Last night, in a nearly full auditorium at Champlain Valley Union High School in Hinesburg, a group of superintendents from across the Champlain Valley hosted the fourth and final forum to discuss a controversial new school calendar they had originally proposed for the 2014-15 year.
Known as Calendar 2.0, the proposal would have shortened summer vacation by two weeks, reallocating those days into several one-to-two-week recesses throughout the school year. Such “intersessions,” the superintendents and fans of the proposal have argued, would allow underperforming students to catch up on schoolwork, while allowing others to pursue volunteer work and internships.
But after revealing this week that negative feedback had prompted them to nix the proposal for next year, the superintendents used last night’s meeting as an opportunity to collect final input from parents and students. While remaining vague about their future plans for a new calendar, the administrators also assured the public a role in future conversations about time and learning.
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