CSD sent out this note to folks this afternoon…

The calendar drafts were presented to the Board of Education on July 8, 2014 and shared with staff and parents on July 9 – August 7, 2014 for feedback and comments. Click on this link to read feedback received from parents, teachers and community members.

At the August 2014 Board Meeting, the Board of Education approved the 2015-2016 and 2016-2017 School Year Calendars:

2015-2016 School Year Calendar

2016-2017 School Year Calendar

Please read below for background information on the calendar development process.

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CSD sent out this email blast this afternoon…

Dear Parents and Community Members:

The District Calendar Committee presented the 2015-2016 and 2016-2017 academic year calendars to the Board of Education during the July 2014 Board Work Session and Meeting.  The Board tabled the approval of the calendars for 30 days to allow the community to offer feedback.  If you have thoughts or questions about the recommended calendars, please email  and place the word “Calendars” in the Subject line.  The deadline to offer comments is August 7, 2014.  The calendars can be downloaded below for your perusal.

• Draft 2015-2016 School Year Calendar
• Draft 2016-2017 School Year Calendar

The District Calendar Committee met during the spring of 2014 to accomplish the charge of drafting the 2015-2016 calendar and 2016-2017 calendar to recommend to the superintendent. The calendar committee is comprised of School Leadership Team (SLT) Members, staff and parents.

The committee reviewed several factors that were used to develop our current school calendars. The current calendar pattern has been utilized for the past four years, since 2010-2011 school year. This calendar pattern was evaluated after two years of use and continues to be recommended by the committee after the review of data.

This year’s District Calendar Committee has recommended the calendar structure be maintained, thus offering the 2015-2016 and 2016-2017 draft calendars for the Board’s review.

Each year poses its own challenges in calendar construction.

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The CSD Calendar Committee is back with another announcement!

From the Assistant Superintendent…

The CSD District Calendar Committee is exploring the idea of sponsoring an electronic clearinghouse of weeklong enrichment opportunities for students to support the transition to the 2010-2011 academic calendar. If you know of organizations/groups that have produced high-quality, week-long enrichment camps/experiences in the past and might wish to offer a program at a CSD facility during 2010-2011, feel free to provide the contact information to Thomas Van Soelen (tvansoelen@csdecatur.net) at CSD. He will contact them regarding CSD specifics.

Superintendent Phyllis Edwards sent out a note this morning announcing that the Board of Ed recently approved significant changes to the 2010-2011 school calendar.  The note can be read in full after the jump.

Here are links to both the 2009-2010 and 2010-2011calendars (both PDFs) so you can view for yourself.

At first glance at both schedules, the major changes seem to be that the school year starts a week earlier in August and there are now full weeks off in September, February and around Thanksgiving.

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