To: Chicago Board of Education and CEO Barbara Byrd-Bennet
Proposed Calendar for Chicago Public Schools
I request that the Chicago Board of Education table any vote on the proposed schedule put forth by Chicago Public Schools until parents and teachers have had sufficient time to evaluate its effects on their children. The proposed schedule was released in such a way that parent and teachers were not allowed to sign up to speak out against it at a board meeting. In addition, the data from the survey has not been made widely accessible to confirm their assumptions and the sample size was too small to qualify as representative. Parents and teachers should be given the opportunity to review this document.
Why is this important?
As a parent and teacher, I want the Chicago Board of Education to postpone their vote on the proposed schedule until parents and teachers have had a chance to evaluate the effects of the new schedule on their children's education.