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Board reviews three calendar models including post-Labor Day start; staff to survey community
Summary
A calendar committee presented three draft 2026'27 school-year models at the April 8 meeting — a traditional schedule, a midweek start model and a post-Labor Day start — and staff will post models online and survey the community before the board votes in June.
Charles County Public Schools staff presented three draft calendar models for the 2026'17 school year on April 8 and said the district will publish the models for public comment and return to the board with survey results before a June action.
Miss Mackey, the district calendar lead, described the three models: a traditional calendar with school starting the fourth Monday in August and two-hour early-dismissal buildups before breaks; a "midweek start" model that would back teachers' start dates up three days so students would begin on a Wednesday; and a post-Labor Day start that would push the student start to the…
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