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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,


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DRAFT 2019-20 School Calendar

  • Dr. Thomas W. Taylor, Chief Academic Officer

Presented to the School Board * January 8, 2019

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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