The Alamosa Board of Education meet on Monday March 19th. One of the agenda items was to vote on the calendar for the 2012-2013 school year. The calendar was approved as proposed. You can view the calendar by clicking here, the actual calendar is on the third page. Discussion on the calendar brought up two issues:
1. The amount of student/teacher contact time each day
2. Aligning Spring Break with ASC, TSJC and all other Valley school districts.
Also of interest was the mention of House Bill 12-1238 which would require mandatory retention of K-3 students who fall below the minimum literacy level. This bill is making its way through the Colorado State Legislature and, if passed as currently written, will require action by our school district.
1. The amount of student/teacher contact time each day
2. Aligning Spring Break with ASC, TSJC and all other Valley school districts.
Several Board members expressed similar concerns over the amount of time teachers spend during the school day on tasks other than teaching, specifically meetings and committee work. ASC contacted Mr. Alejo about opening a dialog to align Spring Break with the District beginning in 2015. Mr. Alejo referred ASC to the SAC. In addition to the above two items, the Board also decided to research the 4-day week option so they could make an informed decision based on data.
Also of interest was the mention of House Bill 12-1238 which would require mandatory retention of K-3 students who fall below the minimum literacy level. This bill is making its way through the Colorado State Legislature and, if passed as currently written, will require action by our school district.
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