There is a lot of controversy about the news
of the upcoming schedule for the first day of school and graduation next
year. Most of the upcoming seniors are
very upset about the late graduating schedule.
The news policies and rules dealing with snow days have also brought up
a lot of disappointment.
The Board of Education held two public
hearings on May 15th about the school calendar for next year. They also called people across the county to
give phone surveys about what calendar they would prefer to have next
year. When making the calendar the Board
has to incorporate with Roane County because of the Roane-Jackson Technical
Center, which has students from both counties.
From the hearings and the surveys, the most popular choice was the start
date of August 20, so that’s when students will start next year.
“All the days that school is closed, we will
have to make those days up as well,” said Superintendent Blaine Hess.
Hess also explained that if we have a winter
like this year or worse, we might also have to make up two-hour delay days with
extra time added onto school days. We
may have some of our Spring Break days taken away to get enough school
days. With all the factors, next year
students may have to go to school as late as June 30.
Many students are upset about the new
calendar changes, especially the upcoming seniors.
“It stinks that we don’t get to graduate
until the 5th, but I guess there isn’t anything we can do about it,”
said junior Elizabeth King.
“I want to be able to graduate and get on
with my college life, so a late graduation date is not ideal,” said junior
Emily Oldham.
Mr. Hosaflook said that because of the
summer activities such as the fair, the later start date was the most popular
choice.
“The problem with a later date is a late
ending date, the chance of losing days in spring break and Christmas break,”
said Hosaflook.
The late starting date was the most popular
choice from the surveys and the meetings.
The problem with choosing a later start date means that the students
will have to attend school longer, thus the graduation for seniors will be a
later date as well.
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