Give thanks for Thanksgiving break extension
This year, the Conejo Valley Unified School District extended our Thanksgiving break from the regular three days, to now, a week. Our students may be greatly appreciative for this kind gesture, but many wonder why.
“There is some data that shows the attendance on those two days we have had, had been low, so it’s better off just not having it all,” Joshua Eby, principal, said.
In order to make this decision, it must go through various parts of the school staff, including the counseling union, teacher’s union, the district, administrative staff and eventually must be approved by the school board.
In order to allow time for this break, teachers must complete 12 hours of outside training, also called Professional Development Time, so a few extra school days have been tacked on to the end of year. According to Eby, “That’s why we are ending the last week of school in the middle of the week,” he said.
