The Board of Education approved a revised calendar for next school year that changes the start date for students from August 1 to August 8.  In a move to save jobs and important school programs, Superintendent Dr. Lynn Plunkett made a motion to change the start date for the school year which takes five school days from the calendar approved last fall.  The change will also remove three additional work days from the calendar for employees that will be taken from teacher planning days in the calendar. "Removing instructional days is never a decision that I or the board want to make but with the need for reducing the work calendar by eight days due to funding reductions, this will have less impact than if we took all of the time from teacher planning," stated Plunkett.  "We have new state standards that go into effect next year so it is imperative that teachers receive the training they need to make these changes in their classrooms."

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