Board Approves Change to Calendars for 2008-09

March 8, 2007 - At its March 6 meeting, the Board of Education made changes to calendars for traditional and single-track year-round calendar schools for 2008-09. At the request of teachers, the board moved spring break on both calendars.

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Board members agreed at the March 6 meeting to rescind the January 23 approval of the calendars to allow further discussion. The board then agreed to move spring break on the traditional calendar to the week of April 6-10 from the previously scheduled March 2-6. Additionally, the board changed the traditional calendar, making Nov. 26 a vacation day and Feb. 16 a teacher workday.

On the single-track year-round calendar, the board agreed to move a break for students to April 6-10 from March 2-6. This means students will now be on break Feb. 16-20 and April 6-17, instead of Feb. 23 to March 6 and April 13 to 17.

For the traditional calendar, the first day for students is August 25, and the last day is June 10. Winter break is Dec. 22 - Jan. 2 and spring break is now April 6-10. The second quarter ends Jan. 23. The traditional calendar contains 180 days of instruction for students, as well as 11 paid holidays and 10 paid vacation days. There will be a total of 14 teacher workdays. Nine are already scheduled and another five will be based on recommendations by the Division of Principals and Assistant Principals.

For the single-track year-round calendar, formerly known as the modified calendar, the first day for students is July 22, and the last day is June 3. Students will have breaks Sept. 1 to 5; Oct 20-31; Feb. 16 to 20; and April 6 to 17. Students will have holidays for Veterans Day Nov. 11, for Thanksgiving Nov. 26 to 28; for Winter break Dec. 22 to Jan. 2; for MLK Day Jan. 19; and on Memorial Day May 25. This calendar is used at Southeast Raleigh High, Centennial Campus Middle, Moore Square Middle, Carver Elementary and Partnership Elementary. This instructional calendar combines features of the traditional and year-round calendar.

The calendars follow all parameters of the state's calendar law. You can find the school calendars at http://www.wcpss.net/Calendars/

TRADITIONAL CALENDAR PARAMETERS
SCHOOL YEAR 2008-2009

Under state legislation, the 2008-09 WCPSS traditional calendar must be prepared with the following parameters:

  1. The first day for students may not be earlier than August 25.
  2. The final day for students may not be later than June 10.
  3. A minimum of 180 student days.
  4. Eleven (11) paid holidays – of which one must be Veterans’ Day.  In recent years these have been:
    1. Labor Day
    2. Veterans’ Day – required by state law
    3. Two days at Thanksgiving
    4. Three days at Christmas
    5. New Year’s Day
    6. MLK Day
    7. Good Friday
    8. Memorial Day
  1. Ten (10) paid vacation days - in recent years these have been:
    1. Winter Break
    2. Spring Break
    3. Wednesday prior to Thanksgiving       
  1. Five (5) teacher workdays with mandated scheduling as follows:
    1. One before first day for students
    2. One at end of first quarter
    3. One at end of second quarter
    4. One at end of third quarter
    5. One at end of fourth quarter
  1. Nine (9) additional teacher workdays to be scheduled by the LEA in consultation with school principals.  These may occur “inside” the 180 student days as long as the final day for students does not occur after June 10.
  2. Other dates to note (in recent years, some have been designated as teacher workdays):
    1. Yom Kippur
    2. Rosh Hashanah (when Yom Kippur occurs during the weekend)
    3. Presidents’ Day
    4. Easter Monday
    5. Election Day
  1. Certain days designated as inclement weather makeup days.
    1. They may not be the five workdays mandated at the ends of the quarters, but may be other workdays.
    2. Makeup days may be added to the end of the year, but it must not make the final day for students occur after June 10.
    3. Vacation days may also be designated as possible makeup days (such as Winter Break or Spring Break).

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