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DRAFT 2019-20 School Calendar

• Dr. Thomas W. Taylor, Chief Academic Officer

Presented to the School Board * January 8, 2019

Imagine Tomorrow

GOAL #1

All students and staff will embody an Infinite Learner mindset.

GOAL #2

All students, staff, parents, and community members will exemplify a culture of safety, personal responsibility, and supportive relationships.

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SY 2019-20

Providing for optimal learning

• State Regulations
• Our Process
• Data from Stakeholders
• Balance & Priorities
• Looking Ahead

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Regulations

Expectations in Virginia

§ VAC 20-131-80, § VAC 20-131-90, § VAC 20-131-110, § VAC 20-131-140

• 990 hours of elementary instruction
• 140 hours for a “standard credit”
• Reasonable efforts to make up lost time

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Process

Involvement from our community

• Review of comprehensive data from last year’s survey
• Refresh survey from ACTS to verify last year’s feedback data
• Board and community review
• Refine draft calendar
• Final recommendation to the Board; calendar adoption
• Propose YRS calendar modeled after Board’s adopted calendar

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The Data is Consistent

Stakeholders & Leaders - Community, ACTS, CEA, PTA, Principals

• Prefer Site-based PD on Early Release Fridays
• Prefer Spring Break on one consistent week; favoring an Easter holiday
• Prefer Winter Break to be the same as Henrico & Hanover (12/20 - 1/2)
• Highest Priority: When Winter Break is scheduled
• If we could have another holiday... Veterans Day, Super Bowl Monday, JLK

Day, Good Friday, or Easter Monday

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Balance

Thinking about the big picture

• There is no “perfect” calendar
• Meet reasonable community expectations
• An eye on days - number of days and odd/even split
• An eye on regionalism - Henrico, Hanover, Richmond, others

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Looking Ahead

Other Considerations

• Kindergarten, 6th Grade, 9th Grade Early Start Day (Potential

Alternate Start on the Day After Labor Day)

• Professional Development Days
• Cooperation with the Registrar’s Office for Election Day

○ Alternate Look at Parent-Teacher Conferences

• Inclement Weather Make-up Days / Methodology

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For January

Next Steps in the Process

• Incorporate Board’s direction for second review
• Recommendation for adoption
• Produce first draft of YRS calendar based on Board’s adopted

calendar

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SY 2019-20

Providing for optimal learning

• State Regulations
• Our Process
• Data from Stakeholders
• Balance & Priorities
• Looking Ahead

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DRAFT 2019-20 School Calendar

• Dr. Thomas W. Taylor, Chief Academic Officer

Presented to the School Board * January 8, 2019