News Release
August 22, 2005
District School Improvement And Accountability Council (SIAC) Meets Aug. 30; School Year Calendar Feedback Welcome Via Online Form
The District School Improvement and Accountability Council (SIAC) meets at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 30 at the DPS Administration Building, 900 Grant St. Meetings are open to the public, and all citizens are welcome to attend.
Agenda items include reports on the work of three committees - 2004 School Improvement Plan (SIP) Committee, New Charter School Applications Committee and DPS Calendars Committee - as well as a report and action on revised discipline policy recommendations to the Board of Education.
Although discussion of agenda items and voting are limited to members, those who wish to speak to the council may request to be placed on the agenda. Agenda items may be submitted to District SIAC Secretary Dorolyn Griebenaw at 303-477-4125 or dorogrieb@comcast.net, or to Council Chairman Kurt Starr at 303-333-2236 or kurtstarr@earthlink.net.
SCHOOL YEAR CALENDAR QUESTIONNAIRE
The Denver Board of Education has asked the District School Improvement and Accountability Council (SIAC) to examine and make comments and recommendations in September 2005 about the two district school year calendars: traditional and continuous-year.
District SIAC invites any member of the DPS community to complete the survey to provide comments on the calendars. The council will use feedback in developing recommendations to the Board of Education for the 2006-2007 school year.
The survey (in English and Spanish) is available to download online at board.dpsk12.org/siac. Please fax or email completed questionnaires by Friday, Sept. 9 to 720-423-3216 or to SIAC@dpsk12.org.
Traditional and continuous-year calendars and current school day start and end times are online at: www.dpsk12.org/calendars.
ABOUT SIAC
School district accountability came into being in Colorado with the state legislature's passage of the "Accountability Act of 1971", which requires that each school district in the state have an advisory accountability committee. The law states that the committee must be appointed by the local board of education and that the local accountability program be "designed to measure the adequacy and efficiency of educational programs offered by the district." According to the 1971 law, the committee must "consist of at least one parent, one teacher, one school administrator, and one taxpayer from the district."
For information, contact the DPS Communications Office at 720-423-3414.