All Schools are operating on a regular schedule
2010-2011 Draft Calendar Now Available for Review
The Wicomico County Board of Education is seeking input on its calendar for the 2010-2011 school year, prior to a final vote at the Jan. 12 Board meeting. The draft calendar, with school closings and holidays, is posted on the main page of the Board’s web site, under Links.

Under the proposed calendar, the school year would begin Monday, Aug. 30 and end June 10, 2011. Students would be off Nov. 24-26 for the Thanksgiving break, Dec. 23-Jan. 2 for the winter holidays (schools would reopen Jan. 3), and April 21-25 for the spring holidays. June 8, 9 and 10 would be early dismissal days.

Schools would also be closed Sept. 6 (Labor Day), Sept. 14 (Primary Election), Oct. 15 (MSTA Convention), Nov. 2 (General Election), Jan. 17 (Martin Luther King Birthday), Feb. 21 (Presidents Day) and May 30 (Memorial Day). Schools would be closed for students (but open for teachers) for professional days on Oct. 18, Jan. 24 and 25, Feb. 28 and May 2.

The calendar also includes proposed changes in graduation procedures for the county’s four high schools. Commencement ceremonies for the class of 2011 would take place at the Wicomico Youth & Civic Center for all four high schools, with Mardela High School students receiving diplomas the evening of Friday, June 3, 2011, and students from Parkside, James M. Bennett and Wicomico high schools graduating at staggered times on Saturday, June 4, 2011. Scheduling the commencement ceremonies for one location on only two days would save money on facility rental and other graduation costs for the school system and the high schools.

The proposed calendar may be downloaded as a pdf from the Wicomico County Board of Education’s Web site at www.wcboe.org, under Links.

The Board approved the draft calendar on first reading at its Dec. 8 meeting, and expects to adopt a final calendar at the Jan. 12 meeting. Please submit any comments or suggestions to Stacy Messick, Coordinator of Employees Relations, at smessick@wcboe.org or 410-677-4421.
December 17, 2009