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Post by Arch on Jun 8, 2007 22:34:56 GMT -6
Harry, please refer to people by their proper handles. It's Dr. not Mr.
As for Monday.. well there might be a sore throat bug going around. I'll try to fend it off but if they can't control the weather then I sure as hell can't control what germs the weather blows my direction.
I believe it's also been called the blue flu.
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Post by harry on Jun 8, 2007 22:37:38 GMT -6
Harry, please refer to people by their proper handles. It's Dr. not Mr. As for Monday.. well there might be a sore throat bug going around. I'll try to fend it off but if they can't control the weather then I sure as hell can't control what germs the weather blows my direction. I believe it's also been called the blue flu. LMAO!! Enjoy your weekend!! |
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Post by doctorwho on Jun 8, 2007 22:38:33 GMT -6
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. The only thing more boring is putting out statements with no experience of facts to support them - experience is critical to any debate -- except when one doesn't like the answer. Sorry to bore you with facts instead of hyperbole.  fact -- 4/14 was a Saturday so not sure what that is about ?? And if whatever day you meant to type was a half day -- adding another half day doesn't help -- it is still the same day. It's number of days not hours. If you are talking about 4/9 - the conferences were from 1-8 anyway -- 7 hours -- so with a full day of school, run them to 10 - 11 PM ? Ask the teachers and parents how they feel about that.  Not sure what earth shattering events the Monday 1 hour is stopping, but for those with other plans - carry on with them -- doesn't seem like we need to hire a consulting firm to figure this out. I know you don't like my experience ( or Gatormom's I guess either) - but history SAL17Y said snow days had not been an issue...I am fine with the situation, if you are not suggest bringing it up at the next board meeting, with a solution. Shouldn't they be spending their time on more important issues as has been pointed out - like finding that $20M ?? |
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Post by doctorwho on Jun 8, 2007 22:47:18 GMT -6
Harry, please refer to people by their proper handles. It's Dr. not Mr. As for Monday.. well there might be a sore throat bug going around. I'll try to fend it off but if they can't control the weather then I sure as hell can't control what germs the weather blows my direction. I believe it's also been called the blue flu. See, the solution is fairly simple....without resorting to name calling and derision of the SB, which seems to be more fun than a new Wii game. Thanks for saving us thousands of dollars and hours Arch ! |
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Post by momto4 on Jun 9, 2007 7:17:33 GMT -6
Obviously I could be wrong, but I thought that we had -0- snow days built into our school year and that any snow days have ALWAYS been tacked onto the end. I only remember two other school years out of the last 12 where there have been snow days, but there probably have been more.
My own experience is that in the late '70s we missed a lot of school days due to weather that were not made up at the end of the year (three blizzard years in a row!). Suddenly there was a change that snow days needed to be made up, around 1980. The school schedules started showing "tentative last day of school" with the next several days showing as "make-up for snow days." This made the snow days a lot less fun and since then I have always assumed snow days would be made up in June and I thought they always had been in both my experience as a student and as a parent.
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Post by movingforward on Jun 9, 2007 9:45:21 GMT -6
The issue for me is the 1 hour of attendance on the last day.
That is ridiculous/wasteful; either hold class for at least a half day or don't hold it at all.
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Post by doctorwho on Jun 9, 2007 10:35:01 GMT -6
The issue for me is the 1 hour of attendance on the last day. That is ridiculous/wasteful; either hold class for at least a half day or don't hold it at all. If they are doing it to meet the minimum number of school days required by the state - what difference does it make if it is one hour or 4 hours ? The cost for either would be the same - this way the kids are home earlier --If this is true the bigger issue then is how the state funds the schools Usually this time of the year we have already left on vacation - and I never felt bad about that - so my suggestion still is - if someone doesn't want their child to attend - don't send them. Just IMHO. My daughter won't be there as she is at an out of state tournament - the extra 1 hour did not change my plans, just didn't spend a lot of time thinking about it one way or the other. |
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Post by movingforward on Jun 9, 2007 11:30:38 GMT -6
The issue for me is the 1 hour of attendance on the last day. That is ridiculous/wasteful; either hold class for at least a half day or don't hold it at all. If they are doing it to meet the minimum number of school days required by the state - what difference does it make if it is one hour or 4 hours ? The difference of 3 hours would at least allow enough time to do something productive. They could read, play board games, etc. You are right, people can simply not send their kids, but the expense of buses is still lost and it just seems silly to me to send the kids for 1 hour of unproductive time. Plus, I certainly can't get to and from the spa in under an hour. ;D |
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Post by doctorwho on Jun 9, 2007 11:39:35 GMT -6
If they are doing it to meet the minimum number of school days required by the state - what difference does it make if it is one hour or 4 hours ? Plus, I certainly can't get to and from the spa in under an hour. ;D Okay - now the crux of the discussion comes out ;D |
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Post by Arch on Jun 9, 2007 16:03:59 GMT -6
The bus will use less fuel the less weight it has to move.
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Post by harry on Jun 9, 2007 18:23:01 GMT -6
The bus will use less fuel the less weight it has to move. The buses will use NO FUEL if the district 'finds' an hour elsewhere in the 200 some odd days for 'make up' in order to get their fair share of 'state funding'. |
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Post by movingforward on Jun 9, 2007 19:23:21 GMT -6
The bus will use less fuel the less weight it has to move. Arch, How big is your kid?  |
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Post by Arch on Jun 9, 2007 23:01:56 GMT -6
The bus will use less fuel the less weight it has to move. Arch, How big is your kid? The bus doesn't normally transport 1 kid. It's usually full. There's a weight difference between full and empty. I agree w/ Harry though.. uses far less fuel not running at all on Monday. |
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Post by gatormom on Jun 10, 2007 6:36:09 GMT -6
Arch, How big is your kid? The bus doesn't normally transport 1 kid. It's usually full. There's a weight difference between full and empty. I agree w/ Harry though.. uses far less fuel not running at all on Monday. The buses will run on Monday empty or full. We have established that there are a mandated number of days that the schools must be open and the last day is part of that number. The question is, why do our schools only meet for an hour or so on the last day of school? I have oftened wondered that myself. I grew up in Lombard, we met for an hour on the last day of school. It seemed silly then and it still seems silly. Is there a reason? |
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Post by movingforward on Jun 10, 2007 7:47:48 GMT -6
Arch, How big is your kid? The bus doesn't normally transport 1 kid. It's usually full. There's a weight difference between full and empty. I agree w/ Harry though.. uses far less fuel not running at all on Monday. Arch, Obviously I know the bus doesn't normally transport 1 child; I was trying to be funny. I agree that running the buses, whether full of kids or not, is a waste of fuel when the kids are only at school for 1 hour of unproductive time. |
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