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SUNOAY. APRIL 22.2012
School board revises calendar for 2012-13
Days trimmed to save on costs
By Jennifer Sami
IsamriSforsythnews com
Teachers will have a
shorter school year than
anticipated following the
Forsyth County Board of
Education’s decision
Thursday to adjust the
2012-13 calendar.
Teachers were slated to
work I'M) days, but
instead will be working
187.
According to Dan
Jones, the system’s
finance director, the
adjustment likely will
save the school system
about $3 million
Town hall session
planned April 26
By Aiyssa LaRenne
atansrw4tofsytbnews com
A Forsyth County town
hall meeting April 26 will
tipen up discussion of the Big
Creek watershed impervious
surface limitations
The southwestern Forsyth
watershed is currently limit¬
ed to 13 percent coverage by
impervious surface area,
said Jerry Oberholt/er, king
range planner
Rnwth’s unified develop
ment code defines those
areas as "a manmade struc¬
ture or surface which pre¬
vents die infiltration of storm
water into the ground below
tlie structure or surface.”
The town hall will include
two presentations by people
with ditlerent perspectives on
watershed management, said
Oberholt/er. adding that both
sides have previously spoken
to the county commission.
Brian King of
Engineering 303 and John
Moll of Crystal Stream
Technologies have presented
alternative technologies tliat
could offer better protection
than the 25-percent rule
They will go first at the
town hall meeting, followed
by Bob Slaughter, a mem¬
ber of Smart Growth
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"Coupled with the
increased employer medi¬
cal costs we have to fund
for the upcoming school
year, we are also project¬
ing continued shortfalls m
local and state revenue,”
Jones said after the board
meeting. "In anticipation
of this, we have made a
revision to the 2012-13
student calendar to pro¬
vide adequate time for
families to plan."
The adjustment, which
also includes one fewer
student day, still brings
the total number of
school days to 178 for
students and 187 lor
If you go
• What: Big Creek water¬
shed town hall meeting
• When: 7 to 8:30 p.m.
April 26
• Where: Forsyth County
Administration Building,
110 E Mam St.
Forsyth County.
The group has expressed
concern about a change in
regulations dial could prove
devastating to the environ
mentally sensitive resource
following the presenta¬
tions, a question and answer
session will tv o|x*ned for die
public.
No changes to state or
county pmcedures are being
considered during die town
hall. (Mvrtmll/er said.
"We re simply opening die
(Jours as a forum tor tlx
public to discuss," he said
County commissioners
called for the meeting as a
condition to approving the
comprehensive master plan
update in December.
The plan senes as a guide
for decisions involving
future growth and land use
through 2032.
Commissioners decided
not to include any language
addressing the Big Creek
watershed in die plan
teachers Those are the
same numbers as the eui
rent year.
However, when draft¬
ing the 2012 IT calendar,
it w as easier to budget for
more days and have to
make reductions than the
other way around, said
Board Chairman Tom
Cleveland.
“A lot of people have
plans," he said. "It’s easier
to . . take away days than
to add them
The calendar has school
beginning Aug. l >, ending
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Hoard member Ann
Crow said she’s nervous
about the future.
"So many schools in the
area are having to drop
more days than we have
and that’s what scares
me," Crow said. “We have
to hope that this is going
to stay.”
Associate
Supetintendent Joey
Pirkle reviewed the chang-
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es with the school board.
Among the revisions
was making Feb. 18 a stu¬
dent and staff holiday,
making Oct. I l > a staff
holiday. Also, Aug. 2 will
be a day off for high
school stall and Dec. 21 a
day off for elementary and
middle school staff.
Board member Kristin
Morrissey asked why the
system bothered to add the
extra days for next year to
begin with.
"I guess we were opti¬
mistic," Pirkle said. "We
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On the Net
The Forsyth County
school system's full
2012-13 calendar is
available online at
www.forsyth.k12.ga.us.
certainly felt that would
show our staff that we’re
trying to do everything we
can to save those days.”
For parents, however,
the only change next year
will be getting Feb. 15 off
in addition to Feb 18 for
President’s Day.