The Board of Education of Anne Arundel County tonight adopted a 2020-2021 School Year Calendar that calls for classes to start on September 8, 2020, and end on June 18, 2021.
In amending the recommendation put forth by the AACPS Calendar Committee, the Board also reduced Easter/Spring Break from six to three days, maintaining the same length of break that exists in the current school year. The calendar approved by the Board tonight also maintains all of the closing dates (where applicable) contained in the current school year calendar.
The Board also made clear tonight it plans to have further discussion on the 2020-2021 School Year Calendar as it relates to the possibility of:
- closing schools for students on May 13, 2021, the date of Eid-al-Fitr.
- examining the possibility of creating early dismissal days for parent-teacher conferences instead of full days when schools are closed for students.
- moving the four planned early dismissal days dedicated to professional development on equity initiatives and the achievement gap from Wednesdays to Fridays.
The Board also made a change to language in the religious observance section of the calendar to allow students who miss school due to a religious observance the option to make up work missed due to that absence.