[January 25, 2012]
The Mansfield ISD Board of Trustees approved the 2012-2013 school district calendar at the January 24 Regular Board Meeting.
2012-2013 Calendar Important Dates and Holidays:
August 20 – Teachers Report
August 20-24 – Teachers Inservice
August 27 – First day of School
September 3 – Labor Day Holiday
October 8 – Parent/Teacher Conference Day/Student Holiday
November 19 – SDCE Day/Student Holiday
November 20-23 – Thanksgiving Holiday
December 24 - January 4 – Winter Holiday
January 7 – School Resumes
January 17 – End of First Semester
January 18 – Teacher Workday/Student Holiday
January 21 – Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday
January 22 – Start of Second Semester
February 18 – School Holiday OR Bad Weather Day #1
March 11-15 – Spring Break
March 29 – School Holiday
May 27 – SDCE Day/Student Holiday
June 6 – Last Day of School
June 7 – School Holiday or Bad Weather Day #2
District Calendar Process
The calendar presented for approval was developed by the Districtwide Educational Improvement Council (DEIC) working as an ad hoc Calendar Committee. DEIC and/or a subcommittee thereof, met in November to discuss calendar planning, and finalize a calendar recommendation. Two calendar options were developed by DEIC.
Two calendar options were developed and shared through an on-line calendar preference survey that ran December 14, 2011 through January 4, 2012. The anonymous survey allowed students, staff, parents and community members to indicate which of two calendar options they felt would be best for our staff, students and school community. A total of 4631 individuals responded to the survey.
Parents favored Calendar Option A - 1341 to 845.
Students favored Calendar Option A - 382 to 273.
Staff favored Calendar Option A - 1052 to 601.
Community Members favored Calendar Option A - 94 to 43.
DEIC endorsed Calendar Option A at a regular meeting on January 12, 2012.
The recommended 2012-2013 calendar includes 177-student attendance days and 10 staff development/teacher preparation days.
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