Cypress School District adopts 2024–25 calendars after parent criticism of Landau schedule
March 21, 2024 | Cypress School District, School Districts, California
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The Cypress School District Board of Trustees voted Feb. 8 to adopt the district's 2024–25 academic calendars, following public comment from a Landau Elementary parent who urged the board to present more calendar options.
Parent Britney Cook told the board she and many other Landau families remain dissatisfied with the district's modified year-round calendar and said the board was presented with a single calendar option rather than alternatives. "I would like to see a more transparent and collaborative process, and I would like to see multiple options presented to the board so that you can actually make a decision," Cook said during public comment.
District staff and trustees described the multi-step committee process used to build the calendars. Tracy Moore, who helped facilitate the calendar committee, said the committee met Dec. 6, Jan. 17 and Jan. 31 and included certificated, classified and management representatives; the process included site principal input and surveys. Moore and other staff said expanded learning programs (ELOP), extended-school-year (ESY) services and operational needs (summer cleaning of 55+ spaces per site and the timing of custodial schedules) constrained when some campuses — including Landau — could end the school year.
"We can't start ESY or ELOP until Landau is out of school," a staff member explained, adding that the district must balance full-day ELOP programming, custodial availability and state reporting timelines when setting start and end dates for the school year.
Trustees acknowledged the community's history of calendar changes at Landau during the pandemic and discussed the district's past practice of publishing multiyear calendars. Board members asked whether a multiyear calendar would be possible; staff said it has been done in the past but that the committee opted not to commit to two years last year while ELOP schedules settled.
After discussion and trustee questions, the board adopted the calendars by voice vote. The board also ratified a revised memorandum of understanding with the Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Anaheim Cypress to operate ELOP services at six sites through June 30, 2024, at an additional cost not to exceed $200,000.
Next steps: staff said the calendar-committee process will continue to collect input and that the full LCAP data will be provided at the June review.
Parent Britney Cook told the board she and many other Landau families remain dissatisfied with the district's modified year-round calendar and said the board was presented with a single calendar option rather than alternatives. "I would like to see a more transparent and collaborative process, and I would like to see multiple options presented to the board so that you can actually make a decision," Cook said during public comment.
District staff and trustees described the multi-step committee process used to build the calendars. Tracy Moore, who helped facilitate the calendar committee, said the committee met Dec. 6, Jan. 17 and Jan. 31 and included certificated, classified and management representatives; the process included site principal input and surveys. Moore and other staff said expanded learning programs (ELOP), extended-school-year (ESY) services and operational needs (summer cleaning of 55+ spaces per site and the timing of custodial schedules) constrained when some campuses — including Landau — could end the school year.
"We can't start ESY or ELOP until Landau is out of school," a staff member explained, adding that the district must balance full-day ELOP programming, custodial availability and state reporting timelines when setting start and end dates for the school year.
Trustees acknowledged the community's history of calendar changes at Landau during the pandemic and discussed the district's past practice of publishing multiyear calendars. Board members asked whether a multiyear calendar would be possible; staff said it has been done in the past but that the committee opted not to commit to two years last year while ELOP schedules settled.
After discussion and trustee questions, the board adopted the calendars by voice vote. The board also ratified a revised memorandum of understanding with the Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Anaheim Cypress to operate ELOP services at six sites through June 30, 2024, at an additional cost not to exceed $200,000.
Next steps: staff said the calendar-committee process will continue to collect input and that the full LCAP data will be provided at the June review.
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