Report Card Delay

Ok, ok, ok.....gotten a few questions, borderline complaints, on the speed at which report cards are getting home. After looking into it today, I think I've found the problem. Here is the process that we use (that sounds like an excuse). Once the grades are entered, we do a printout, give it back to the teachers so they can verify the grades. Once verified, we print the report cards, stuff the envelopes and get them ready to be mailed. Here is the where I think the delay comes in. Our district mail all goes through our Central Office. Mail is picked up there at noon. Our mail (SCMS) isn't picked up until 1:00, so right there it's a day behind. This current report card happened to be picked up at SCMS on the Thursday before Easter. Because we didn't have school Friday and Monday, my gut feeling is that the report cards didn't get taken to the post office until the Tuesday after Easter....something we didn't anticipate. Sorry. It is something that I am now very aware of (thanks to a few concerned parents) and we'll be working to try to streamline the process.