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East Baton Rouge school board approves short-term change to 2024–25 calendar to capture missed instructional minutes
Summary
The East Baton Rouge Parish School Board on Jan. 30 approved a short-term amendment to the 2024–25 school calendar, extending Feb. 19 and adding end-of-year student days so the district meets state instructional-minute requirements.
The East Baton Rouge Parish School Board on Jan. 30 approved an amendment to the 2024–25 school calendar to capture missed instructional minutes, extending the Feb. 19 school day and adding end-of-year student days to meet state requirements.
Superintendent Cole told the board the district must extend the Feb. 19 date and is recommending adding minutes at the end of the year “to be least disruptive to families,” but said staff will return to the board’s Committee on Academics, Leadership and Learning (CAL) with alternative plans if requested.
The change drew public comment from a classroom teacher who said the proposed three short days at the end of the semester would not create meaningful instructional time. “If by putting them at the end of the semester, that gives us no true…
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