And the survey says...

Earlier this month, members were asked for feedback on the placement of PA days during the 2010-2011 school year calendar. Results of the 2010-2011 school year calendar survey have been tallied and here are the results that have been submitted to the DDSB:

• Members overwhelmingly chose to have an additional PA day prior to Labour day (Wednesday, September 1 and Thursday, September 2, 2010) in order to free up an additional day to be used on the Friday prior to March break (85% voted for this option);
• Given the choice between parent-teacher interviews on Friday, November 12th OR Friday, November 19th, respondents chose the later date of November 19th for this PA day (the interviews will follow the fall progress report);
• The first report card of the year is to be sent home with students between January 20 and February 20. As per our collective agreement, one PA day for the purpose of assessment and completion of report cards is designated for teachers prior to this first report card. The vast majority of members chose the later January PA day for report card writing - Friday, January 28th was the final choice;
• For the second and final report card, another PA day is designated for report card writing. Members chose Friday, June 3rd, 2011, as their report writing day - this closely mirrors this year's June 4th report writing day.
• The final PA day is typically on June 30th (or the last weekday of June).

The Board will be submitting their proposed 2010-2011 school year calendar to the Ministry of Education shortly. We'll let you know once the calendar is approved (usually late winter/early spring). Thanks again for your input in our annual school year calendar survey!