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Board reviews six draft academic calendars; superintendent to present analysis on testing timing and instructional days
Summary
Administrators presented three traditional and three year‑round (Penderlee) draft calendars for 2026–27, noting changes to spread workdays through the year and asking the board whether to test high school semester exams before or after winter break; superintendent offered to provide a data presentation comparing calendars and test timing.
Pender County Schools staff presented six draft calendars for the 2026–27 school year — three traditional and three Penderlee (year‑round) options — and described tradeoffs including distribution of workdays and total instructional days.
Staff said previous calendars clustered workdays at the start and end of the school year; new drafts scatter workdays through the year to allow teachers time for parent conferences and…
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