Only 1 more School Board Member needs to vote Yes to get an After Labor Day start date for next school year. If you live in Districts 2, 4, 5, and 6 call your Representative today and encourage their support of the move back to an After Labor Day start date proposed by the good Reps of Districts 1, 3, and 7. Read the full, excellent new Resolution below. To find out which is your LAUSD District, see this map: http://achieve.lausd.net/Page/8686 To get the phone number of your elected local District Representative, see https://boe.lausd.net/event File #: Res-011-16/17, Version: 1 Dr. Vladovic, Mr. Schmerelson, Dr. McKenna- Family Readiness Instructional Calendar (Res-011-16/17) (For Action September 20, 2016) Whereas, There has been consistent feedback from the constituency of the Board Offices in support of a return to the traditional start calendar; Whereas, The stated goals of the “early start” calendar are to finish the instructional calendar before winter break, giving families and students a longer winter break, and to improve test scores by way of fewer interruptions in the calendar year; Whereas, The surveys of preferred start dates conducted by staff have not achieved sufficient outreach and consideration of public opinion; Whereas, Board Offices have continued to hear concerns about keeping students indoors and not conducting much needed physical activity during the hot August weather; Whereas, Maintenance on AC units is an ongoing and increasingly costly issue, including rising electrical costs; additionally, some activities must be conducted in rooms or facilities built without climate control; and Whereas, Board Offices have heard concerns from families being unable to travel due to affordability and time-off periods running concurrent with the August start period, or parents opting to travel when they can afford and/or have leave time from work, thus causing their children to miss critical start-ofyear classroom time; now, therefore, be it Resolved, That the Governing Board of the Los Angeles Unified School District hereby directs the Superintendent to begin every instructional year on a unspecified date after Labor Day, and that the Superintendent direct staff to facilitate this order beginning with the 2017-2018 school year.