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Board moves two workdays to student days so high school exams meet state window
Summary
To comply with state testing rules and to ensure full exam days for students, the board approved shifting two scheduled teacher workdays into student days and moved the semester end date. The change aims to give high school students five full school days for end‑of‑course exams.
The Rockingham County Board of Education voted Jan. 13 to change the district calendar so that two previously scheduled teacher workdays become student days, allowing high school end‑of‑course exams to be fully administered inside the state testing window.
Dr. Perkins told the board that “state law says that we can only hold exams 5 days from the end of the semester,” and…
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