The Ideal School Day Task
Force, composed of teachers, administrators and parents, is working on
recommendations for a consistent school day for elementary students across the
district. The task force’s charge is to solve problems with our current
schedule including a need for additional instructional time in math, literacy,
science and social studies.
The following recommendations are in stages of
development in the task force; final recommendations will not be proposed until
December at the earliest. The Task Force is seeking comment/reaction to
these ideas through the following link, bvsd.org/idealschoolday.
·
Lunch periods to
be extended to 25 minutes to address
long-standing parent concerns about insufficient time for children to eat.
·
Recess to be extended to 45 minutes to
meet district regulations on wellness and physical activity.
·
Changes to the
current structure of music at 5th grade. Boulder Valley
School District historically has had a choice model for fifth grade
instrumental music. All students take general music; in some schools,
instrumental music currently is required for all students while in others it is
still a choice. Some schools have started offering instrumental music after
school, limiting access to families that can’t provide transportation for their
students. The new proposal creates a choice for all families and ensures equity
across the district.
·
Increased time
allocated to art, so students have equal time in art,
music and physical education at all grade levels.
·
A consistent
length of school day for all of the district’s elementary schools.
Currently, the length of the day varies from school to school
creating inequitable instructional time.
As the Ideal School Day Task Force continues its work, we will
provide updates through emails and our school newsletter. There will be
information posted on the district website www.bvsd.org that
we will link to our school website.
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