2008-2009 Loudoun County School calendar released

Just in case anyone cares; here is the school calendar for the 2008-2009 Loudoun school year. Make your travel arrangements early!

2008-2009 School Calendar​

September 1 Holiday (Labor Day)
September 2 First Day of School for Students
October 13 Holiday (Columbus Day)
October 31 End of Grading Period
November 3-4 Student Holiday (Planning/Records/Conference Days)
November 26-28 Holiday (Thanksgiving)
December 22-26/29-31 Winter Break (Classes Resume January 5)
January 1-2 Holiday (New Year’s)
January 19 Holiday (Martin Luther King Jr. Day)
January 22 End of Grading Period
January 23 Moveable Student Holiday* (Planning/Records/Conference Day)
February 16 Holiday (Presidents’ Day)
April 2 End of Grading Period
April 6-10 Holiday (Spring Break)
April 13 Student Holiday (Planning/Records/Conference Day)
May 25 Holiday (Memorial Day)
June 19 Last Day of School for Students/End of Grading Period
June 22-23 Planning/Records/Conference Days​

 

Yea! The teacher workday before spring break was moved to the day after Easter!

 

Can we just start out earlier again? getting out of school late in June is awful. Perhaps so that the kids could take exams before Winter break, instead of being out for 8 days and coming back to them?

 

June 19th?!?! YIKES!

Back in my days at Park View we ended late May, early June (depending on snow days)/

 

Bah! Year-round school! Teach'em what REAL life is like.

 

No child should be imprisoned behind school walls past Memorial Day. They can learn far more in the real world and need to explore more...not sit, passively listen to lectures and then recall information. Even most teachers are toast by June!

 

For those interested in starting school before Labor Day and/or ending earlier in June, one inhibiting factor to keep in mind is the "King's Dominion Law" passed by the General Assembly back in the early 1990s, which prohibits local school districts in Virginia from starting school before Labor Day. The only exceptions are for districts which have lost a certain number of days due to inclement weather in five of the past ten years (it's not a straightforward formula). Loudoun lost our "snow exemption" to the Kings Dominion law a few years ago due to mild winters in recent years. I asked what it would take to regain it and the answer was we'd have to lose eight days due to weather this year in order for LCPS to start the 2009-2010 school year prior to Labor Day if the Board chose to do so. The Loudoun County School Board has taken a position supporting legislation in the General Assembly that would allow local school boards to set their own calendar without such restrictions (which might give us more options to consider in order for school to let out earlier in June, etc.)

Robert

Robert DuPree
Chairman & Dulles District Representative
Loudoun County School Board

 

nice to see that school policy is driven by an amusement park! i love this country!!

 

Kinda sad really!