Tuesday, October 7, 2008

School Calendar

The Knox County Superintendent, Dr. McIntyre, held a forum last night about the school calendar. Please go here to view the three optional calendars in detail. Here is a brief description from the article in the News-Sentinel today:

"The first calendar, which begins school Aug. 10, gives students a weeklong fall break. The second and third calendars are almost the same except one has a two-day fall break and the other has none. Both have Aug. 20 as the first day of school for students. All three calendars have May 21 as the last day of school for students."

What are your thoughts? What are the advantages and disadvantages of each?