NBAPS seeking feedback on four-day week
In order to make a more informed decision about whether or not the current four-day week at North Branch Area Public Schools is working well for parents and students, the school board Thursday decided to survey residents of District 138.
After a roundabout discussion about the specifics of a survey, the board decided it should contact Don Lifto, a client representative with Springsted, a public sector advising company, to perform the survey.
The survey would include 300 randomly generated calls to residents in the district, and there would also be a Web component, so people could go online and answer a list of 17 questions about the four-day week.
Superintendent Deb Henton noted the board should have the results of the survey by its February work session.
“We need to make a decision about the four-day week fairly soon,” she said. Not this month, but as soon as (the board gets) the survey results back.”
She added, “If we can have a decision by the school board by the end of February, that would be later than we want, but probably the best scenario that we’re looking at.”
Appointments
During a short organizational meeting before the board’s regular meeting, the board voted to appoint its members to various posts.
• Chair: Kim Salo
• Vice chair: Kirby Ekstrom
• Clerk: Jay Falk
• Treasurer: Tim MacMillan
