School Calendar
(2008-09)
This is the district calendar. Check with
individual schools for their additional events.
Schools open Aug. 19.
Winter break – Dec. 22-Jan. 2.
Spring break – March 30-April 3.
Last day of school – June 2.
2008
July 4 July 4 holiday. Schools and
district offices closed.
July 28 11-month administrators and
supporting services personnel report to duty.
July 28-Aug. 8 Workforce education
schools closed.
Aug. 4 10.5-month administrators report
for duty.
Aug. 11 10-month clerical workers,
teacher assistants and paraprofessionals report
to duty. 10-month instructional personnel report
to duty for a required school improvement
site-based training day. Bus drivers report for
six-day workshop. Food services managers report
to duty.
Aug. 11-18 Professional development days
for 10-month instructional and 11.5-month
personnel.
Aug. 15 Food services workers report to
duty.
Aug. 19 PreK-12 schools open; classes
begin; workforce education schools open.
Aug. 28 Countywide graduation.
Sept. 1 Labor Day holiday. Schools and
district offices closed.
Sept. 22-Oct. 3 Bus evacuation drills.
Oct. 17 Schools closed for students.
State Professional Development Day. Catalogue of
Choice Day. Holiday for bus drivers and
cafeteria attendants. Food services workers on
duty.
Oct. 23-24 First-quarter exams for
schools on 4x4 schedules.
Nov. 16-22 American Education Week.
Nov. 19 Progress Energy Great American
Teach-In.
Nov. 24-28 Thanksgiving holidays. Schools
closed for students. Holidays for 10.5-month
administrators, bus drivers, cafeteria
attendants, food services workers, 196-day
personnel (other personnel see below).
Nov. 24 District Training Day for
10-month instructional personnel (trade option).
Professional Development Days for 11.5-month
instructional personnel (trade option). 11- and
12-month personnel on duty.
Nov. 25 Professional Development Days for
11.5-month instructional personnel (trade
option). Holiday for 10-month instructional
personnel. 11- and 12-month personnel on duty.
Nov. 26-28 Thanksgiving holidays. Schools
and district offices closed.
Dec. 22-Jan. 2 Winter holidays. Schools
and district offices closed.
2009
Jan. 5 Schools and district offices
reopen.
Jan. 13-15 First-semester exams for
regular high schools.
Jan. 14-15 Second-quarter exams for
schools on 4x4 schedules.
Jan. 16 Schools closed for students.
First semester ends. Professional Development
Day (10-month and 11.5-month instructional staff
trade day) 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. All 10-, 11-,
12-month personnel and food services workers on
duty. Holiday for bus drivers and cafeteria
attendants.
Jan. 19 Martin Luther King Jr. holiday.
Schools closed. All 12-month personnel on duty.
Jan. 20 Second semester begins.
Feb. 9-20 Bus evacuation drills.
Feb. 16 Schools closed for students.
Professional Development Day (10-month and
11.5-month instructional staff) 8:30 a.m.-3:30
p.m. All 10-, 11-, 12-month personnel and food
services workers on duty. Holiday for bus
drivers and cafeteria attendants.
March 23-24 Third-quarter exams for high schools on 4x4 schedules.
March 30-April 3 Spring holidays. Schools closed (12-month personnel see below).
March 30 12-month personnel on duty.
March 31-April 3 Spring holidays for 12-month personnel. District offices closed.
April 6 Schools and district offices reopen.
May 25 Memorial Day holiday. Schools and district offices closed.
May 29 & June 1-2 Final exams for regular high schools.
June 1-2 Fourth-quarter exams for high schools on 4x4 schedules.
June 2 Last day for students. Two-hour early release for students. Second semester ends. Afternoon graduation. School Improvement Planning Day. Last day for bus drivers and cafeteria attendants.
June 3 Graduation. Professional
Development Day for 10-month instructional
personnel.
June 4 Graduation. Professional Development Day for 10-month instructional personnel (trade day). Last day for teachers.
June 10 Last day for 10.5 administrators.
June 17 Last day for 11-month personnel.
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