Wicomico County Board of Education Seeks Input for 2008-09 School Calendar
The Wicomico County Board of Education is seeking input on its calendar for the 2008-09 school year. Under the proposed calendar, the school year would begin Monday, Aug. 25 and end June 10, 2009.
Students would be off Nov. 4 for the General Election, Nov. 26-28 for the Thanksgiving break, Dec. 22 through Jan. 2 for the winter holidays, and April 8-13 for the spring holidays. Schools would also be closed Oct. 17 (MSTA Convention), fand closed for students (but open for teachers) for professional days on Oct. 20, Jan. 26 and 27, March 2 and May 4.
The proposed calendar may be downloaded as a pdf from the Wicomico County Board of Education’s Web site at www.wcboe.org. Click on ‚¹…08-’09 Proposed Calendar under Quick Links on the left side of the home page.
The Board approved the draft calendar on first reading at its March meeting, and expects to adopt a final calendar at the April 8 meeting. To make comments on or ask questions about the proposed 2008-09 calendar, please contact Allen C. Brown, assistant superintendent for student services, at 410-677-4583 or abrown@wcboe.org.