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Parent, teacher urges Burke County school board to reopen calendar vote; board agrees to review petition

Burke County School Board · December 17, 2025
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Summary

Megan Vandeville, an ELA teacher and parent, asked the Burke County school board to discard previous calendar vote results and hold a new vote including the current calendar as a third option; the board heard the petition and agreed to review the submitted materials before deciding whether to reopen the vote.

Megan Vandeville, an English-language arts teacher at Burke County High School and a parent, told the Burke County School Board that stakeholders were denied a meaningful choice in a recent calendar poll and asked the board to “discard the results of the previous votes and conduct a new vote that includes a third calendar option comparable to our current model.”

Vandeville said teachers, parents and community members organized a petition asking that the existing calendar — which includes extended fall and…

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