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    The document provides information about a proposed balanced calendar for the South Bend Empowerment Zone schools. It discusses the potential benefits of a balanced calendar for students, teachers, and families. These include continuous learning, more time for interventions, reduced summer learning loss, increased teacher satisfaction, and shorter breaks throughout the year. The document outlines a proposed 45/15 model calendar with 9-week quarters and 3-week breaks. It provides details about instruction and programming during breaks. The town hall seeks stakeholder feedback on the proposal through surveys and meetings before a decision is made in April.

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    The document provides information about a proposed balanced calendar for the South Bend Empowerment Zone schools. It discusses the potential benefits of a balanced calendar for students, teachers, and families. These include continuous learning, more time for interventions, reduced summer learning loss, increased teacher satisfaction, and shorter breaks throughout the year. The document outlines a proposed 45/15 model calendar with 9-week quarters and 3-week breaks. It provides details about instruction and programming during breaks. The town hall seeks stakeholder feedback on the proposal through surveys and meetings before a decision is made in April.

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    Parent Town Hall Copy of SY 2023-24 Balanced Calendar

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    The document provides information about a proposed balanced calendar for the South Bend Empowerment Zone schools. It discusses the potential benefits of a balanced calendar for students, teachers, and families. These include continuous learning, more time for interventions, reduced summer learning loss, increased teacher satisfaction, and shorter breaks throughout the year. The document outlines a proposed 45/15 model calendar with 9-week quarters and 3-week breaks. It provides details about instruction and programming during breaks. The town hall seeks stakeholder feedback on the proposal through surveys and meetings before a decision is made in April.

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    Balanced Calendar Town Hall

    Restructuring for Student Learning


    Why a Balanced
    Calendar?
    Summer learning loss increases
    disparities between students that
    have been historically marginalized
    or furthest from opportunity and
    those that have not been.
    Harris Cooper et al Review of
    Educational Research Fall, 1996
    Why a Balanced Calendar?
    Benefits for our Students

    ● Continuous instruction
    ● Additional structures for intervention
    ● Maintained/improved academic achievement
    ● Increased attendance 3

    ● Decreased risk of drop out


    ● Reduced discipline referrals
    ● Improved grades and scores on state exams
    Worthen & Zsiray, 1994; Lyttle, 2011, Desoff, 2011; Alexander et al., 2007; Cooper et al., 2003
    Why a Balanced Calendar?
    Benefits for our Teachers

    ● Increased teacher satisfaction


    ● Teacher prep day at the start of each quarter
    ● Less teacher absenteeism
    ● Significantly decreased teacher turnover 4

    ● Systematic breaks to prevent burnout across the


    year

    Worthen & Zsiray, 1994; Lyttle, 2011, Desoff, 2011; Alexander et al., 2007; Cooper et al., 2003
    Why a Balanced Calendar?
    Indiana Districts
    ● Beech Grove City Schools
    65.9% White, 12.8% Black, 11% Hispanic/Latino; 64% Free & Reduced Lunch
    [5 schools, 3,007 students]

    ● Lafayette School Corporation


    44.7% White, 19.9% Black, 27.2% Hispanic/Latino; 73% Free & Reduced Lunch
    (Oakland Elementary) [13 schools, 7,780 students]

    ● Lawrenceburg Community School Corporation


    89% White, 2.8% Hispanic, 6.0% Multiracial; 38% Free & Reduced Lunch [4
    schools, 2,077 students]

    ● New Albany-Floyd County Consolidated Schools


    76.2% White, 8.5% Black, 6.4% Hispanic/Latino; 41% Free & Reduced Lunch
    [16 schools, 11,637 students]
    Why a Balanced Calendar?
    Nationally
    ● South Carolina
    25% of all school districts (18 out of 73)
    ● Washington
    45 districts; Olympia School District 11th best in the state out of 251 districts

    ● Wake County School (North Carolina)


    50 out of 198 schools in the districts; 44.4% White, 22.4% Black, 18.6%
    Hispanic/Latina; 20.7% Free & Reduced Lunch

    ● California
    15% of all schools statewide

    ● Large Urban Districts


    Oklahoma City, Ok; Raleigh, NC; Las Vegas, NV; Indianapolis, IN

    ● Implemented in 46 out of 50 states


    What does it look like?
    45/15 Model Calendar SY23-SY24

    Quarter 1 (‘23) Quarter 2 Quarter 3 (‘24) Quarter 4


    7/31-9/29 10/24-12/22 1/16-3/15 4/9-6/20

    Break Break Break Break


    10/2-10/20 12/25-1/12 3/18-4/5 6/21-7/26

    Each quarter begins with a Teacher Prep Day

    9 week quarters

    3 week breaks (5 weeks in summer)


    What does it look like?
    3-Week Break Cycles

    Week 1 Week 2 Week 3


    ● All: Schools closed ● Students: Instructional ● Students: Day Camp
    intervention (e.g., BGCA)
    ● Students: Day Camp
    (e.g., BGCA)
    ● Teachers: Professional
    development (optional)
    What does it look like?
    Summer Break 2024: Students

    Day Camps

    6/21 6/24-6/28 7/26


    Summer
    School
    What does it look like?
    Summer Break 2024: Teachers

    New Teacher All Teachers


    6/21 7/17 Orientation 7/22 PD & Planning 7/26

    7/17-7/19
    Stakeholder Engagement Overview
    2/1-2/10 2/13-2/24 2/27-3/10

    SBCSC Cabinet SBEZ Board Family Town Halls*


    Zone Principals & Leadership Teams Coquillard All Staff Family & Staff Surveys
    Wilson All Staff SBCSC SpEd
    NEA: Monthly Maintenance Meeting
    Warren All Staff SBCSC Bilingual
    Harrison All Staff Contracted vendors: Nurses,
    Transportation, etc.
    Navarre All Staff
    Letter to Families (bilingual)
    Family Town Halls*

    3/13-3/24 3/27-4/14 Ongoing

    Virtual Town Hall SBEZ Board Social media updates and question
    Close captioned in Spanish tracking
    *One town hall will be bilingual, and all town halls will offer translation for questions. All
    will be live streamed and closed captioned in Spanish.
    FAQ living document
    How Will Decisions Be Made?
    Decision Framework Process
    ● Define roles in the decision process (e.g., DACI) ● Use framework to define information and analysis
    ● Define critical factors that will: needs
    (a) refine the balanced calendar proposal and/or ● Define internal and external stakeholders for
    (b) lead to a traditional calendar feedback and questions (see engagement plan)
    recommendation ● Analyze data on impact of balanced calendars
    ● Factors to include, among others: (e.g., from other schools, studies)
    ○ Advantages/disadvantages for students, ● Refining proposal based on data and stakeholder
    families, staff feedback
    ○ Operational requirements ● Ongoing communication with stakeholders
    ○ Net financial impact for Zone ● Assess information against decision factors
    ○ Zone/SBCSC alignment 12
    Balanced Calendar Top FAQs
    Has the Zone decided to implement a balanced calendar?
    No decision has been made. The Board will vote on a calendar in mid-April.
    Why do a balanced calendar?
    This calendar supports student academic progress with continuous instruction and more opportunities for intervention. It supports families with shorter periods
    of time when children require care.
    What would the year look like?
    The calendar has nine-week quarters alternating with three-week breaks; summer is a five-week break
    Will students have the same number of school days?
    Yes, students still have 180 days of instruction.
    Are the breaks different from breaks in the SBCSC calendar?
    Zone Fall, Thanksgiving, Winter, and Spring breaks include the SBCSC breaks. Zone students have a shorter summer break than SBCSC students.
    What happens during break?
    Fall, Winter, and Spring:
    ● Week 1: Schools closed FAQs Document
    ● Week 2: Day camps; additional instruction for some students
    ● Week 3: Day camps
    Summer:
    ● Week 1: Day camps; additional instruction for some students
    ● Weeks 2-5: Day camps
    With the Zone entering Year 5, does it make sense to implement a new calendar for one year?
    We hope to have an answer regarding the long-term plans for SBEZ by April. This decision will be made before any decision regarding changes to the calendar.
    https://forms.gle/jkZRttUS3WgeqvWk8

    What are your thoughts?


    ¿Qué piensa usted?

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