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Staff explains how calendar and minimum days affect annual instructional minutes
Summary
Assistant Superintendent Becky Moore presented a district-to-district comparison showing Santa Rita's annual instructional minutes (elementary 54,060; middle 58,916) are similar to a neighboring district despite daily-schedule differences driven by varying minimum-day structures.
Becky Moore, Assistant Superintendent of Educational Services, walked the board through a comparative analysis of instructional minutes between Santa Rita and a neighboring district (referred to as "Alice L" in the presentation). She explained that although daily minutes can differ—Santa Rita’s regular elementary day was described as 315 minutes and middle school as 352—different minimum-day schedules change how minutes are allocated, and annual totals can end up the same.
Moore cited specific annual totals in her explanation: 54,060 minutes for elementary and 58,916 for middle school. She told the board that districts have flexibility in how they schedule minimum days as long as they meet state-required annual instructional minutes and the minimum number of days (typically 180). Board members asked clarifying questions and thanked her for the comparison.
