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Board debates options to recover snow‑day instructional time; adopts revised 2024‑25 calendar
Summary
After discussion of a superintendent‑led plan that included 14 extra minutes of instructional time per day and targeted building plans, the Klamath County School District board voted to adopt a revised 2024‑25 calendar to recapture lost instructional time; the superintendent had solicited association input beforehand.
Superintendent Glenn Schumiak told the board the district lost instructional time to winter storms and had worked with association leadership on alternatives to adding makeup days at the end of the school year. “Rather than talking about compliance and a lot of other things, what I wanted to do is change the conversation and think about how much instruction was lost and how much can we recover,” Schumiak said.
Why it matters: Board members debated two approaches: adding short amounts of time each regular school day (a plan that would add 14 minutes per day districtwide) versus adding full makeup days to the end of the school year. The superintendent said association leadership offered recommendations focused on recovering meaningful instructional time without disrupting graduations and the end‑of‑year calendar.
Discussion and positions: Several board members and stakeholders emphasized differences by building. Board member Mark Stott and others urged discretion for building administrators to tailor recovery plans; other board members and the superintendent emphasized consistent student contact minutes and noted the difficulty of adding multiple end‑of‑year days. Jennifer Todd, speaking for association leadership, asked the board to reserve some calendar redesign conversations for collective bargaining, saying the proposed nine‑week grading change was a bargaining issue.
Teacher and parent perspectives: Henley Middle School teacher and parent Sarah Kayton said the 14‑minute-per‑day approach would disrupt bell schedules and consistency for secondary students and that family learning during the snow week had value; she said she supported converting one scheduled day (Thursday) to a full instructional day but opposed the blanket 14‑minute addition.
Board action: The board voted to readopt the revised 2024‑25 calendar intended to recapture lost instructional time. During later discussion, board members reiterated that many buildings can recover lost minutes with locally developed plans; the superintendent and association leadership asked administrators to make the additional minutes meaningful for student achievement.
Outcome: Motion to readopt the revised 2024‑25 calendar — approved (motion passed; chair voted aye). The board also discussed, without voting, a proposal to add 14 minutes per day as one mechanism for making up time and instructed administration to coordinate with building leaders and the association on implementation details.
Next steps: The district will implement whatever recovery plan aligns with the adopted calendar and association agreements; administration was directed to provide building‑level plans showing how the recovered minutes will be used to support learning.
