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Dear Franconia District Families,
I want to provide you with a time-sensitive update and a request for public feedback prior to the scheduled School Board vote (Thursday, February 9th) on FCPS' School Year Calendars for the next three years.
As you may be aware, the School Board is currently reviewing four draft options, which include School Year Calendars for the next three school years (2023-24, 2024-25, and 2025-26).
Because this is different from our normal one-year calendar approval process, FCPS is seeking time-sensitive feedback on these four options, from families and staff. The deadline is Tuesday, January 31st, 1:00pm (prior to the School Board's work session that day).
Please see the message below for additional information on the four, color-coded options that are under consideration AND the e-link to the feedback form.
Again, the deadline to complete the feedback form is Tuesday, January 31st at 1:00pm. Please carefully review the options and provide your feedback.
As your Franconia District representative, I wanted to be sure you were informed about the 3-year School Calendar, as well as, the four options for each of these three years. It is important to me that you have an opportunity to voice your opinion on this matter.
While the information below highlights some of the key differences among the four, color-coded options for the next three school years (12 total versions), I want to spotlight the following:
-Start Dates & End Dates for the School Year
-Winter Break (number of days & start/end dates)
-Number of Teacher Workdays/Student Holidays (school closures)
-Religious Holiday Closures
-Number of School Days (180 or less)
-Number of 5-day School Weeks
Thank you for your time.
Best,
Tammy
Provide Your Feedback on the Draft School Year Calendar Options
Your feedback is important! FCPS is seeking community feedback on draft calendar options for the next three school years: 2023-24, 2024-25, and 2025-26.
Please share your thoughts by completing this calendar feedback form. Feedback will be collected until Tuesday, January 31st at 1:00 pm.
The four, color-coded options were presented during the School Board’s Jan 17th Work Session. This chart outlines the framework and the differences among the four options: Blue, Orange, Green, and Purple.
Calendar Options Summary
- All four drafts fulfill the state requirement to provide 180 days OR 990 hours of instruction.
- Spring break is the same length and timing in all four draft versions. This is one week before Easter to align with surrounding jurisdictions.
- Veterans Day is a holiday in all four drafts.
- All four drafts have a 3-day Thanksgiving break.
- Religious holidays and observance days that fall on a school day are treated equally across all four calendars.
- The blue and purple calendars have a two-week Winter Break.
- The orange and green calendars have an 8-day Winter Break.
- For the blue, orange and purple calendars, school starts 2 weeks before Labor Day, while the green version starts 1 week before Labor Day.
- All drafts, except the purple calendar, have the same number of professional development days. The purple calendar has three additional professional development days.
Blue Calendar
View the full calendar: Blue Calendar SY2023-24
- Starts 2 weeks before Labor Day
- 2-week Winter Break
- 2023-24 School Year ends June 14
- 180 instructional days
- Full, 5-day instructional weeks: 6 full weeks - Quarter 1, 5 full weeks - Quarter 2, 7 full weeks - Quarter 3, 6 full weeks - Quarter 4
Orange Calendar
View the full calendar: Orange Calendar SY2023-24
- Starts 2 weeks before Labor Day
- Shortened Winter Break by 3 days
- 2023-24 School Year ends June 11
- 180 instructional days
- Full, 5-day instructional weeks: 6 full weeks - Quarter 1, 5 full weeks Quarter 2, 8 full weeks - Quarter 3, 7 full weeks - Quarter 4
Green Calendar
View the full calendar: Green Calendar SY2023-24
- Starts 1 week before Labor Day
- Shortened Winter Break by 3 days
- 2023-24 School Year ends June 20
- 180 instructional days
- Full, 5-day instructional weeks: 6 full weeks - Quarter 1, 6 full weeks - Quarter 2, 6 full weeks - Quarter 3, 7 full weeks - Quarter 4
Purple Calendar
View the full calendar: Purple Calendar SY2023-24
- Starts 2 weeks before Labor Day
- 2-week Winter Break
- 2023-24 School Year ends June 13
- 177 instructional days
- Full, 5-day instructional weeks: 6 full weeks - Quarter 1, 6 full weeks - Quarter 2, 6 full weeks - Quarter 3, 7 full weeks - Quarter 4
FCPS Draft Calendar Framework
For More Information
To learn more about the differences among the four options and see each of the color-coded draft calendars for the 2024-25 and 2025-26 school years, review the Draft School Year Calendar Presentation from the Jan 17th Work Session or watch the Jan 17th Work Session on the calendar.
Additionally, all of the color-coded options and additional information about the calendars can be seen attached to the agenda for Jan 17th Work Session on Board Docs.
Learn more about the development of the calendar.
The draft calendars for the next three years was also presented as New Business during the Thursday, January 26th School Board last evening. You can watch this meeting on the FCPS YouTube Channel.
The views contained within this newsletter reflect the views of the individual school board member who is the publisher of this newsletter and may not reflect the views of the Fairfax County School Board.
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