District 56 seeks input on modified '23/'24 calendar – The Laurens County Advertiser

Clinton, South Carolina – Clinton District 56 may be joining Laurens District 55 in taking on a modified school year calendar for the 2023/24 school year, but it won’t make that final decision until late this month. At last week’s regular District 55 school board meeting on Monday, May 23, the board approved a modified calendar. Children would begin the school year earlier in August, but be given a two week fall break between the first and second nine weeks, standard Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays, then a two-week spring break between the third and fourth nine weeks. The Clinton District 56 school board met on the same night for its regular board meeting and passed first reading on the same modified calendar. “I brought the calendar up for first reading only because I wanted to be transparent. I didn’t want anyone to think we are doing things on the sly as we considered the change,” said District 56 Superintendent David O’Shields. “The board voted 6-1 in favor of the first reading but asked us to solicit parent input before a final decision is given in June.” Typically first readings are not required except for budget approval, O’Shields said. “We want…
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