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BCPS committee recommends pre–Labor Day start for 2026–27 calendar; board asks for data on half-days and impacts
Summary
A BCPS committee presented a draft 2026–27 school calendar that favors a pre–Labor Day start to allow additional days for required assessments and enrollment reporting. Board members asked staff for data on attendance on half days, effects on assessments and possible calendar options used by other counties.
Baltimore County Public Schools presented a proposed school calendar for 2026–27 on Sept. 24 that the superintendent’s calendar committee recommended begin before Labor Day.
Cindy Bielski, presenting the committee’s recommendation, said a pre–Labor Day start gives kindergarten teachers five additional days to administer the statewide Kindergarten Readiness Assessment (KRA) before the Maryland deadline of Oct. 11, provides elementary and secondary students five more…
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