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Finance Committee

Monday, May 21, 2012

Bell Schedule Discussion Continues

Four options for the revision of Centennial School District's elementary school bell schedule will be presented at Monday's finance committee meeting.

According to the agenda for Monday's Finance Committee meeting, members of the school board will review and discuss four options for revising the bell schedule for 2012-13. This discussion stems from a proposal realeased last month to change  the bell schedules at its elementary schools for the 2012-13 school year. That initial proposal was met with a large amount of opposition from parents and members of the community.  The discussion was tabled and was set to be reopened at an Operations Committee meeting on Monday, May 7; however, the district had not received the alternate plans in time and had to reschedule the discussion. Some other noteworthy items on Monday evening's finance committee meeting agenda: discussion of several …

Emily Cohen

10:13 pm on Wednesday, May 23, 2012

I agree that traffic patterns differ depending on the surrounding businesses. I commute into the city, and can have between a 45 minute drive or a 1 hour and 15 minute drive. We cannot control what goes on as far as traffic, and neither can the district. That is why they suggest arriving at the bus stop at least 5 minutes ahead of the scheduled time. I would rather have a bus driver drive with …   more ›

Monday, May 7, 2012

Bell Schedule Absent from Meeting Agenda

The Centennial School Board had planned to discuss impending changes to the elementary school bell schedule at Monday evening's Operations Committee Meeting, but the item did not make the agenda.

Centennial School District recently proposed a change in the bell schedules at the elementary schools for the 2012-13 school year. The plans were met with much opposition from parents of children in the district. Following the large amount of feedback the district received, the school board voted to table the idea for discussion at a future meeting. Initially, the discussion was set to be reopened at an Operations Committee meeting scheduled for Monday, May 7.  In an email to district parents dated Friday, May 4, Superintendent of Schools Dr. Jennifer Cressman said the district has "not yet received the alternate plans" that were requested. Therefore, the bell schedule discussion scheduled for tonight's Operations Committee meeting has …

Part of the Solution

10:50 am on Tuesday, May 8, 2012

I am grateful for the community service, however, the misleading headline makes it sound like the district was trying to hide something. Maybe next time the headline could read - Bell Schedule Discussion Postponed   more ›

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