Denver Public Schools Late-Start Schedule Days
We, the undersigned family members of Denver Public Schools students, find the district's decision to add six half-days of school to the current year's calendar to be grossly insensitive to the needs... continue reading »
"After consolidating the half-days into whole ones, if there is a remaining half-day off of school, classrooms would run more smoothly and families would be much better accommodated by early release rather than late start. Classes were very poorly attended"
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"Combining the half days into full days makes so much more sense for all concerned parties. In addition, next time the Union decides it needs to modify a set schedule, it should be for the following year prior to the publication of any school calendar so t"
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"This adjustment in the calendar does not serve families and/or teachers. It is highly inconvenient to thousands of families trying to adjust their schedule. In addition, what teachers really wanted was a pay increase, which I would be more than happy to v"
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"The late start scenario does not seem to be cost effective for DPS or working families. It does not appear that the difficulties working parents would face in getting their children to school on these particular days were even considered. It is an overall"
"Very difficult schedule for single working parent"
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"One late start day -- another instructional day for students lost. A solid week of professional development for teachers at the start of the year would benefit students and teachers far more than all of these random days spread throughout the school year."
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"Bennett will go far. Sooner is better."
"It appears a little odd that we are expected to drop the children of and then have them go directly to lunch on the late start days. Secondly, our children no longer have recess built into the school day because of the amount of curriculum they are expect"
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