Waukee Parent Calendar Committee Presentation

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Waukee Parent Calendar Committee Presentation

Lance Mouw

+Committee Members

Kym Den Hartog

Kathy Healy-Burton

Kimberly Hupp

Dan Kuester

Lance Mouw

Tamra Shafer-Swartzel

Anne Thomas

Debra Wolff

Scott Blum

Lindsey Millsap

Susan Sandholm-Petersen

Duane Magee

+Why I Signed Up

+Committee’s Charge

The Waukee Board of Education requested: A parent calendar committee be formed Provide input Get creative Put student learning first Report back

+Our Process Early Meetings

Discussed items that impact the calendar Studied past Waukee calendars and other districts’ calendars

Middle Meetings Each member could create his/her own Waukee draft calendar

on Google Doc Discussed the need to survey parents/community members

Later Meetings Created a survey Reviewed survey data Discussed the learning that occurred during this process Developed the presentation for the board

+Survey Data

1186 Responses

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+Survey Data Cont.

Comments

Questions?

+Our Conclusions

Our thinking has changed based on what we have learned about Waukee’s calendar process and the items that impact the school calendar.

Early-outs for on-the-job training

Educating parents and the community is very important.

We need to communicate survey results Lance and D.T. will co-author a district bulletin article.

+Thinking Outside the Box

Different breaks Fall break Winter break MLK Break length

Timing of breaks

Number of student days

Year round calendar

ANY SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN THE SCHOOL CALENDAR WILL REQUIRE A LOT OF ADVANCED NOTICE AND PARENT/COMMUNITY EDUCATION ABOUT THE CHANGE.

+Thank You

Board of Education

Teachers

Committee Members

+Questions?