by Keri Luiz
Benicia Unified School District trustees last week approved the school year calendar for 2015-16 as well as a proposed contract for confidential and management employees, a group mostly comprised of principals, vice principals, directors, counselors and some support staff.
Superintendent of Benicia Schools Janice Adams said Thursday that a calendar committee originally proposed that the school year begin earlier this fall, but backed off that plan after gathering input and staff recommendations.
“We did surveys of our classified workers, our teachers, our parent committee and our administrators, and you can see that with every group, not by big margins but by a margin, a later start date was recommended,” Adams said.