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2016-2017 Academic Calendar Modifications

Board of Education ReportMarch 10, 2016

2016-2017 Academic Calendar Report November 19, 2015

Public Hearing December 17, 2015

Approval January 14, 2016

2016-2017 Academic Calendar Modifications Report March 10, 2016

Public Hearing March 24, 2016

Approval April 14, 2016

Modify Option 1 to add a day off for: Eid al-Adha (September 12) Diwali (October 31) Lunar New Year Eve (January 27)

Maintain Start & End of School Year: August 22 (Staff) August 29 (Students) June 13

Develop multiple calendar options to present to Board

2016-2017 Academic Calendar ModificationsObjectives

State Mandated Public School Holidays

Labor Day (September 5)General Election Day (November 8)Thanksgiving Break (November 24 & 25)Winter Break (December 24-January 1)Martin Luther King Jr. Day (January 16)Presidents Day (February 20)Good Friday (April 14)Easter Monday (April 17)Primary Election Day (None in 2017)Memorial Day (May 29)

COMAR Mandates180 student days

1,080 instructional hours – Elementary, Middle Schools

1,170 instructional hours – High Schools

3 hour minimum in the school day

HCPSS Negotiated Agreement192 teacher days

2016-2017 Calendar Committee Members

2017-2018 Calendar Committee Members

Developed and evaluated 16 proposals

Review and feedback from Superintendent’s Cabinet

Evaluate and advance 5 proposals


Modifications 1 and 2 Close Schools & Offices

Modifications 3, 4 and 5 Close Schools for Students Only



Close Schools & Offices – Modifications 1 & 2

Establishment ClauseU.S. Constitution, Amendment I

Lemon TestSupreme Court, 3-Prong Test

1. Secular legislative purpose2. Neither advances nor inhibits religion3. No excessive entanglement with religion


Lemon Test - Secular legislative purpose• Koenick v. Felton and ADC Baltimore vs Baltimore County

Board of Education

• State Board “the school system must have some secular purpose for designating school holidays such as economizing education resources on days with high absenteeism rates for both students and teachers”

• Modifications 1 & 2 • likely will not pass 1st prong of the Lemon test• would violate Establishment Clause

• Eliminate Modifications 1 & 2 from consideration

Number of Half Days by Level


2016-2017 Academic Calendar Inclement Weather Days

End of Year 5 Days

President’s Day February 20, 2017

Easter Monday April 17, 2017

2017-2018 Academic Calendar Start Date

Students August 28, 2017

Staff August 21, 2017


Report March 10, 2016

Public Hearing March 24, 2016

Approval April 14, 2016

Questions

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