The members of the Centennial Education Committee unanimously approved Transportation Director Wayne Robinson's request to alter the arrival and dismissal schedule for the district's elementary schools when the 2012-2013 school year begins.
The new full-day schedule will look like the following:
- will begin classes at 8:30 a.m. and end at 3:15 p.m.
- Davis Elementary and will begin at 9:00 a.m. and dismiss at 3:45 p.m.
"The new schedule will help us provide more timely service for the students in the morning and afternoon," said Robinson during Wednesday night's meeting. "It will also alleviate the problem of students waiting for a long time after school for the bus to arrive."
Centennial Superintendant Dr. Jenny Cressman asked for the issue to go in front of the school board as quickly as possible to allow parents enough time to make arrangements with after school daycare services.
Committee chairperson Jane Schrader Lynch and fellow members Mark Miller and Betty Huf also asked Robinson to notify parents as early as possible what the bus stop pick ups and drop offs will be for the new school year.
Robinson told the committee that he preferred to send the yellow index cards with bus assignments late in August to allow for any last minute new enrollments or other changes.
"When parents get that card, they think the schedule is set in stone," said Robinson. "They might miss the slight alteration and a kid could miss the bus."
He said he would look into posting a preliminary schedule online earlier in the month, with the hard copies coming at their usual time.
Kim 12:00 pm on Monday, April 23, 2012 Well I guess Dr. Marie and ESC either A) Have kids that go to McDonald so they are not affected by the changes or B) Don't have kids in this district at all so they don't understand what we parents have gone through but feel the need to add their opinion anyway. You are wrong on both of points A and B above. One of my children graduated from Stackpole last year, and is currently at Klinger. I still have one child at Stackpole currently, who will be at the new Davis. Let me also say that yes, I do live in the district, and have kept myself educated as to proposed changes prior to commenting. People seem to be acting in a petty, argumentative fashion because of what will ultimately be relatively minor changes. And yes, as previously stated in an earlier comment, I work full-time. I will adapt and adjust to whatever changes there are, because that is my responsibility as a parent. I would hope that when commenting, adults wouldn't stoop so low as to make assumptions about other people's lives. We all know what happens when we assume. Board meeting is tonight, and those who feel strongly about the issue (no matter what their opinion) should show up and have their voice heard, respectfully and intelligently. Logic and calm voices will have better results. Attacking can only end negatively.
Dr. Pollock-pollan@centennialsd.org Mrs. Betty Huf-hufbet@centennialsd.org Mrs. Kati Driban-dribka@centennialsd.ord Mr. Steven Adams-adamst@centennialsd.org Mr Michael Hartline-hartmi@centennialsd.org Mr Charles Kleinschmidt-kleich@centennialsd.org Mrs. Jane Lynch-lyncja@centennialsd.org Mr. David Shaftner-shafda@centennialsd.org Mr Mark Miller-millmb@centennialsd.org So if you can't make it or you just want to let thm know where you stand, let your voices be heard!!
Our children have been asked to adapt to a little too much in the past yr. They had to say goodbye to a school that they loved, deal with larger class sizes, losing their playgrounds and now staying in school for extra time. I know children a adaptable, but enough is enough!
First, Centennial in past years had many more students than they do now & they found a way to bus the children in a timely manner without adjustment to any school hours. Why is Mr. Robinson having a problem with doing the same? The students all had seats on the bus, relative calm and safety on the bus also. That is not true since Mr. Robinson came into the picture. How will he handle the bus schedules once all the so-called new developments come into play? New homes/more children. Has the Board or Mr. Robinson taken that into consideration? I would bet they have not, they seem to have a problem with projection.
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Our public schools account for approximately 20% of the bus use in the district the rest is PRIVATE/PAROCHIAL/NON-PUBLIC that includes transportation to philadelphia schools! So why are we left to come with $1.2 million and 10 buses? Let them pay more money to the district. Why are district buses doing AM drop off for schools and not PM drop offs? Obviously these schools don't need us, so let them get some one else. There are solutions, but nobody is looking for them.