Calendar - 2008-09
See Sports page and Clubs page for individual schedules.
Aug. 4 10.5-month
administrators report for duty.
Aug. 11 10-month clerical workers, teacher assistants and
paraprofessionals report to duty. 10-month instructional personnel report to
duty for a required school improvement site-based training day. Bus drivers
report for six-day workshop. Food services managers report to duty.
Aug. 11-18 Professional development days for 10-month instructional and
11.5-month personnel.
Aug. 15 Food services workers report to duty.
Aug. 19 PreK-12 schools open; classes begin; workforce education schools
open.
Aug. 28 Countywide graduation.
Sept. 1 Labor Day holiday. Schools and district offices closed.
Sept. 22-Oct. 3 Bus evacuation drills.
Oct. 17 Schools closed for students. State Professional Development Day.
Catalogue of Choice Day.
Oct. 23-24 First-quarter exams for schools on 4x4 schedules.
Nov. 16-22 American Education Week.
Nov. 19 Progress Energy Great American Teach-In.
Nov. 24-28 Thanksgiving holidays. Schools closed for students. Holidays
for 10.5-month administrators, bus drivers, cafeteria attendants, food services
workers, 196-day personnel (other personnel see below).
Nov. 24 District Training Day for 10-month instructional personnel (trade
option). Professional Development Days for 11.5-month instructional personnel
(trade option). 11- and 12-month personnel on duty.
Nov. 25 Professional Development Days for 11.5-month instructional
personnel (trade option).
Nov. 26-28 Thanksgiving holidays. Schools and district offices closed.
Dec. 22-Jan. 2 Winter holidays. Schools and district offices closed.
2009
Jan. 5 Schools and district offices reopen.
Jan. 13-15 First-semester exams for regular high schools.
Jan. 14-15 Second-quarter exams for schools on 4x4 schedules.
Jan. 16 Schools closed for students. First semester ends. Professional
Development Day (10-month and 11.5-month instructional staff trade day) 8:30
a.m.-3:30 p.m. All 10-, 11-, 12-month personnel and food services workers on
duty.
Jan. 19 Martin Luther King Jr. holiday. Schools closed. All 12-month
personnel on duty.
Jan. 20 Second semester begins.
Feb. 9-20 Bus evacuation drills.
Feb. 16 Schools closed for students. Professional Development Day
(10-month and 11.5-month instructional staff) 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. All 10-, 11-,
12-month personnel and food services workers on duty.
March 23-24
Third-quarter exams for high schools on 4x4 schedules.
March 30-April 3
Spring holidays. Schools closed (12-month personnel see below).
March 30
12-month personnel on duty.
March 31-April 3
Spring holidays for 12-month personnel. District offices closed.
April 6
Schools and district offices reopen.
May 25 Memorial
Day holiday. Schools and district offices closed.
May 29 & June 1-2
Final exams for regular high schools.
June 1-2
Fourth-quarter exams for high schools on 4x4 schedules.
June 2
Last day for students. Two-hour early release for students. Second semester
ends. Afternoon graduation. School Improvement Planning Day. Last day for bus
drivers and cafeteria attendants.
June 3
Graduation. Professional Development Day for 10-month instructional personnel.
June 4
Graduation. Professional Development Day for 10-month instructional personnel
(trade day). Last day for teachers.
June 10
Last day for 10.5 administrators.
June 17 Last day for 11-month personnel.