2015-16 daily schedule changes to accommodate daily prep
March 25, 2015
Principal Bob Celebrezze announced the 2015-16 daily schedule to Wenatchee High School staff this morning. The new schedule fully complies with the Wenatchee Education Association’s bargaining agreement, but will still allow for students to have the extended delivery model of instruction, Celebrezze wrote in his memorandum.
The new daily schedule, released by Principal Bob Celebrezze, will take effect in September.
WHS switched to a modified block schedule this school year, after a November 2013 vote by WHS faculty approved the schedule with 67 percent. In February, WHS certified staff voted 51-48 to regain their daily preparation period, which was lost for one day during the week with the current schedule.
The 2015-16 daily schedule was approved by Wenatchee School District Superintendent Brian Flones, Deputy Superintendent Jon DeJong, as well as the district’s executive cabinet, Wenatchee Education Association President Kris Cameron, the WHS assistant principals, faculty, and students, according to Celebrezze’s letter.
Flones said he thinks the new schedule will get WHS through the year to come, but it will have to be revisited with the implementation of CORE 24 for the class of 2019 and beyond. The future principal would work on that schedule, he said.
The district attempted to keep the existing schedule as much as possible, Flones said, while still meeting the bargaining agreement’s requirements.
Kris Cameron • Mar 28, 2015 at 9:38 am
Principal Celebrezze’s schedule decision for the 2015-16 school year was not approved by me or the Wenatchee Education Association. The statement that the schedule was “approved” by me is misleading. Prior to releasing the schedule, Mr. Celebrezze asked me if it met WenEA/WSD contractual guidelines. I informed him that it was not in violation of that contract. Any official “approval” of the schedule itself by me or WenEA would only have been given following a discussion with our WHS faculty members. This process was not able to occur because Mr. Celebrezze announced his schedule decision as final, without first allowing for faculty input.