What are they thinking
A change in Texas school districts’ academic calendars have area administrators wondering what, if any, educational benefits will follow.
The state Legislature passed a bill last year requiring school districts to start school no sooner than the fourth Monday in August, which will be Aug. 27 this year.
But neither proponents nor opponents of the change have said starting at a later date will benefit students.
The calendar change has forced Denton and several surrounding school districts to extend the first semester of school past the winter break. Students will have to take semester exams in January when they return, administrators say.
I read this and just can’t make any sense of it. I know that schools in Texas start pretty early, I didn’t realize that August 27th was pushing it to a later date but I know I grew up in western New York and we didn’t start until the first week or so of September and were able to finish our semester before Christmas break. Of course we didn’t a week off for Thanksgiving like it says Denton has in this article. We got a 4 day weekend for Thanksgiving and I don’t remember it being a problem. I just don’t see this being a problem that isn’t fixable by the school district. I would tend to agree with Argyle Superintendent Jason Ceyances that splitting the semester is probably not in the best interest of the kids but then I would have to say that the school district needs to step up and finish the semester before the winter break.
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