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FWISD Seeks Input on 2018-2019 School Calendar Options
Fort Worth ISD is seeking stakeholder feedback on options for the 2018-2019 school calendar.
Through a survey, students, parents and employees are being asked to select one of two calendar options for the 2018-2019 school year.
The difference in the two calendars are teacher waiver days in which there are no classes for students.
- Under Option 1, waiver dates are slated for October 8, January 8 and February 1
- Under Option 2, waiver dates would be scheduled for October 8, November 2 and February 1
Both calendars have an August 20 school start date, with the last day of school slated for May 31. The two calendar options also include Friday, April 19, Good Friday, as a day off for teachers and students. Previously, this was a teacher waiver day. The last teacher prep day is slated for Monday, June 3, 2019. Previous school calendars scheduled the prep day on a Saturday.
The survey to select an option for the 2018-2019 calendar is available online through January 31.
Based on survey responses, a recommendation for the 2018-2019 calendar will be presented to the Fort Worth ISD Board of Education for consideration at its next board meeting, Tuesday, February 13.
The FWISD Calendar Committee considered input from the District’s Advisory Committee and Employee Relations Council on the proposed calendars. The District plans to build a two-year calendar for the 2019-2020 and 2020-2021 school years utilizing the flexibility of school minutes.
More than 6,500 students, parents and employees participated in an online survey to select calendar options for the 2016-2017 and the 2017-2018 school years. This was the first time the District invited calendar input from students, parents and teachers.
>> View the survey.
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