Board member Daniels responds to calendar controversy

More on the calendar controversy...GCS Board member Paul Daniels tells the N&R Chalkboard:

...Time after eogs and eocs is just "fluff" time to meet the 180 day requirement. We need to have our make up days before the testing, not after it, to allow our students to get the most out of the time at school. I don't know if you watched the BOE meeting last night, but there were several proposals to use spring break, Memorial Day, Saturdays, etc. as make up days, all of which failed to garner enough votes to pass.

With Alan's leadership I think that the Board will fix this chronic problem once and for all by ensuring that all makeup days occur prior to the last day of school. Hopefully this is the last year that we have to deal with this problem.

On the issue of the letter from DPI, speaking for myself only, I think that it would be silly for DPI to try to enforce what it believes the law to be, for at least two reasons. First, I think that their interpretation of the law is wrong. Secondly, it would be a very unwise use of time and money. Let's hope that cooler heads prevail.

Best regards,

Paul Daniels

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I agree, in theory, but it would also be a case of lobbying DPI to give school calendar control back to the local boards so that they can craft their own calendars. It may take an act by our General Assembly to do just that, but we may need to start talking about it.

E.C. :)