Caldwell County Schools

Student and staff versions of the traditional and CASA/CECHS calendar drafts are below. The student version lists days students will or will not be in school. The staff version lists days students will or will not be in school and notes the type of day. 

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North Carolina General Statute 115C‑84.2 sets specific requirements for school calendars. Some of those requirements from the state legislature are: 

• The school calendar cannot begin earlier than the Monday closest to August 26 and the calendar must end no later than the Friday closest to June 11.
• The school calendar must consist of at least 215 days, and all 215 days must fall between July 1 and June 30.
• Of those 215 days, there must be a minimum of 185 days or a minimum of 1,025 hours of instructional time. Delays and closures due to inclement weather, facilities issues, etc., subtract from instructional hours. School districts, especially those prone to inclement weather delays and closures, are encouraged to include extra instructional time in their calendar in the case of delays or closures so that instructional time does not have to be made up on Saturdays.
• Of the 215 days, the calendar must include a minimum of 10 annual vacation days (or annual leave days) for faculty and staff. 
• The calendar must include holidays determined by the State Human Resources Commission. (12 days)
• The calendar must include at least two days for faculty and staff to use accumulated vacation leave without missing instructional time.
• The total number of working days for teachers may not exceed 195 days per fiscal year.
• The remaining calendar days should be scheduled as workdays or professional development.
• Instructional time and workdays cannot be scheduled on Saturdays. Saturdays may only be used to make up lost instructional time. 
• School cannot be held on Sunday.