Dear Kindergarten Families,

Weather related changes to our schedule present challenges for families, as well as faculty and staff. These schedule changes have been particularly difficult for our kindergarten families.

Since January, late starts due to inclement weather have caused our AM kindergarten students to miss six days of school. While this is problematic, our AM and PM students will attend school for the same number of days, despite the delays. (There are a number of AM only days built into the calendar, as PM students do not attend on early dismissal days set aside for conferences.) With that said, we realize that the delays have caused our AM students to miss instruction in a concentrated period of time.

After review and consideration of this, we have decided to change the March 15 kindergarten schedule. While the district calendar identifies this as a day when PM will attend in the morning, AM STUDENTS ONLY WILL ATTEND ON THIS DATE.

As we plan the 2019-2020 calendar and future calendars, we will work to develop a solution that prevents the impact that inclement weather has on our kindergarten program. These changes will ensure that kindergarten students still benefit from instructional time, even when school is delayed or dismissed early. Look for more information on this when the 2019-2020 instructional calendar is distributed later this month.

We care deeply about the instruction our youngest students receive and these modifications are being made with the best educational interests of our students at heart.

Thank you for your understanding.

Stay Well,

John J. Kopicki, Ed.D.
Superintendent of Schools