Ferryway 2.0

ELT committee met to discuss extended day starting/ending times. 

The committee looked at the faculty survey and the higher percentage of faculty concerns was with time at the end of the day.  Although there was not a question on the survey about starting/ending times, the highest percentage of faculty had problems with activities that occur after school (child care was affected at both the beginning and the end of the day – but there were more end of the day issues such as coaching, second jobs, graduate school).  

ELT committee members met with Mr. Devito to discuss the starting time issue that was raised at the meeting with Gerry Ruane. 

Mr. Devito said he would look at the master schedule to see if an 8:00 starting time could even be considered.  Logistically, a later starting time isn’t a simple matter of shifting everything 15 minutes later.  Mr. Devito can better explain the ramifications of a later starting time, but he will look into it and report his findings at the April 4^th ELT meeting.

All faculty/staff are urged to meet with a representative from the ELT committee (it does not need to be someone at your grade level) to express your ideas/concerns/preferences.

The committee was concerned that the some faculty expressed that they felt they didn’t have a voice in extended day decisions/planning.  The committee tried to come up with ideas on ways of getting more input from the faculty.

The committee has stated from the beginning that ELT meetings are open to everyone and the blog site is a place for faculty and staff to express their ideas and concerns.

Staff who are having trouble posting to the blog site can e-mail any of the members of the ELT committee.