The KCSD Calendar Committee is currently seeking feedback on calendars being considered for the 2020-21 School Year.  Please review the four drafts and provide your feedback by January 15, 2020.    Thank you!

 Below are the expectations for the district according to state law and district community preference:

• 180 instructional days for students and 190 employment days for teachers including 10 teacher days of which at least 3 must be professional development days
  
  
• State testing program –
  
  
  • Grade 2 Gifted and Talented Screening (IA and CogAT)
  • Tentative: Five days between the last full week of October through the second week of November
  • Grade 11 College-Ready Assessments (The ACT/SAT)
  • Tentative: Last week of February and the first two weeks of March
  • Grade 11 Career-Ready Assessments (WorkKeys)
  • Tentative: Last two weeks of March
  • Grades 3-8 Assessments (SC READY and SCPASS)
  • Last 20 days of school
  • End of Course Examination Program (EOCEP)
  • Last 15 days of the semester or year, depending on the length of the class
    
    
• Traditional Holidays:
  
  
  • General Election Day
  • Labor Day
  • Thanksgiving/Fall Break (3 days)
  • Winter Break (10 days)
  • Martin Luther King Day
  • Spring Break
    
    
• By current state law, students cannot start before August 17, 2020.
  
  
• Traditional preferences in Kershaw County:
  
  
  • High schools have requested two teacher days between semesters for scheduling changes and records
  • Graduations take place on a Records Day so staff members are available to supervise