Waiver

This document describes the procedures to be followed by a School Improvement Team to request a waiver from a current School Board Policy, or a significant change from current practice. It would also be used as a preliminary step in requesting a waiver from State Statue. It is important to note that waivers will be granted based upon School Improvement Plans which are data-driven, research based, and support Teaching for Learning for All. If you are requesting a waiver, please complete the form below and attach to your School Improvement Plan.

Procedures for Requesting a Waiver

1. Contact the Chair of the District School Improvement Team (Dr. Sandra McDonald) to determine whether or not what you are proposing requires a waiver. If a waiver is required, complete the rest of this form and submit with your School Improvement Plan by April 20, 1993.

2. Briefly describe the current policy or practice that you wish to waive.

The School Improvement Team of R. B. Hunt Elementary School wishes to waive the current dismissal of students Monday-Friday weekly, at 2:30 p.m.

3. Describe what you want to do instead.

Our team is requesting a two hour early release of students every Wednesday continued throughout the 1993-94 school year.

4. Provide the rationale for your proposal.

A. Summarize the data that supports your need for this waiver.
Given the need to provide time to inservice staff members, conference with parents, continue to plan activities to incorporate technology, and to continue researching and developing the continuous progress program, an early release schedule is necessary.

B. Cite the research which supports what you propose to do.
Research shows that staff members need inservice to better prepare them for the implementation of continuous progress, and use and application of technology.

C. Describe how this will promote "Teaching for Learning for All."
It is necessary to implement a continuous progress program which eliminates failure, builds self-esteem, and improves parent-school communication.

D. Describe how your team arrived at sufficient consensus on this matter, including soliciting input, inclusion and endorsement from all stakeholders.
We have reached consensus through the following: 1. School newsletters, 2. Presentations to the stakeholders. 3. Public hearing. 4. Committee and faculty meetings.

5. What potential obstacles to this change do you foresee?

Needed adjustments in busing and after school child care will continue to be worked out.

6. Identify where in your plan preparation and implementation activities are described.

7.1 Provide flexible scheduling through early release of students every Wednesday at 12:30 p.m.

7. Resubmit this waiver request annually with your plan for as long as a waiver is required.

Procedures for Approving a Waiver

The waiver proposal and attached School Improvement Plan will be reviewed by the District School Improvement Team as part of the standard review process. Any plan with a waiver proposal attached will be forwarded to the Superintendent for his review and recommendation to the School Board for approval of the waiver along with the School Improvement Plan. If the Plan requires a waiver of Board Policy, the appropriate form will be completed noting the Policy being waived, the school receiving the waiver, and the effective dates of the waiver, and this form will be distributed to holders of School Board Policy. If a waiver is disapproved, the school will be notified of the rationale for the lack of approval.

If a waiver of State Statue is required, the proper documentation will be filed by the Superintendent following formal Board action.

July 28, 1993