Madison Schools Make Up Plan

Revolution or not, the kids still have to be in school a certain amount of time, so here’s the plan to add a few minutes to the school day to make up for the days kids walked out and teachers didn’t show up.

Make-up schedule adds minutes, not days.

March 14, 2011

The make up of the four February days that Madison Schools were closed will be done by adding minutes to already scheduled school days, and not by adding any days.

The additional minutes are different for elementary, middle and high schools. Other changes to the schedule involve March 29 for elementary schools, professional collaboration early release Wednesdays for middle and high schools, and the last day of school for elementary and high school students.

The changed schedule will take effect on Monday March 21.

The Madison Metropolitan School District worked with Madison Teachers, Inc. to come up with this amended school day schedule.

Details of the new school schedule by level:

Elementary

* School day will be extended by 20 minutes per day.
* March 29 will be a full day of school including the added 20 minutes. (Was an early release day for grade reporting.)
* June 10 – last day of school – will have 65 minutes added to the day. (Remains a morning release.)

Middle

* Wednesdays will have same dismissal time as the other days; that is, early release for professional collaboration time will not take place.
* School day will be extended by 12 minutes per day.

High

* Wednesdays will have same dismissal time as the other days; that is, early release for professional collaboration time will not take place.
* School day will be extended by 15 minutes per day at East, Memorial and West, and by 18 minutes at La Follette. These minutes are in addition to the 1-4 minutes already added to make up for the February 2 snow day.
* June 10 – last day of school – will have minutes added such that the day will be nearly similar in length to a regular day schedule. (Was a mid-morning release.)

School start times will not be affected by these changes.
Amended schedule in detail

Madison Schools were closed to students on February 16, 17, 18 and 21 because of significant staff absences. The WI Department of Public Instruction requires schools to have a specific number of days and hours of instruction during the school year. Due to the school closures, the instructional time standards would not be met without the changes.