Part II with Video: Roscoe Nix Elementary Parents and Teachers Oppose Disruptive Innovative School Calendar @mcps @mocoboe @RoscoeNixES

Why Roscoe Nix Elementary School parents and teachers are advocating to end the MCPS Innovative School Year (ISY) Pilot:

• Innovative School Calendar Outcome Report: (See page 1 vs. page 9 for date discrepancies.)

• https://ww2.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/sharedaccountability/reports/2023/ISC%20Outcomes%20Eval%202022-2023%20Aug2023_FINAL.pdf 

• ISY Budget for Arcola and Roscoe Nix Elementary Schools: >$2.5 Million

• VA school scraps their year-round program after learning it is causing more hurt than help:  

• Why Chesterfield might end its year-round school calendar experiment (wtvr.com)

• Information on MCPS Innovative Schools

• Jan 18 & 25, 2024, MCPS will hold public hearings about budget concerns for next school year. 

• https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/boe/community/participation/ 

• Office of Accountability page for Innovative Schools:  https://ww2.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/sharedaccountability/reports/detail.aspx?id=1581

• Video link of testimony to the BOE at the September 2023 meeting about Innovative School Year (ISY) schools:
  (an RNES teacher and parent testified about ISY) See 15:59 for parent and teacher testimony to the Board of Education.

• https://mcpsmd.new.swagit.com/videos/270963