Marty Trotter, Randolph County Schools assistant superintendent of operations, said the system’s school board annually considers a calendar two years out so it will give parents plenty of time to book vacations. The 2010-11 school year calendar was approved last year, Trotter said.
The Randolph County Board of Education viewed the proposed calendar for the first time in November. The calendar, which was generated by a committee of school officials and parents, was then put on the school’s Web site for public comments.
“Comments were taken the whole month of December,” said Trotter, chairman of the calendar committee. “Since we got back from Christmas break, we reviewed the comments with the committee and now we are bringing a final recommendation back to the board Tuesday.”
Under the approved calendar, students will get nine days off for Christmas in comparison to having 10 days this year. Students, however, will gain a day for Easter break pending bad weather.
“We were trying to give as many days at Christmas as we could,” Trotter said. “Just the way it all fell and worked out this year, we ended up with 9 days at Christmas, but we were able to put back the Good Friday as a holiday and then the next full week would be spring break.”
The 2011-12 calendar also consist of set open-house dates “because families with more than one child” may have to miss an open house if there is a conflict with another open house, Trotter said.
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