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Trustees
to Apply for State Waiver to Begin School August
9, 2006
Updated February 8, 2006
The Plano ISD Board of Trustees at their February 7 meeting adopted
the 2006-07
School Year Calendar.
Updated February 4, 2006
The Texas Education Agency has approved Plano ISD's waiver request
for an August 9, 2006, start date for the 2006-07 school year.
The Plano ISD Board of Trustees is
scheduled
to adopt
the
entire
2006-07 PISD School Calendar at their February
7, 2006, business meeting (Board
Meeting Agenda: Calendar).
Based on the approved date, a proposed calendar has been established,
including:
- A full week for Fall Break.
- Semester
exams prior to Winter Break, and fairly balanced semesters.
- Wednesday prior to Thanksgiving
as a holiday.
- The last day for students in December prior to Winter Break
is December 21.
- Students will return on January 4.
- Teachers
will observe a workday on January 3.
- A total of 87 days
of instruction are reflected
in the first semester.
- To complete the required
days of instruction,
students would be released on Wednesday, May
23.
- Teachers would observe a workday on Thursday, May 24,
allowing
for
a total
of
92 days in the second semester.
- A total of
179 days of instruction are represented by this calendar.
November 4, 2005
At their November 1, 2005, meeting, school trustees
held a public hearing regarding the calendar waiver request to
begin school on
August
9, 2006. Of the 34 speakers who addressed the board, 31 indicated
they supported the board’s waiver request for an August 9,
2006, start date; two indicated they opposed the waiver request;
and
one was neutral.
Following the public hearing and comments by board members, trustees
voted to apply for a waiver to begin school on August 9, 2006.
Trustees are required by state law to host a public hearing and
apply for a waiver from the state, if the start date proposed
is before the state-mandated school start date, noted Karla
Oliver, executive director for government and community relations.
Ms. Oliver presented introductory information to trustees prior
to the public hearing.
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