CAT Tracks for September 10, 2010
THE CONTINUING SAGA...UH

...continues.

The "saga" being the Cairo School District Calendar.


As you may recall...

On August 18th, CAT Tracks celebrated "Christmas in July, Uh...August" by publishing the much awaited, much DEMANDED CSD #1 Calendar for 2010-2011.


The "present" that kept on giving...


On August 30th, CAT Tracks posted a revision to that version in an edition entitled "The Continuing Saga...". We warned you at that time, however, not to get your hopes up. Namely, that the notation at the top of "Page 2" - "ROE Admin Disapproved, as of 8/23/2010" - clearly indicated that we weren't done yet.


Well...



Is the third time the charm?

Only God (and maybe the Regional Superintendent) knows...


The "header" on both pages leaves wiggle room..."as of 9/7/10".

I can say there is a light at the end of the tunnel...the correct totals for "Attendance Days: 180" and "Calendar Days: 185". Haven't seen those numbers on a proposed CSD Calendar in years! (For some reason we were fixated on 181 "Attendance Days" last year, going it one better this year with 182.)

So...

With fingers crossed, we leave you with the same conclusion as was provided to "The Continuing Saga"

Stay tuned...


CAT Tracks Editor's Note:

I know, I know...the calendar above is the "complicated version", not the "user friendly" version.

Hey, what you see is what we got! Yours truly has not taken the time to compare the two latest versions to note the difference(s).

I thought I'd wait a couple of days...make sure the issue doesn't become moot with the arrival of yet another version.

And, hey...

If YOU happen to awaken at 2 a.m. or 3 a.m. and can't get back to sleep (and don't have several editions of CAT Tracks to produce like another old, but prolific CAT, who shall remain nameless), well, maybe YOU can figure it out!

Drop me an e-mail and let me know what you find! Hell, CALL ME...I'll be up!!!

I'll even give you credit for your efforts...


UPDATE: (9-15-2010)

Today, I received a copy of the user-friendly version of the FY 2011 School Calendar. It is scheduled to be approved by the Cairo Board of Education at its regular meeting on September 16th. That does NOT mean that it is correct. I mean...this IS the 3rd attempt (that we know of)!

But, it's the best guess that we have so far of what your year will look like.

Behold...