Board Approves Common Early Release Days for 2010-11 School Year
May 20, 2010 - Members of the Board of Education approved six common early release days for schools following the traditional and modified calendars and for each track on the year-round calendar during their meeting on May 18. All early release days occur on Fridays.
In December, the Board of Education voted to end the practice of releasing students one hour early on Wednesdays, effective at the end of the 2009-10 school year. Starting with the 2010-11 school year, schools will no longer dismiss students early on Wednesdays. Instead, schools will dismiss 2.5 hours early on the following Fridays:
Traditional
- Friday, September 17
- Friday October 22
- Friday, December 3
- Friday, February 11
- Friday, March 11
- Friday, April 8
Modified
- Friday, August 20
- Friday, October 22
- Friday, December 3
- Friday, February 11
- Friday, March 4
- Friday, April 8
Year-Round
- Friday, July 30, Tracks 1,2,3
- Friday, August 20, Tracks 1,2,4
- Friday, October 1, Tracks 2,3,4
- Friday, December 3, Tracks 1,3,4
- Friday, January 21, Tracks 1,2,3
- Friday, February 11, Tracks 1,2,4
- Friday, March 4, Tracks 1,3,4
- Friday, April 1, Tracks 2,3,4
All schools shall comply with G.S. 115C-84.2 which requires a minimum of 180 days and 1,000 hours of instruction. Implementation of early release days are based on monitoring of this time requirement.