News Release
August 5, 2005
Council Gathers Feedback On School Year Calendars; Questionnaire Is Online
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.
The 2005-2006 traditional calendar for students begins with the first day of classes on Monday, Aug. 15, 2005, and ends with a half day on Thursday, May 25, 2006.
The 2005-2006 continuous-year calendar for 17 elementary schools began for students with the first day of classes on Monday, July 25, 2005, and ends with a half day on Wednesday, June 7.
Continuous-year schools are: Amesse, Barrett, Cheltenham, Colfax, Columbian, Del Pueblo, Eagleton, Ford, Harrington, Johnson, Maxwell, McGlone, Mitchell, Smedley, Smith, Valdez and Wyman elementary schools.
Traditional and continuous-year calendars and current school day start and end times are online at: www.dpsk12.org/calendars.
For information, contact the District School Improvement and Accountability Council (SIAC) at 720-423-3123.