Tools

School D51 Discusses Calendar Change

by KREX News Room
by Courtney Griffin

Story Created: Jan 10, 2013 at 7:27 PM MDT

Story Updated: Jan 10, 2013 at 7:35 PM MDT

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo.- School District 51 officials say the four-day school week that was discussed last year, is once again being brought up.

Thursday night school officials held a meeting to discuss four different calendar options for next school year.

Each option promotes its own benefits.

One potential change would be switching over to four-day school weeks. Other options include offering more breaks within the year to equal a shorter summer for students, so there isn't a large gap of time off. Another option would be to start the school year a week earlier in August.

"I'm more prone to look at the traditional schedule. My second choice would be the proposed five-day extended, and then a last ditch to go to a four-day," said Sean Morris, parent of two.

School officials say the calendar changes have nothing to do with money, but is more about the success of individual students.

They will gather all the feedback given Thursday night and discuss it Jan. 22, and come out with a new calendar schedule sometime in February.

Add a comment

Name:

Comment: 1000 Characters Left

KREX - News, Weather, Sports for Grand Junction | Montrose | Glenwood Springs - Coverage You Can Count On and its affiliated companies are not responsible for the content of comments posted or for anything arising out of use of the above comments or other interaction among the users. We reserve the right to screen, refuse to post, remove or edit user-generated content at any time and for any or no reason in our absolute and sole discretion without prior notice, although we have no duty to do so or to monitor any Public Forum.

Most Popular
This content requires the latest Adobe Flash Player and a browser with JavaScript enabled. Click here for a free download of the latest Adobe Flash Player.
News Channel 5 Weather