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Budget Revision Calls for Four Weeks of Intersession for Modified Calendar Schools

Initial budget had proposed cutting the program at Mount Vernon and Samuel Tucker to three weeks from the current five.

A new memo from the interim chief financial officer for Alexandria’s public schools proposes to fund four weeks of intersession at non-traditional calendar schools, although the fees for those programs would significantly increase.

In a memo to the School Board, Interim Chief Financial Officer Stacey Johnson wrote, with the approval of the school system’s superintendent and chief academic officer, a “further adjustment” to Superintendent Morton Sherman’s proposed fiscal year 2013 budget to “fund on additional week of extended learning each for Mount Vernon and Samuel Tucker for a total of four weeks.”

The initial budget had proposed cutting the program from its current five weeks to three weeks. Parents, teachers and others railed against the cuts.

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A draft of the proposed 2012-2013 modified academic calendar shows the school year for non-traditional calendar schools beginning Aug. 1 with intersessions Oct. 15-28 and April 1-12.

To offset the increase in costs, the latest budget document suggests the intersession fee of $25 per session will be increased to $160 per session for those students who are not eligible for a reduced-price lunch.

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The Feb. 21 document also proposes adding one full time literacy/language acquisition specialist at Mount Vernon Community School with a second position to be used at other schools as needed.


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