Letter to parents

Dear Brophy Families:

The Legislature released their FY10 conference committee budget late lastweek . The full legislature voted to pass it. The ELT number is the Senatenumber: $15,672,375, which is about a 1.8 million reduction from the currentschool year. The final step will be for the governor to sign this budget andshortly thereafter DESE will be notifying schools. We anticipate sufficientor close to sufficient funding for the 23 remaining schools (three less thanthis year.)
The Brophy Parent Survey showed strong parent support for ELT (see the blogfor specific results.) The staff vote at Brophy had similiar results. Wefully anticipate that Brophy will be going forward with ELT for the 2009/2010 school year. The official school hours will be 8:05 AM to 4:05PM.

We will keep you informed as details develop. Thank you for your support.

Margaret & Kath

ELT Spring 2009 Parent Survey Summary Results

The results of the ELT Spring 2009 Parent Survey are in --- a summary and graphics are available for your review. If you have any questions, please do not hestitate to contact Margaret Doyle, Kath Reilly, or us at the ELT Blog.

Information on 2009-2010 Kids Club Plans

We received the following blurb from Kath Reily, ELT Coordinator @ Brophy School. She would like to share the following with respect to Kids Club for the 2009-2010 school year.

* Data regarding Clubs for next year has been gathered from parents, kids and staff
* Final decisions on the Clubs will be made early this week by committee
* A Kids Club Cover Contest will be open to all students until the end of the day on Wednesday (info in mailboxes)
* Typing, translation and printing will be done so brochures can go home on Monday, 6/15
* Choices are due back by Thursday, 6/18. Teachers will complete choices with any student who does return the form.

As always, please contact us if you have any questions/comments. Thank you!

Senate Budget Update

The following paragraph is taken from a Massachusetts 2020 email distribution list.

Thanks to a great effort from ELT supporters and communities across theCommonwealth, Senators increased funding for the Expanded Learning Time Initiative to over $15.6 million in the fiscal year 2010 budget they passed last night. The Senate took many difficult votes this week, and the increased funding clearly demonstrates their commitment to ELT. This vote in favor of ELT shows the Senate's continued support for innovation in education despite the ongoing fiscal challenges the state faces. The next step in the budget process is the Conference Committee in which Senateand House members will reconcile the differences in their budgets. The goal remains level funding for the ELT Initiative for the FY 2010 budget so that ALL ELT Schools are able to continue with their redesigned and expanded school days for the 2009-2010 school year. Massachusetts 2020 will keep up our efforts with the Legislature to reach full funding and to ensure that ELT schools are able to continue their pioneering work on building a betterschool day.

ELT Parent Survey ... part II

Hello Brophy Parents,

Be on the look out for your copy of the ELT Parent Survey. If you requested email please check your inbox. If you requested a paper, they were handed out at Open House tonight. If you have not received a copy, please email us and we will send you link to SurveyMonkey.

Remember, this is your time to have your opinions heard. As always, we thank you for your support!