Politics & Government
School Board Delays Balanced Calendar
The board voted to use a traditional calendar for the time being.
At its April 1 meeting, the DeKalb County Board of Education voted to delay the implementation of the district's balanced calendar until the 2014-15 school year. With it, the Board adopted a Traditional Calendar.
The proposed Traditional Calendar developed by the Calendar Committee
contains the following features:
· 180 student-contact days;
· 189 teacher-contract days with the final day (Day 190) being
comprised of four (two hours each/two per semester) conference nights
during the year as scheduled by each local school;
· Takes into account state-designated testing windows and dates;
· Concludes the first semester before the Winter Break in December
which prevents students from returning from the break with final exams
and End of Course Tests; and
· Schedules Spring Break April 7-11, 2014.
The delay of implementation of the Balanced Calendar allows the district
to explore additional calendar options and obtain further input from the
community.
The Traditional Calendar can be viewed here.
From a press release by the DCSD Communications Office