| Proposed Calendars Survey |
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Take the Proposed Calendars Survey
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The DeKalb County School System Calendar Committee is pleased to provide our stakeholders with an opportunity to provide valuable feedback regarding proposed 2010-2011 and 2011-2012 calendars.
Your opinions, thoughts, and ideas are valuable to the Calendar Committee as we work to design instructionally sound calendars for the next two academic years
Please take the time to review the above proposed calendars and take the survey by close of business Thursday, October 22, 2009. |
The proposed calendars:- Include 180 student-contact days - the maximum number funded by the state
- Include 189 teacher-contract days with the final day (Day 190) being comprised of four (2 hrs. each/2 per semester) conference nights during the year as scheduled by each local school
- Include nine teacher workdays - three of which are dedicated to professional development to facilitate the meeting of requirements for annual professional learning
- Closely mirror the calendars of some of our largest neighboring school districts
- Take into account state-designated testing windows and dates
- Conclude 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 still ahead of them
- Offer some form of break for students and teachers each month of the year (September - May)
- Schedule a spring break during the first week in April, beginning on a Sunday. This spring break is scheduled in accordance with those of surrounding school systems
- End the second semester prior to Memorial Day - which allows the district to offer a short break to both students and teachers prior to the start of summer school
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