Oconee County schools will begin classes on the first Wednesday of August and end classes on the Friday of the third full week in May in each of the next three academic years if the Board of Education accepts the recommendation presented to it at its work session last week.
Anisa Sullivan Jimenez, director of Communications for the schools, told the Board the draft calendars were the result of work by a Calendar Committee and had been reviewed as well by Parent Advisory, Student Advisory, and Teacher Advisory groups.
The calendars respond to what Jimenez called three “pillars,” namely that students should return in August and never in July, that students’ last day should be in May and never in June, and that each semester should include 90 days for instruction.
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The Board is not scheduled to take action on the calendars until next year, but it is being asked to vote at its regular meeting tomorrow (Monday) on a revision to the current academic calendar that would make the last day of classes a half-day session. That feature is part of the proposed calendars as well.
The Board also is scheduled to vote on a proposed $3.5 million replacement of the heating, ventilation, and air conditioning system at North Oconee High School.
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At the work session last week, the Board also received updates on continuing road work at the entrances to the Dove Creek Elementary School on Hog Mountain Road and was advised that the county is seeking input on proposed roundabouts at entrances to the Malcom Bridge schools on Malcom Bridge Road.
For more on this story, with a video of the Board of Education meeting on Dec. 3, please go to Oconee County Observations.
Pictured: Jimenez before the Board.
