Trustees Back Unpopular Collaboration

Item: Late-start Mondays a go: Trustees approve continuing to offer ‘Schools of Choice’/ Maureen Dolan, Coeur d’Alene Press

More Info: Classes will begin later on the first day of the school week next year in Coeur d’Alene. Trustees voted at their Monday board meeting to start school an hour later on Monday mornings beginning next fall. The change will allow teachers collaboration time within their contracted work hours. Superintendent Hazel Bauman (pictured) and all five trustees said they’ve each heard concerns about the change from teachers, parents and employers, but Bauman recommended they try the new schedule for one year.

Question: According to HBO’s unscientific poll, there was a lot of sentiment (72% to 19.5% opposed) against this move. Yet Superintendent Hazel Bauman and the trustees backed this move. Did the School Board gave in to the teachers?