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Board holds public hearing on two-year school calendar; staff to correct a date and produce master calendar for parents
Summary
The board heard a public presentation and discussion of proposed two-year school calendars (2025-26 and 2026-27). Staff said professional development days were front-loaded and faculty-senate days will be two-hour delays; a date error for Aug. 17, 2026 was identified and staff will correct it.
Berkeley County Schools presented a two-year draft school calendar for 2025-26 and 2026-27 during a public hearing on Jan. 7. Staff described a nontraditional schedule that front-loads professional development and preserves five accrued snow days (with the option for remote days), full-week Thanksgiving and two-week winter breaks, and faculty-senate days scheduled as two-hour delays.
Presenter Tana Burkhart (calendar lead) told the board the 2025-26 teacher start date is Monday, Aug. 11, 2025, and for 2026-27 the teacher start date shifts to Aug. 12. The presentation explained that four additional two-hour "teacher…
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