dr. tony evers stands in agreement. "expanded learning makes a difference. the initial proposal was changed...to a with the year-round and i.b. schools on a common start date in mid-august and a common end date in mid or late may beginning in the 2017-18 school year. "the district itself has the ability to go on record and change the starting date unilaterally for special schools and schools that are struggling. :08 in 2018- 2019, the proposal calls for all schools moving to an calendar year, which would call for legislative action. "i'm going to do whatever i can going forward as is part of my budget to have legislation change and, this schedule would make room for a 4- week "j-term" in june. "...we would be able to use for credit recovery for students who might have failed a course, students who even have a d or c and want to improve."the j-term is in addition to the traditional summer school programming in the state report card, many students are still falling behind. the four-year high school graduation rate is 58.2. so the next step is for the school bo

dr. tony evers says expanded learning makes a difference-- and that's the goal of an early start calendar plan that's now ready for a vote. "it might sound like it's small but it's a game changer for us."it calls for aligning all mps high schools with the year-round and i.b. schools on a common start date in mid-august and a common end date in mid or late may beginning in the 2017-18 ability to go on record and change the starting date unilaterally for special schools and schools that are struggling. :08 in 2018- 2019, the proposal calls for all schools moving to an august to may calendar year, which would call for legislative action. "i'm going to do whatever i can going forward as is part of my budget to have schedule would make room for a 4- week "j-term" in june. "...we would be able to use for credit recovery for students who might have failed a course, students who even have a d or c and want to improve."the j-term is in addition to the traditional summer school programming in july. "we do have a large number of schools still that are not performing at the leaves where we would like

dr. tony evers stands in agreement. "expanded learning makes a difference. the initial proposal was changed...to a phase in approach. it calls for aligning all mps high schools with the year-round and i.b. schools on a common start date in mid-august and a common end date in mid or late may beginning in the 2017-18 school year. "the district itself has the ability to go on record and schools and schools that are struggling. :08 in 2018- 2019, the proposal calls for all schools moving to an august to may calendar year, which would call for legislative action. "i'm going to do whatever i can going forward as is part of my budget to have legislation change and, this schedule would make room for a 4- week "j-t to use for credit recovery for students who might have failed a course, students who even have a d or c and want to improve."the j-term is in addition to the traditional summer school programming in july. although mps has moved up a grade in the state report card, many students are still falling behind. the four-year high school graduation rate is 58.2. >>