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Board preview: Mt Vernon staff propose restoring some teacher workdays as asynchronous e-learning in draft 2027–28 calendar
Summary
District staff previewed a draft 2027–28 calendar that would align breaks with neighboring districts and consider restoring some performance‑qualifying teacher workdays as asynchronous e-learning days (with adjusted office‑hour expectations); staff will consult the teachers association and bring the calendar to the March meeting.
Speaker 6, an unidentified presenter, walked the board through a draft 2027–28 school calendar that would align fall, winter and spring breaks with nearby districts to support transitions for the new HCHC3 building and reduce scheduling friction.
The proposal would restore some performance-qualifying (PQR) teacher workdays and repurpose two days — a parent‑teacher connection day (09/22/2027) and a February staff‑development day — as asynchronous e-learning days for students while staff meet or undertake professional development. Speaker 6 said the district currently counts 177 student days and 185 teacher days (184 in person, one extra teacher work day in contract) and described how the PQR days were granted historically based on a prior school letter grade.
Staff discussed how asynchronous days would operate: teachers are currently asked to provide about four hours of office hours (possibly split into morning and afternoon) on such days; the district said it may scale or adjust that requirement to avoid conflicts with conferences or professional development. The district also noted Indiana allows up to three asynchronous e-learning weather days without requiring make-up days, and that synchronous learning on weather days carries no such limit if properly offered.
Before implementation, staff said the plan is to consult the teachers association (CTA), get principal input and present the calendar for formal board approval; Speaker 6 said an alternate calendar could be brought forward as early as March if the board wanted implementation a year earlier. No calendar action was taken at the work session.
Representative quote: Speaker 6 said, "We actually started off with 2, and then if you remember, we added back parent teacher connection day and that added that third PQR day."
