Board discusses WASB resolution to remove limits on early school start dates
Board members discussed a WASB resolution that would remove the 15% cap allowing districts to start schools before Sept. 1. Proponents said it would provide local flexibility (for programs like Summer Excel); some members raised concerns about political pushback and preserving local control.
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Board members reviewed a proposed WASB resolution to remove restrictions that currently allow only up to 15% of districts to start earlier than Sept. 1. Supporters argued the cap is arbitrary and removing it would let districts tailor calendars to local needs — for example to lengthen a locally run Summer Excel program that now often has only two to three weeks of programming before the July 1 cutoff. As one proponent put it, current rules “compounds everything because once you get to the...summer weeks just fly by.”
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