GDOE’s Joe Sanchez Addresses Complications with Year-Round School Schedule–Cites Funding Issues, Shortage of Teachers for Summer Session, & Smaller Amounts of Students During Summer as Major Hurdles, with Patti
Written by Jeremie Charfauros on October 11, 2021
Deputy Superintendent of Curriculum for Guam Department of Education (GDOE), Joe Sanchez speaks to Patti in response to the idea of having a year-round school schedule, which was presented in a previous interview by Member of the Guam Board of Education (GBOE), Robert Crisostomo. According to Sanchez, not only is there the issue of funding session in the summer, but there is also a lack of teachers as well as students willing to sacrifice the summer vacation.