Balanced/Modified Calendar Task Force:

The North Mason School District has been awarded a grant through OSPI to explore balanced or modified school schedules. We have assembled a diverse task force to explore balanced scheduling and how it could positively or negatively impact our school/community in the 2024-2025 or later school year. This is just an option we are looking at; no decisions have been made. 

The balanced calendar reduces the long summer break and simply apportions those days throughout the school year, producing more frequent breaks and thus limiting long periods of in-session days, as well as longer vacations. Below are sample calendars created by the state. They feature 180 days of instruction, with the modified calendar balancing the frequency of in-session days with days on break.

If you have questions are want to join this task force, please reach out to Laura Pugh. Below is Meeting notes and the recorded meetings. 

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May 17, 2022 Meeting Agenda/Notes 

Chat room Notes

Click below to watch recording of meeting.(Recording split into two)
Part 1
Part 2

June 7, 2022 Meeting agenda/notes
Chat room notes
Padlet Discussion

Click below to watch recording of meeting.(Recording split into two)

Audio 1
Audio 2

August 16, 2022 Meeting agenda/notes
Part 1 video
Part 2 video

September 27, 2022 Meeting agenda/notes

Part 2 Video
Part 1 Video

October 18, 2022 Meeting agenda/notes
Part 1 Video
Part 2 Video
Chat Room Notes

December 6, 2022 Meeting agenda/notes
No Video

January 11, 2023 Meeting Video and notes
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January 13, 2023 Meeting Video and notes
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January 17, 2023 Meeting Video and notes
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All January Guest Speaker Notes

February 23, 2023 Meeting Agenda and notes

February 23, 2023 Meeting Recording
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April 25, 2023 Meeting Recording
Passcode: J=38$fea
Meeting notes and agenda

May 16, 2023 In Person Community Meeting PowerPoint
Meeting Notes