Why fix what isn't broken, parent asks BOE

CANFIELD — Becky Myhal spent a lot of time looking through the Canfield School District’s written policies to find the one that prohibits school activities on Sundays.

Myhal, president of the Canfield Choral Boosters, told the school board at its meeting tonight that parents are unhappy about the district’s decision to reschedule the winter and spring choir concerts, which have been Sunday evenings for the past 12 years.

Myhal said Superintendent Dante Zambrini told her there was such a policy about Sunday events. She couldn’t find it.

Myhal also said she was told that the local ministerial association doesn’t want school events held Sundays.

So she said she and other parents canvassed pastors of local churches. They said it didn’t matter, she told the board, because the concerts are at 7 p.m. and don’t interfere with traditional services for many churches.

So why change the day when Sundays are working well, she asked the board. The two concerts are well-attended — the winter concert in December, she said, was standing-room-only. It was not changed from a Sunday, because the district acknowledged there wasn’t enough time to schedule the change.

The spring concert, though, is scheduled for May 19 — a Saturday — changed from May 20. Myhal said that after the change, seven seniors said they would not be able to attend. That’s significant, she said, because seniors are honored at the spring concert.

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