Next Year's Calendar

The vote to move the first day of school was close, 55% for Wednesday versus 45% for Tuesday, but as a result of the voting we'll have our usual back-to-school meetings on Tuesday, September 4th, with the first "real" day of school falling on Wednesday, September 5th.

Regarding having two snow days scheduled during the year, the overwhelming majority (66% to 34%) favored building in the days. However, the school board has decided that they would prefer to have one day built into the school year and one day after school is normally scheduled to end, and that's the calendar they'll be voting on this evening.

There were also a number of comments made regarding the potential to take the Wednesday before Thanksgiving as a holiday with no school, which would help the elementary schools avoid having a single day with kids on Monday followed by two days of conferences. That idea was rejected because of the potential to push the end of the school year from Friday, June 14th into the following week, but it's certainly something the Committee will keep in mind for coming years.

Thank you to everyone who filled out the survey--we had 116 responses from throughout the district, so good on you all!--and best wishes for a great spring break!

The Calendar is Available for Voting

At our labor/management meeting with Dr. Veltri and Mr. Headlee this past Thursday the district presented their proposal for the 2008-2009 school year calendar. We looked it over and couldn't see any obvious changes to make, and from that basis we decided to send it on to you to vote on. If you could add you tally to your building list sometime this week, it would be appreciated.

Thank you!

--The MLEA Exec Board--

Snow Day!

There will be no school on Monday, January 28th because global warming hasn't kicked in for us yet. Enjoy the day off!

If you have any neat pictures of the snow, send them in and we'll put them here on the MLEA website.

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Update (2/18/08)

A big thank you for these pictures from Anderson/HS librarian Diana Nicely:

"I keep digging, but all I find is more snow!" Chloe, black lab.

"The morning newspaper didn't quite get close to the box on my front porch. I had to put on hip waders to fetch the paper" Not what I had in mind for my snow day. Diana Nicely~ Librarian, Michael Anderson Elementary/Medical Lake High School