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Board reviews Wymena Park extended-year calendar; members worry 4-day May break could affect testing
Summary
Wymena Park administrators presented draft extended-year instructional calendars that redistribute a two-week spring intersession into shorter breaks; board members cautioned that placing two student days off in May may undermine test prep and attendance, while staff pointed to improved attendance and chronic-absenteeism reductions as reasons the school favors its model.
Area Superintendent Melissa Kynard presented draft instructional calendars for Wymena Park Elementary's extended-year model for 2026'2027 and 2027'2028. The drafts preserve the county's spring-break dates, include six early-release days for professional learning, maintain 180 instructional days (or hourly equivalent) and 196 teacher days, and redistribute two intersession days to reduce an extended March absence for students.
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