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CCSD decision: four- or five-day school week Officials mull families’ reception to such a change BY DEB HURLEY BROBST DBROBST@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Senior tight end/defensive end Armando Acosta clears snow off Clear Creek High School’s new football field Thursday. Hundreds of students, parents, staff and community members helped clear snow Wednesday through Saturday morning to get the field cleared in PHOTO BY CORINNE WESTEMAN time for kick-off Saturday afternoon. BY CORINNE WESTEMAN CWESTEMAN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Golddigger Stadium’s bell rings for victory — touchdowns, graduations and so on. On Friday, Clear Creek High School community members rang it to mark their victory over Mother Nature. More than two feet of snow accumulated on the high school’s new
stadium during the March 13-14 storm; and because of the snow’s weight and Astroturf field’s new condition, the only way to host Saturday’s inaugural football game was to clear everything by hand. So, CCHS community members did what they do best: They came together to achieve their goal. From Wednesday to until shortly before kick-off Saturday afternoon, Clear Creek students, parents, staff,
and fans put in hundreds — if not thousands — of man-hours to clear the new field. Even Manual High School students and staff helped shovel snow off the sidelines during Saturday’s warm-ups. “I think we’re all a little bit sore today, and some of us have blisters,” CCHS football parent Christine Hendrickson said Saturday. “ … It was
The Clear Creek school board and district officials are trying to wrap their heads around the issues surrounding a potential move to a four-day school week. They began official discussions in the last two weeks including task force reports and listening sessions with parents to hear comments and concerns and to find answers to the many questions arising about the issue. Board members Kelly Flenniken and Erica Haag, who have elementary school age children, said they were struggling with finding a direction for the school district. One of the main issues with a four-day school week is finding worthwhile activities for students on the fifth day and determining who would pay for them. “One of the things that is concerning me today,” Flenniken said at the March 15 school board meeting, “is if we have teachers working and providing tutoring, and the buildings are open, then as a parent, I wonder why we’re not in school on the fifth day. We need to talk through a rationale if we’re going to do this.” Haag agreed.
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