When do duval county schools start 2017

Election Days — School campuses often do double duty as polling stations. In , the district moved to clear students from campus on major election days for various safety concerns — from chaotic parking lots to "stranger danger.

In , in the wake of the Parkland shooting, Superintendent Donald Fennoy moved to do the same during voter primaries.

In previous calendar disputes, the board has been unwilling to give these up. Half-days — For several years, schools squeezed in extra education hours with days in which students arrived late or were dismissed early, leaving teachers to do training during the remainder of the day. In , the school year had seven half-days.

Parents complained about child care difficulties, administrators found half-days disruptive and inefficient — some schools dealt with shortened days by scheduling minute classes.

Absentee rates on these days were high. Sacrificing half-days cleared a path for giving three additional full days off at Thanksgiving. Short weeks — The district aims for no weeks with fewer than three days, due to a history of poor attendance in those weeks.

Exams before winter break — Former teacher and principal Barbara McQuinn, now a board member, shrugged this week at this long-held edict that the students take the semester exams before winter break.

Board member Dr. Upon return to classes, teachers need to review the material, keeping in mind that not all high school classes meet everyday, so that eats up one week of January. Then the second week is dedicated to testing. His solution: Eliminate midterm exams. That would take the review and testing time out of the equation and put you back on track for the required state exams and college credit exams including those for AP, IB and AICE. But dropping midterms is not a call the calendar committee could make.

That would have to come from the administration or the school board. Many are starting Aug. Pinellas, another district similar in size to Palm Beach County, is due to begin Aug. Broward and Miami-Dade are the outliers among the seven, starting Aug. In that year Miami started on August 19th and Broward started on August 14th. What do they do differently? Semesters vs. Miami-Dade does not, so the concern about when exams fall, before or after the break, is less of one.

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Getting an appointment for the vaccine can be tough. The Brevard County school district has offered scheduling flexibility for employees who secure times during work hours, Space Coast Daily reports.

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