27 Jan 2006
Student will Report to School on August 14, Convocation, Fair Days listed
DALLAS—The Dallas Independent School District Board of Trustees approved the 2006-2007 school calendar at the January 26 board meeting.
In the process of determining the annual district calendar, many factors are taken into consideration, such as state and national holidays, state and district requirements including testing dates, the number of teacher work days, parent conference dates and inclement weather dates.
2006-2007 school calendar highlights are:
• An all-district employee convocation will be held Aug. 9.
• Students' start of school is Monday, Aug. 14; the last day of school is May 24, prior to Memorial Day.
• The first semester ends prior to winter break on Friday, Dec. 15. Winter break dates are Dec. 18 through Jan. 1. Classes resume Jan. 3.
• All elementary campuses will be closed on elementary fair day and all secondary campuses will be closed on secondary fair day. Secondary students and teachers will be in school on elementary fair day, Oct. 6, and elementary students and teachers will be in school on secondary fair day, Oct. 13. Teachers will not have staff development on either day.
• November 20 and 21 will be staff development and non-school days for students. Thanksgivings break is Nov. 22-24.
• Spring Break is March 12-16.
• A minor change will be having the inclement weather days on April 6 and April 9. Last year, the second inclement weather day was at the end of the school year.
For a complete view of the approved calendar, go to www.dallasisd.org.