Prevent a longer School day

The Issue

Please only sign this if you live in Cambridge, MA as other signatures dilute the message we are trying to send to the teachers and school committee. Thank you.

Beginning in the 2014-15 school year, there will be an additional hour added to the instructional day for students at all levels. (No school may start before 7:25 a.m. and the latest a school may be in session is 3:30 p.m.) This means that any before or after school activities that bump up against the school day might be put into jeopardy  In addition, adding more time to the school day is not the right way to go about improvements to our students' education!

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The Issue

Please only sign this if you live in Cambridge, MA as other signatures dilute the message we are trying to send to the teachers and school committee. Thank you.

Beginning in the 2014-15 school year, there will be an additional hour added to the instructional day for students at all levels. (No school may start before 7:25 a.m. and the latest a school may be in session is 3:30 p.m.) This means that any before or after school activities that bump up against the school day might be put into jeopardy  In addition, adding more time to the school day is not the right way to go about improvements to our students' education!

The Decision Makers

City Council
City Council
City Council
Responded
With the highest spending per student in MA, Cambridge should focus on improving its current system vs extending the school day and creating much, much more disruption by impacting extracurriculars and students schedules in general. I strongly oppose extending the school day; work on core issues in achievement gap instead.
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School Commitee
School Commitee

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Petition created on June 12, 2013