Category Archives: Calendar

Marshall Orson and I pushed for a later start date to no avail. School will start next year on Aug 3, 2020. We’ll have a balanced calendar and numerous holidays. The administration relied heavily on the advice of the committee and results of the survey. The rest of the board relied heavily on the administration.

SUMMARY
The 2020-2022 Calendar Committee included representation from the following stakeholder groups: parents, students, school-level staff, principals, district-level staff, and community/business partners.

The Calendar Committee developed calendar options by considering the number of days per year, number of days per semester, inclement weather/emergency days, testing windows, spring breaks, holidays, school breaks, and other metro area school districts’ calendars. Stakeholders provided input through an online survey that opened October 21, 2019 and closed October 30, 2019. The committee members analyzed the responses and comments received from 30,510 respondents before preparing the final calendar recommendations.

Points of Interest
The 2020-2022 school calendars contain the following features:
• Balanced Calendar – 90 instructional days each semester
• 5 identified inclement weather days each semester (10 total per year)

Calendars
 2020-2021 Approved Calendar
 2021-2022 Approved Calendar
 2019-2020 Calendar
 2018-2019 Calendar
2017-2018  Calendar
2016-2017  Calendar
2015-2016  Calendar

DeKalb Schools 2020 – 2022 Calendar

2020-2022 Calendar Committee

1. Ferin Abdulla (Cross Keys High School)
2. Christopher Addison (MUFG Banking)
3. Solomon Bauzuaye (Sequoyah Middle School)
4. Keisha Best (DeKalb Alternative School, Lithonia Middle School, and Stone Mountain High School)
5. Dawn Blackwell (Bob Mathis Elementary School)
6. Ronald Brown (Chamblee Charter High School)
7. Paris Byrd (Arabia Mountain High School)
8. Paul Camick (CTAE and Co-chairperson)
9. Robert Carter (Chick Fil A)
10. Carolita Chester-Benton (Marbut Elementary School)
11. Dyanne Christian (Loft)
12. Kyia Clark (Stone Mill Elementary School)
13. Duane Clark (Champion Theme School)
14. David Collins (Fernbank Science Center)
15. Edward Conner (DeKalb Early College Academy)
16. Eleanor Cox (Princeton Elementary School)
17. Deirdre Edwards (Department of Natural Resources)
18. Fuad Faruque (Stone Mountain Middle School)
19. Linda Frazier (Office of Accountability and Co-chairperson)
20. Johnathon Hines (Barack Obama Elementary School)
21. Ursula Jackson (Stoneview Elementary School)
22. Andrew Jameson (Dunwoody High School)
23. Taquavia Jones (Stephenson High School)
24. Jolene Key (Livsey Elementary School)
25. Lisa Limoncelli (Hawthorne Elementary School)
26. Demetrius Lofton (Peachcrest Elementary School)
27. Sharon Malcom (Lithonia Middle School)
28. Tanya Mason (Arabia Mountain High School)
29. LaShawn McMillan (John Lewis Elementary School)
30. Everett Patrick (Professional Learning)
31. Nia Porter (Delta Airlines )
32. Tracy Reese (Cedar Grove High School)
33. Emily Rogers (Henderson Mill Elementary School)
34. Margie Smith (DeKalb Alternative School)
35. Stacy Stepney (Curriculum and Instruction and Co-chairperson)
36. Alexandra Sucar (Hawthorne Elementary School)
37. Jermain Sumler-Faison (Wynbrooke Elementary School)
38. Tuqwan Taylor (Lithonia Middle School)
39. Trent Taylor (Centers for Disease Control (CDC))
40. LouKisha Walker (McNair High School)
41. Shandra White (Columbia High School, Columbia Middle School, and DeKalb Alternative School)

RELATED POSTS

Proposed Calendars
November 3, 2019 – On Monday DeKalb Schools administration is recommending approving the school calendars for the next two school years. It looks like the community and administration favor an early start and balanced calendar.

Calendar Poll
October 21, 2019 – Please complete this poll on the DeKalb Schools Calendar Attributes so I can better understand where the majority of the community stands.

2020-2021 Calendar Options
October 21, 2019 – Look at the calendar options and what the other Metro Atlanta school districts are doing. Let me know your thoughts about the Start Date, Balanced Calendar and Early Release days.

DeKalb Schools Calendar Update
October 18, 2019 – The Office of Accountability is preparing to release the survey any day now. The final recommendation should be on the Board of Education agenda for approval Nov 4, 2019.

On Monday DeKalb Schools administration is recommending approving the school calendars for the next two school years.

SUMMARY
The 2020-2022 Calendar Committee included representation from the following stakeholder groups: parents, students, school-level staff, principals, district-level staff, and community/business partners.

The Calendar Committee developed calendar options by considering the number of days per year, number of days per semester, inclement weather/emergency days, testing windows, spring breaks, holidays, school breaks, and other metro area school districts’ calendars. Stakeholders provided input through an online survey that opened October 21, 2019 and closed October 30, 2019. The committee members analyzed the responses and comments received from 30,510 respondents before preparing the final calendar recommendations.

PROPOSED CALENDARS
 2020-2021 Proposed Calendar
 2021-2022 Proposed Calendar

Comment here with your thoughts or join the Facebook Conversation.

ATTRIBUTES
The 2020-2022 school calendars contain the following features:

• 180 days of instruction – 90 instructional days in first semester and 90 instructional days in second semester
• First day of school for students – Monday during the first week of August
• 190 teacher-contract days including one evening workday comprised of four conference nights during the year as scheduled by each local school (Each conference night is two hours.)
• 5 teacher workdays before the first day of school
• Holidays – Labor Day, Columbus Day, Martin L. King Day, and President’s Day
• October Fall Break ­
• Thanksgiving Break – one full week
• Conclude first semester prior to winter break
• One day in January for post planning/pre-planning
• February Winter Break
• One Professional Development Day in March
• 5 inclement weather days each semester
• Spring Break – one week in April
• Early release days on the last day of first semester and second semester
• Last day of school for students – third week of May
• Post planning second semester – fourth week of May

PROPOSED 2020-2021 CALENDAR

DEKALB SCHOOLS SURVEY RESULTS
Given the two options, By and large, the DeKalb Community wants an early start date and a balanced calendar. In talking to parents across the county, there are many communities that find Summer Break to be way too long. The education establishment is also concerned about the Summer Slide.

FACTCHECKER SURVEY RESULTS
The community that reads and comments on this blog, generally speaking, does not want an early start date and is not as concerned about a balanced calendar.

METRO AREA CALENDARS

  Comparison – All Metro Area Calendars

RELATED POSTS

Calendar Poll
October 21, 2019 – Please complete this poll on the DeKalb Schools Calendar Attributes so I can better understand where the majority of the community stands.

2020-2021 Calendar Options
October 21, 2019 – Look at the calendar options and what the other Metro Atlanta school districts are doing. Let me know your thoughts about the Start Date, Balanced Calendar and Early Release days.

DeKalb Schools Calendar Update
October 18, 2019 – The Office of Accountability is preparing to release the survey any day now. The final recommendation should be on the Board of Education agenda for approval Nov 4, 2019.

PRIOR YEARS CALENDARS

2018-2020  Calendars
2019-2020 Calendar
2018-2019 Calendar
2017-2018  Calendar
2016-2017  Calendar
2015-2016  Calendar