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Elementary educator urges Chicopee schools to reallocate half days, restore collaboration time and reconsider some holiday scheduling
Summary
At the Jan. 8 meeting an elementary enrichment teacher, Kate Moss, urged the Chicopee School Committee to move a half day to the start of the year, restore five collaboration days, and consider excusing holidays such as Three Kings Day for students who observe them.
Kate Moss of 115 Hampton Street spoke during public input at the Chicopee School Committee organizational meeting on Jan. 8, urging changes to the district calendar and to how collaboration days are scheduled.
Moss, who identified herself as an elementary enrichment teacher, said half days at the start of the 2023–24 school year — introduced because of extreme heat and inadequate cooling…
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