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2016-2017 Academic Calendar Modifications
Board of Education ReportMarch 10, 2016
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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
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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
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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)
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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
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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
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Modifications 1 and 2 Close Schools & Offices
Modifications 3, 4 and 5 Close Schools for Students Only
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2016-2017 Academic Calendar Modifications
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
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2016-2017 Academic Calendar Modifications
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
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Number of Half Days by Level
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2016-2017 Academic Calendar Inclement Weather Days
End of Year 5 Days
President’s Day February 20, 2017
Easter Monday April 17, 2017
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2017-2018 Academic Calendar Start Date
Students August 28, 2017
Staff August 21, 2017
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2016-2017 Academic Calendar Modifications
Report March 10, 2016
Public Hearing March 24, 2016
Approval April 14, 2016
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Questions