Parent and Staff Survey Results
Survey Date: 10/28/24 - 11/4/24
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How long will the school day be? That is directly related to the number of student days on the academic calendar, and will not be finalized until the Board of Trustees officially adopts a calendar during the February meeting. The length of our current school day is 465 minutes (7 hours and 45 minutes). There is not a scenario presently being discussed by the calendar committee that would add more than 60 minutes.
For example:

If the students attend school 151 days, the length of the school day would be 505 minutes (8 hours and 25 minutes).
If our students attend school for 152 days, the length of the school day would be 500 minutes (8 hours and 20 minutes).

Under no circumstance would more than 60 minutes ever be added to the school day.

Until the official academic calendar is approved by the board in February, we cannot give you the exact length of the school day. It is at that time that the first day and last day of school will be published as well.

Why was Friday chosen over Monday? After lengthy research, the committee and board members determined that the data available at this time is inconclusive (neither positive or negative) regarding the effects a 4 day school week on student achievement. However, our data does show that both student and staff attendance is significantly worse on Fridays, as seen below.

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