, 2007 22:12:47 GMT -6
I agree. Why add more days for no reason?? However, if we do exhaust our built in snow days early, AND the extra day falls into the 'next' week, then the SB should be proactive to remedy the situation and/or plan a cushion in order to ensure that they don't lose money. But poor planning is not in the best interest of anyone. So what is your suggestion? Once again 12 years in the district, first time I recall the school year going longer and it so happens that the extra day is on a Monday. Maybe we need a think tank of people to sit around and create scenarios of what might happen if . . . that way the district can be very proactive in all kinds of situations. The district's job is to have Plan B and C. It is their job to do so. They don't........which is why your kids will be going the extra day. To post like Mr. Who... "I know for a fact, mine won't" |
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Post by gatormom on Jun 8, 2007 22:29:38 GMT -6
So what is your suggestion? Once again 12 years in the district, first time I recall the school year going longer and it so happens that the extra day is on a Monday. Maybe we need a think tank of people to sit around and create scenarios of what might happen if . . . that way the district can be very proactive in all kinds of situations. The district's job is to have Plan B and C. It is their job to do so. They don't........which is why your kids will be going the extra day. To post like Mr. Who... "I know for a fact, mine won't" This is unusual but you can blame the district for poor planning after all it did snow and they didn't have a plan C ready. I like Dr. Who's plan though, make them go when it snows. That way, no snow days and no inconvenience at the end of the year for the parents. By the way, my kids won't be going to school an extra day. They missed that day because of snow. |
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So what is your suggestion? Once again 12 years in the district, first time I recall the school year going longer and it so happens that the extra day is on a Monday.