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Board approves Calendar A after faculty vote; packet shows 220 votes for A and 91 for B, staff notes discrepancy in total responses
Summary
The board approved Calendar A following a faculty and staff vote. The presenter said Calendar A received 220 votes and Calendar B 91 votes; the packet also lists 411 total responses, a discrepancy staff did not explain at the meeting.
Mr. McClellan presented results of a faculty/staff vote on two proposed calendars. He said Calendar A received 220 votes and Calendar B 91 votes; the meeting packet was described as listing 411 total responses and Calendar A as 53.5 percent, but the numbers presented in the meeting did not arithmetically match and staff did not offer a reconciliation during the discussion.
Calendar A and Calendar B were described in the packet; differences noted by staff included teacher return dates in January, spring‑break timing (Calendar B aligned with a local fair while Calendar A placed spring break in April) and different end‑of‑year dates (Calendar A last day May 29; Calendar B last day June 2). Calendar A also contained one additional pre‑planning day and three “no‑touch” days where teachers would not be pulled for meetings; staff explained the remaining preplanning days would be countywide professional learning, school improvement and teacher work days.
A board member moved to approve Calendar A, a second was given, and the board voted to approve Calendar A.
Ending: Staff will implement Calendar A and said it will be important to explain preplanning and no‑touch days to teachers; the board thanked the calendar committee for their work.
