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Guilford County Board of Education
Regular Meeting
December 5, 2006

To:	Members, Board of Education
From:	Terry B. Grier, Ed.D.
Date:	December 1, 2006
RE:	Approval of Proposed 2007-2008 Academic Calendar

Pursuant to direction provided by the board during its November 9, 2006 meeting, public comment was received regarding the proposed 2007-2008 school calendar.

A total of 76 comments were received:

(21) yes without changes
(38) maybe/yes with suggested changes that included:

(12) keep early release days on the same day of the week for consistency
(33) no early release day on Good Friday or Good Friday should be a holiday
(5) move the October 31 workday to November 1 so that students have a day off following Halloween
(5) no
(12) asked questions or requested adjustments that were in violation of the state mandated calendar requirement

Calendar Option 1 was also presented to countywide representatives of the Guilford County Association of Educators (GCAE) and received their unanimous endorsement.

RECOMMENDATION: Administration recommends that calendar option 1 be approved with the Friday, March 21 early release day being moved to Friday, March 14 (thus making March 21 a regular day of instruction).

Attachment - Option 1 Proposed Calendar

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