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Robeson County board delays adoption of 2025–26 school calendar, schedules special work session
Summary
After extended debate about semester length, testing timing and statutory start-date limits, the Board of Education voted to table the proposed 2025–26 calendar and hold a special board work session to refine options.
The Robeson County Board of Education on Monday tabled adoption of a proposed 2025–26 school calendar and directed staff to convene a special board work session to rework calendar options.
Board members argued about whether end-of-year testing should occur before or after the Christmas break and whether adopting the proposed calendar would create unequal instructional time between semesters. Bobby Locklear, who presented the draft calendar, told the board that state law constrains calendar construction: “students must start school Monday the closest to August 26 and [be] dismissed by Friday closest to June 11,” and that the district must…
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