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Board reviews two 2025 school calendars; early-college option shortens first semester
Summary
At first reading the board reviewed two proposed 2025 calendars: a traditional calendar and an early-college calendar that would start teachers and students earlier and set weekly early dismissals for professional development to support early-college instruction.
The Dare County Board of Education heard a first reading of proposed 2025 academic calendars that would introduce two calendar models: a traditional calendar and an early-college calendar tied to the district’s new early-college program.
Presenter Mr. Blackstock explained state statutory constraints that shape local calendars: districts cannot start before the Monday closest to Aug. 26, must finish by the Friday closest to June 11, must meet minimum instructional-hour requirements, and may use…
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