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Leaking Boiler Room at Washington Elementary

A firefight. That’s how long-time Guilford County Schools (GCS) operations employees describe the work needed to repair the district’s aging facilities. 

Currently, GCS is comprised of 120 schools and more than 300 facilities totaling over 12 million square feet. Many of the buildings were built before Neil Armstrong’s 1969 moon landing. Just like Armstrong, GCS has taken steps forward to address infrastructure challenges, but funding limitations and deferred maintenance have often caused us to lose ground. Why? The short and fast answer is money. But GCS leaders say it will take a little more than cash to get facilities where they need to be. 

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Students at Brooks Global Studies in their new media center

Guilford County Schools (GCS) is ushering in a new era of education with the opening of four new state-of-the-art facilities.  

In the 2024-2025 school year, four new schools welcomed students and staff through their doors: Claxton Elementary, Peck K-8 Expeditionary Learning, Brooks Global Studies and Foust Elementary schools.  

Each building has brought new life into its community. Students, staff and parents alike are all excited about the possibilities for their children. “There is no other elementary school that I would want for my 2nd grade daughter and young son,” Tiffany Estes said.  

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April 2025
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Sat/Sun
Tuesday, April 1
Wednesday, April 2
Thursday, April 3
Friday, April 4
Saturday, April 5
Resource Fair
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High Point Rockers Stadium, 301 N. Elm St, High Point, NC 27262
Sunday, April 6
Monday, April 7
Tuesday, April 8
Board of Education Meeting
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Board Auditorium, 712 N. Eugene St. Greensboro, NC 27401
Wednesday, April 9
Thursday, April 10
Friday, April 11
Saturday, April 12
Sunday, April 13
Tuesday, April 15
Spring Break
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Spring Break
all day
Wednesday, April 16
Spring Break
all day
Spring Break
all day
Thursday, April 17
Spring Break
all day
Spring Break
all day
Friday, April 18
Spring Holiday
all day
Spring Holiday
all day
Spring Holiday
all day
Spring Holiday
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Spring Holiday
all day
Spring Holiday
all day
Saturday, April 19
Sunday, April 20
Monday, April 21
Tuesday, April 22
Board of Education Meeting
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Board Auditorium, 712 N. Eugene St. Greensboro, NC 27401
Wednesday, April 23
Thursday, April 24
Friday, April 25
Saturday, April 26
Sunday, April 27
Monday, April 28
Tuesday, April 29
Wednesday, April 30
Thursday, May 1
Friday, May 2
Saturday, May 3
Sunday, May 4

Calendar & Category Legend:

  • Board of Education & District Events
  • Early/Middle Colleges & Academies (ALL)
  • Extended Year Calendar
  • Traditional Calendar

Guilford County Schools offers great options and choices for our students, from extended-year schools to high schools located on college campuses. Our range of choices means students may be on different academic calendars. For example, early and middle college students take classes at local universities, so those schools follow a calendar similar to the university calendars. 

How are GCS calendars created? 

North Carolina law lays out specific guidelines for school district calendars. Details include requiring schools to start no earlier than the Monday closest to Aug. 26 and to end no later than the Friday closest to June 11. Read more about state laws and regulations governing school calendars.

In GCS, academic calendars are developed every other year in the late fall of even-numbered years. Following policy 3300 School Calendar and Time for Learning, draft calendars are created with the input of a diverse calendar committee, comprised of parents, community/faith representatives, teachers, principals and district personnel. After the proposed calendars are vetted by the calendar committee, they are reviewed by the Guilford County Board of Education for first reading, followed by a period of public input before final adoption. Following the adoption of the traditional calendar, the administration creates calendars for the extended year and early/middle college schools for the consideration of the board.

inclement weather and the district's decision-making process

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