Trustees Delay Collaboration Decision

Item: Parents question late start: School trustees will not vote on new hours until June 7 meeting /Maureen Dolan, Coeur d’Alene Press

More Info: School officials in Coeur d’Alene will wait another month to decide if the school day will start later on Mondays next year. Superintendent Hazel Bauman recommended at Monday’s school board meeting that trustees delay voting on the change to school day schedules. They are being considered to give teachers time to collaborate before classes begin on Mondays. Trustee Bill Hemenway said he favored delaying taking action, having heard many concerns from his constituents in Zone 3.

Question: Did the board make the right decision by delaying action on the controversial collaboration proposal for a month? And/Or: What should the trustees do re: this issue while waiting for the next board meeting?