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District proposes calendar change: move late arrivals to early dismissals; committee recommends 2026–27 calendar
Summary
Calvert County Public Schools staff presented survey results (4,409 responses) and proposed switching late-arrival professional days to two-hour early dismissals, plus a draft 2026–27 calendar with start, end and built-in weather make-up days. The calendar will be posted for 30 days for public review.
Calvert County Public Schools presented a proposed change to the 2025–26 calendar and a draft calendar for 2026–27, asking the board to post the proposals for public review.
Director Scott McComb said the district received 4,409 survey responses from parents, staff and students and that the largest group preference was to use early dismissals rather than late arrivals for teacher work time. Based on that feedback, the district proposed converting late-arrival days in the 2025–26 calendar to two-hour early dismissals.
McComb also presented the 2026–27 draft calendar: staff would begin Aug. 17 and students would begin Aug. 25, with a proposed student last day of June 9 (teachers’ last day June 10) and election-day closure on Nov. 3. The draft includes an April 23 weather makeup day and two additional makeup days at the end of the year; the proposal keeps the required 180 student days and retains contractually required teacher work days.
The presentation noted that early-dismissal proposals affect half‑day pre-K (three-year-old) programs: half‑day pre‑K students would not attend on two-hour early-dismissal days unless their program is full day. District staff said they had consulted special-education leaders and did not expect the change to be unduly disruptive to these learners, but acknowledged the scheduling change is an operational detail parents should watch.
Board members asked for context on how CCPS compares to peer districts and for more information about how early-dismissal and professional‑development days were placed through the year. McComb said CCPS is in the middle of peers for total professional-development time and that many neighboring systems use more such days; he explained the committee placed most teacher-work-time days on Fridays and larger professional-development half/full days on Wednesdays to maximize staff attendance.
The draft calendars and the proposed 2025–26 change will be posted for 30 days for public comment as part of the district’s normal calendar process.
