Draft proposals for the 2018-19 and 2019-2020 Cobb school calendars have been released, and they will be discussed at Wednesday’s school board work session.
The two proposals submitted by the Cobb County School District administration for board consideration both include Aug. 1 start dates. Those dates are on a Wednesday for 2018-19 and a Thursday for 2019-20. This would be a departure for Cobb schools, which typically have had the first day fall on a Monday.
After some parental outcry this year, when classes began on July 31 and prompted a petition drive (previous East Cobb News post here), the proposed Cobb school calendars for the next two academic years would revert to starting in the first week of August, which has been the case in recent years.
Both proposed calendars have generally the same scheduled breaks—late September in the fall, mid-February in the winter and early April in the spring—as well as the usual Thanksgiving and Christmas/New Year’s holiday breaks.
For the 2018-19 proposed calendar, the last day of school would be May 22, and for 2018-19, the final day would be May 20.
The school board adoption of the calendars is expected at their Oct. 26 business meeting.
The work session (full agenda packet here) on Wednesday begins at 8:30 a.m. in the board room of the CCSD Central Office, 514 Glover Street. The meeting also can be seen live on Comcast Cable Channel 24 and Cobb edTV.
Proposed 2018-19 Cobb school calendar
Proposed 2019-2020 Cobb school calendar
