Pitt County Schools previews draft academic calendar, cites state law and community feedback

Superintendent Dr. Lassiter and district staff presented a draft 2025-26 academic calendar and answered board members' questions, emphasizing that state law constrains start and end dates and that the district is collecting community feedback before presenting a final proposal.

The draft calendar, prepared by a committee convened through the human resources office, proposes 182 student days with the first day of instruction on Aug. 25 and the last on June 11; it lists 1,183 instructional hours, 12 teacher workdays and seven early-release days. Winter break is shown as Dec. 22–Jan. 1, spring break as March 16–20, the first staff day as Aug. 15 and the last staff day as June 15. The first semester would have 89 student days and the second semester 93.

Why it matters: North Carolina law (Senate Bill 187) sets earliest and latest allowable start and end dates and requires minimum staff days and instructional hours; district officials said the draft was written to comply with those statutory limits while balancing instructional time, teacher workdays and professional learning needs.

Dr. Roach, who presented the draft calendar to the board, said the calendar committee included…