This morning's (March 30) Rocky View School Board meeting included a vote to modify the next year's school calendar.

The calendar was originally established in March 2015. At the time, grade 12 diploma exams were scheduled to be completed on January 29 and June 27 in 2018. Those dates allowed school to resume for the second semester on January 30, as well as designating June 28 and 29 as Organizational Days.

This past January, RVS was made aware that Alberta Education had changed the dates for diploma exams next year.

Due to that change, the board voted to make some modifications to the calendar. In January 2018, the final day of diploma exams will now be January 30, with the second semester starting on January 31. In June, an Instructional Day will be added to high school calendars, so that June 28 is the last day of diploma exams, with June 29 remaining an Organizational Day. The last day of classes for k-9 schools will remain June 27.

The board carried the vote unanimously.

 

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