2020 - 2021 School Calendar

Points to consider:

• There must be 176 student days
  • State requirements for minutes
    • K-5 – 52,500
    • 6-12 – 57,750 (can no longer count passing minutes)
• State allows 5.5 hours (330 minutes) of in-service contact time as instructional minutes each year
• State allows 11 hours (660 minutes) of Parent/Teacher conference contact time as instructional minutes each year
• Balance 1st and 2nd quarter days as close as possible
• Balance 3rd and 4th quarter days as close as possible
• Second semester can have a few more days than 1st semester because of State Assessment testing
• Semester test days must occur within the same week
• Must account for the negotiated holidays that fall within the school calendar start and end dates
  • Labor Day
  • Veterans Day
  • Thanksgiving
  • Friday after Thanksgiving
  • Christmas Eve Day
  • Christmas Day
  • New Year’s Eve Day
  • New Year’s Day
  • Friday before spring break
  • Memorial Day
• Must account for the teacher work day at the end of each semester
• New teachers must have 190 days
• Veteran teachers must have 188 days