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Board hears public presentation on 2026–27 school calendar; explains 180-day requirement and snow-day options
Summary
At a public hearing, a school official explained state requirements for the 2026–27 calendar, including a 180-day instructional minimum, a 200-day employment term, and how adding 30 minutes to the school day lets the county avoid making up up to five snow days.
S2 presented the Pendleton County Schools public hearing on the 2026–27 calendars and reviewed state instructional and employment requirements. "We have to have 180 of instruction," S2 said, and described required faculty-senate time, a minimum employment term of 200 days and 20 compensated non-instructional days that include holidays and election days.
S2 explained how counties may add minutes to the minimum instructional day to…
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