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Pocatello District work session, date not confirmed yet

1 h 05 min · 2 public speakers

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What happened at this meeting

Committee recommends Pocatello schools keep traditional 5-day week as board discusses schedule 38:54

  • Speakers at public comment asked the board to give weight to the committee's work, citing a separate calendar proposal from a board member on the agenda. 15:57
  • The board also heard an annual Head Start program information report. 26:11
  • The board heard a report from the district's 4-day, 5-day school schedule committee, whose members voted 8 for a 5-day traditional week, 5 for a 5-day hybrid and 0 for a 4-day week. 39:12
  • During the board discussion, one speaker said the speaker would be voting to maintain the existing 5-day week, and another said the district needs to maintain its current schedule. 43:04
Item by item (4)
  1. Opening and public comment 14:46
    • The meeting was called to order, and the chair said the purpose of the work session was for the board to receive administrative and operational reports. 14:46
    • The chair said a written comment on the 4-day school week had been submitted. 14:46
    • Speakers at public comment said a separate calendar proposal by a board member was on the agenda before the committee's work was heard and asked the board to give that work meaningful consideration. 15:57
  2. Meeting procedure guidelines 22:56
    • A speaker read guidelines stating that all questions and points of order must be directed to and recognized by the board chair. 23:36
    • The guidelines said a trustee who is questioned may choose whether to answer and that everyone should speak once before anyone speaks a second time. 23:36
  3. Head Start program information report 26:11
    • A presenter delivered the annual program information report and said the total number of dual language learners was 29. 26:25
    • The presenter said volunteers provide a large portion of the program's non-federal share match, which without a waiver would be over $700,000, $800,000. 30:08
    • The presenter said staff turnover was 10 the previous year and was down to 5 last year. 32:49
  4. School week schedule committee recommendation 38:21
    • The Director of Elementary Education said the committee had 17 members, met 4 times and that a majority recommended the 5-day traditional week as the preferred schedule model. 38:21
    • One speaker said there is about 2% of schools nationally on a 4-day week, while another said 2,741 people responded to the survey and that the speaker is opposed to going to a 4-day week. 53:19
    • A speaker raised a point of order that the discussion of alternatives was a deviation from the agenda item. 1:03:23

Written by software from the meeting's transcript and checked sentence by sentence against it.

What was said

What board members said, in order

Chair, I just looked at the history of the 4-day school week. It actually originated in 1936, was fully implemented in 1973. To reduce operating costs and to conserve energy. There are approximately 2,200 schools in 26 states that are on a 4-day school week, and we have almost 100,000 public schools in this country.Bill Osborn · Board Member53:19
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Video: posted by the district as “PCSD 25 School Board Work Session 10.13.26 Part 1”