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Tag: Calendar

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  • Effective: 8/27/1969
  • Revision: 9/22/2020
  1. Board Directive
    Since the coordination of activities is an administrative function, the Board delegates to the Administration the responsibility for the preparation and announcement of District calendars.  These calendars shall be prepared in accordance with guidelines established by the Utah State Board of Education and shall be approved by the Board.
  2. Administrative Policy
    Recognizing that the scheduling and coordinating of District activities is an important administrative function, the Superintendent or Superintendent's designee shall be responsible for the development of the school calendars for each type in use according to the following administrative policy provisions:

    1. A District Calendar Committee will be formed to make recommendations to the administration and the Board regarding calendar preparation. Committee members will serve four-year terms which expire on a staggered basis.
    2. Voting representatives will include the following:
      1. Two administrators (recommended by the Administration) and two teachers (recommended by the employee agent group) will be selected from the following groups
        1. One high school administrator or teacher
        2. One middle school administrator or teacher
        3. One elementary administrator or teacher that represents each calendar type in use.
      2. Two educational support professionals (ESP) (recommended by the employee agent group)
      3. One parent from each feeder area (Board approved with recommendations from the PTA and other groups)
      4. The chair for the committee shall be appointed by the District Administration as a non-voting advisor.
      5. At the recommendation of the Committee chair, District Administration may appoint non-voting advisory members to this committee as needed.
      6. Voting members can be removed at the discretion of the Board and/or District Administration.
    3. School calendars will be developed according to the following policy:
      1. Each year, two school calendars shall be presented to the Board of Education: final calendars for the coming school year, and the tentative calendars for the next school year.
        1. The committee shall develop at least two calendar options for the coming school year for each calendar type in use.
        2. Parents and employees in the District shall be surveyed on these options and feedback provided to the Board before calendars are finalized.
        3. The following shall be presented to the Board of Education: at least calendar options for the coming year for each calendar type in use, and survey results on those options.
      2. There will be at least a three week summer break for each school.
      3. School will not be held on these holidays: Labor Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, Christmas, New Year’s Day, Martin Luther King Day, Memorial Day, July 4, July 24 and when possible, Washington/Lincoln Day.
      4. A Fall, Winter and Spring Recess shall be scheduled.
      5. Grade Transmittal Days
        1. Year-round elementary schools will schedule grade transmittal days to support track changes.
        2. Grade transmittal days in traditional schools will be the first school day after each quarter ends for the first three quarters of the school year.
      6. Parent-Teacher Conferences will be scheduled as follows:
        1. The dates for Parent-Teacher Conferences will be scheduled no earlier than mid-first quarter and mid-third quarter on dates determined by the District Calendar Committee.
        2. When parent-teacher conferences are held in the two-evening format, a compensation day will be given.
      7. Emergency closure make-up days
        1. Will be calendared annually with preference given to the weekday immediately following the last day of the school year.
        2. Emergency closure days may be at-home virtual learning; or
        3. Used for professional development pursuant to Utah Code 53F-2-102; or
        4. Other options recommended by the Administration and approved by the Board.
      8. Teacher preparation time and/or teacher professional development (53F-2-102)
        1. Two (2) days will be included annually for each calendar type in use; and
        2. Two (2) optional days will be included for each calendar type in use.
          1. The use of optional day(s) will be recommended by the Administration and approved by the Board annually as-needed.
          2. If necessary, an optional day may be used for emergency closure make-up days pursuant to Utah Code 53F-2-102.
    4. School calendar approval by the Board will occur by December each year.

2/25/2020: Board of Education approved the term “Education Support Professionals” to replace “Classified” to describe personnel not licensed as educators.