Liebe TCGIS Gemeinschaft, 

On Thursday at its February meeting, the TCGIS School Board approved the calendar for the 2020-2021 school year. 

You can find that here.

In addition, the Board approved a revised calendar for the current school year with two changes. One change simply reflects that November 27, 2019 was a snow day. 

The other change was to move the last day of instruction up one day, from Wednesday, June 10 to Tuesday, June 9. Wednesday, June 10 is now a teacher meeting day and Thursday, June 11 has been changed to a teacher comp day, reflecting a clause in the union contract that gives a comp day in exchange for the extra time worked at parent-teacher conferences. 

This second change was necessary to keep the school in compliance with our collective bargaining agreement (Article VII, Subd. 1) with our teachers. Unfortunately, neither the school administration nor union leadership caught the error until earlier this year. 

While we regret having to change the instructional calendar at any point after approval, it is essential that the school honor its contractual obligation to our teachers. 

The revised calendar for the current school year can be found on the school website.

Thank you for your understanding.

Sincerely, 

Ted Anderson