{"id":570,"date":"2012-11-08T15:04:18","date_gmt":"2012-11-08T21:04:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.birdvilleschools.net\/district\/wordpress\/?p=570"},"modified":"2012-12-03T11:18:24","modified_gmt":"2012-12-03T17:18:24","slug":"bisd-is-accepting-feedback-on-the-proposed-2013-14-calendars-through-4-p-m-friday-nov-30","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.birdvilleschools.net\/district\/wordpress\/bisd-is-accepting-feedback-on-the-proposed-2013-14-calendars-through-4-p-m-friday-nov-30\/","title":{"rendered":"BISD is accepting feedback on the proposed 2013-14 calendars through 4 p.m.  Friday, Nov. 30."},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><span style=\"color: #800000;\">The Calendar Committee is no longer accepting comments. <\/span><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The 2013-14 Calendar Committee has created three calendar options to be reviewed by community, staff, parents, and students. Each calendar has slight differences related to holidays and professional learning days for teachers.<\/p>\n<p>Due to the restraints of the 2013-14 calendar, graduation will occur prior to the last day of school on the Calendar C option.<\/p>\n<p>Please provide\u00a0the district your comments on the\u00a0following calendar options.<\/p>\n<p><em>Texas Education Code 25.0811: First day of instruction. (a) A school district may not begin instruction for students for a school year before the fourth Monday in August unless the district operates a year-round system under Section 25.085.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>Calendar Option Highlights<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<h2><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Calendar A<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">2013 Start Date &#8211; August 26, 2013 (fourth Monday)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">2013 Graduation Date \u2013 Sunday, June 1, 2014<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">175 days of instruction for students<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">State Waiver for 5 professional learning days that must occur after August 26 and before the last day of instruction. <em>(If we decrease these days, we have to increase student instructional days. Instructional days + State Waivers Days must equal 180 days)<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Total 187 work days for campus staff<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">4 professional learning days prior to the start of school (These are different from the state waiver days.)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">3 staff work days ( two prior to the start of school and one at the end of the school year)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Friday, August 16 is a teacher flex day. It can be waived if the teacher has taken at least 6 hours of professional learning during the prior summer.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">2 inclement weather make-up days (second semester)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8211; Monday, Feb. 17<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> &#8211; Friday, April 18<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">2 staff development make-up days (second semester)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8211; Saturday, April 12<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> &#8211; Monday, June 2<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Holidays\/Break<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8211; Labor Day<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8211; Thanksgiving (three days)<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8211; Christmas (two weeks)<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8211; Martin Luther King Day (Student Holiday\/Staff Development)<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8211; Spring Break (one week)<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8211; Memorial Day<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Last day of School \u2013 Friday, May 30, 2014<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a title=\"Option A\" href=\"http:\/\/www.birdvilleschools.net\/pr\/misc\/12_13\/1314OptionA.pdf\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">&gt; View Calendar Option A<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Calendar B<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> <\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">2013 Start Date &#8211; August 26, 2013 (fourth Monday)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">2013 Graduation Date \u2013 Sunday, June 1, 2014<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">175 days of instruction for students<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">State Waiver for 5 professional learning days that must occur after August 26 and before the last day of instruction. <em>(If we decrease these days, we have to increase student instructional days. Instructional days + State Waivers Days must equal 180 days)<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Total 187 work days for campus staff<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">4 professional learning days prior to the start of school (These are different from the state waiver days.)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">3 staff work days ( two prior to the start of school and one at the end of the school year)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Friday, August 16 is a teacher flex day. It can be waived if the teacher has taken at least 6 hours of professional learning during the prior summer.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">2 inclement weather make-up days (second semester)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8211; Monday, Feb. 17<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> &#8211; Friday, April 18<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">2 staff development make-up days (second semester)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8211; Saturday, April 12<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> &#8211; Monday, June 2<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Holidays\/Break<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8211; Labor Day<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> &#8211; Thanksgiving (one week)<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> &#8211; Christmas ( one and one half weeks)<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> &#8211; Martin Luther King Day (Student Holiday\/Staff Development)<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> &#8211; Spring Break (one week)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"1314OptionB\" href=\"http:\/\/www.birdvilleschools.net\/pr\/misc\/12_13\/1314OptionB.pdf\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">&gt; View Calendar Option B<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Calendar C<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">2013 Start Date &#8211; August 26, 2013 (fourth Monday)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">2013 Graduation Date \u2013 Sunday, June 1, 2014<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">175 days of instruction for students<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">State Waiver for 5 professional learning days that must occur after August 26 and before the last day of instruction. <em>(If we decrease these days, we have to increase student instructional days. 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