School board aligns all schools within its district siting “administrative issues, including payroll, … there are 10 extra payroll schedules because of Ridge’s balanced calendar, creating administrative difficulties. … teacher prep time for the start of the school year is also affected by the balanced calendar.“
https://www.journal-topics.com/articles/ridges-balanced-calendar-eliminated-for-next-school-year/
“…data collected by the county showed year-round students did not fare better than their peers at schools that took summers off.
A literacy analysis found that on average, students attending year-round schools scored lower than similar students at a traditional school.
Data from the 2021-2022 school year also suggested that year-round schools may harm student attendance during the first 30 days of the school year.”
https://www.wtvr.com/news/local-news/chesterfield-year-round-school-decision-dec-12-2023
“We're looking at the data and the data doesn't show that our balanced calendar is doing what it needs to do for our scholars,” he said. “We would rather have a robust, eight-week summer program because our scholars love our summer program, and really, really hit the ground running in September in a traditional calendar.”
“Removing the seven schools from the year-round schedule will also save the District $1.8 million.”
https://newsroom.ccsd.net/seven-schools-to-be-removed-from-year-round-list/
“This is largely due to high rates of absenteeism amongst Wolf Meadow students.“
“The school has also struggled academically. Only 26.5 percent of Wolf Meadow students achieved grade-level proficiency last school year, the lowest rate in the district and a notable decline from the 2021-22 school year, when 36.2 percent of students achieved grade-level proficiency.”
,…”it appears that funding for this project will be discontinued immediately. The funding was used to provide extra learning opportunities forstudents during the October and February intercessions and that funding will not proceed intothe 2023-25…”
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