Question or Comment:
Is the school planning on cancelling other spirit weeks/assemblys because of winter spirit week?

Answer:
If you're referring to CHS, the answer is no to any cancellations. Principal Fetchik said, "The Winter Spirit Week activities and the wrap-up assembly were a huge success, so student council is hoping to organize a spring event as well.

Question or Comment:
When is the CMS band trip and the baseball game National Anthem playing?

Answer:
The overnight CMS Band trip has been cancelled for this year. The band will play the National Anthem at the Lake County Captains game on Thurs. April 26th.

Question or Comment:
How will the waiver being filed by the State of Ohio in February, 2012, to the No Child Left Behind affect the Chardon Schools?

Answer:
Ohio’s Waiver request to the U.S. Department of Education focuses on four areas:
  -A redesign of the accountability (testing) system
  -Consolidation of plans for and use of certain federal dollars
  -More flexibility for low-performing schools to improve student achievement, and
  -Greater district control over spending on tutoring for disadvantaged students.

To make those changes, Ohio will need to provide a plan to focus on “college and career” readiness and to improve how teachers and principals are evaluated. Ohio is already moving in that direction by piloting a new teacher evaluation system in many school districts this year. Our priority, as always,  is to boost student performance levels, and we believe the waiver will provide Chardon Schools greater flexibility in how we obtain our results.

Question or Comment:
Will all Chardon elementary schools be offering full day kindergarten in the 2012-2013 school year?

Answer:
Park School will continue to house the District's all-day every day (ADED) Kindergarten classroom as long as space is available. The fee for the 2012-13 ADED Kindergarten is $2,700.

Question or Comment:
Why do you wait until morning to cancel school in instances where the weather is terrible and not predicted to improve by morning? It would help parents who could use the additional time to make alternate childcare arrangements.

Answer:
Northeast Ohio forecasts change abruptly, which makes the determination to cancel classes very difficult at times. We believe it’s best to wait until the start of the day to make the final decision, so that we avoid closing schools prematurely. The last thing we would want to do is call school early and then see the weather dramatically improve overnight.