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2019 - 2020 School Year
Approved: 03/05/19
Revised: 06/11/19
Revised: 04/14/20
Revised: 05/19/20
Revised: 06/11/19
Revised: 04/14/20
Revised: 05/19/20
| Date | Details | Days | |
|---|---|---|---|
August |
23 (F) | Administrative and Supervisory Personnel Meeting | Pupil: 0 Teacher: 5 |
| 26 (M) | Teachers and School Based Staff on Duty | ||
| 27 (T) | Teacher Classroom Preparation Day | ||
| 28 (W) | Systemwide Professional Development Activities | ||
| 29 (Th) | Teacher Classroom Preparation Day | ||
| 30 (F) | Orientation for Students Entering Grades 6 and 9 | ||
September |
2 (M) | Labor Day – Schools and Offices Closed | Pupil: 19 Teacher: 20 |
| 3 (T) | Opening Day for Students | ||
| 30 (M) | Systemwide Professional Development Day – Schools Closed for Students – Teachers on Duty – Rosh Hashanah*## | ||
October |
9 (W) | Systemwide Professional Development Day – Schools Closed for Students – Teachers on Duty – Yom Kippur*## | Pupil: 21 Teacher: 23 |
| 14 (M) | Columbus Day* | ||
| 18 (F) | Systemwide Professional Development Day/MSEA Convention – Schools Closed for Students – Teachers on Duty or at the Convention | ||
November |
8 (F) | First Marking Period Ends – Elementary and Middle Schools Close 3 Hours Early for Students – Grade Reporting and Data Analysis** – High Schools in Session Full Day – Teachers on Duty |
Pupil: 18-19 Teacher: 19 |
| 11 (M) | Veterans Day* | ||
| 21 (Th) | Report Cards Distributed | ||
| 18-22 (M-F) | American Education Week | ||
| 22 (F) | Preschool-3 and Pre-K Conference Day and Elementary Conference Day – No Preschool-3 or Pre-K sessions and Schools Closed for Elementary Students – Middle and High Schools in Session Full Day – Teachers on Duty | ||
| 25 (M) | Preschool-3 and Pre-K Conference Day – No Preschool-3 or Pre-K sessions – Elementary, Middle, and High Schools in Session Full Day – Teachers on Duty | ||
| 28-29 (Th-F) | Thanksgiving Holiday – Schools and Offices Closed | ||
December |
20 (F) | Christmas Holiday/Winter Break Begins at the End of the School Day | Pupil: 15 Teacher: 15 |
January |
2 (Th) | Schools Reopen | Pupil: 21 Teacher: 21 |
| 20 (M) | Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day – Schools and Offices Closed | ||
| 24 (F) | Second Marking Period Ends – Schools Close 3 Hours Early for All Students – Grade Reporting and Data Analysis **– Teachers on Duty | ||
February |
4 (T) | Special 7th Congressional District Election – Schools and Offices Closed | Pupil: 18 Teacher: 18 |
| 6 (Th) | Report Cards Distributed | ||
| 12 (W) | Lincoln’s Birthday* | ||
| 17 (M) | Presidents’ Day; Washington’s Birthday* – Schools and Offices Closed (Emergency Closure Make-up Day – if one or more emergency closures occur prior to February 17, pending Maryland State Board of Education approval, Presidents’ Day becomes a regular school day with all schools and offices open)## | ||
March |
16-27 (M-F) | COVID-19 Emergency Closure | Pupil: 10 Teacher: 12 |
| 25 (W) | Maryland Day* | ||
| 30 (M) | Continuity of Learning Training for Teachers begins; teachers on duty remotely | ||
April |
6 (M) | Continuity of Learning begins for Students; teachers on duty remotely | Pupil: 17 Teacher: 20 |
| 9 (Th) | Third Marking Period Ends | ||
| 10 (F) | State Mandated Holiday – Schools and Offices Closed | ||
| 13 (M) | State Mandated Holiday – Schools and Offices Closed | ||
| 14 (T) | Continuity of Learning for Students resumes; teachers on duty remotely | ||
| 23 (Th) | Report Cards Distributed | ||
May |
18 (M)-29 (F) | Pre-K and Kindergarten Teacher-Parent Tele-Conference Days; conducted from May 18 through June 12, 2020 | Pupil: 20 Teacher: 20 |
| 24 (Su) | Eid-Al-Fitr* | ||
| 25 (M) | Memorial Day Observed – Schools and Offices Closed | ||
| 29 (F) | Last Day for Seniors | ||
June |
1(M) – 12 (F) | Pre-K and Kindergarten Teacher-Parent Tele-Conference Days | Pupil: 15 Teacher: 15 |
| 2 (T) | Maryland Presidential Primary Election – Schools and Offices Open | ||
| 10(W) – 18 (Th) | Virtual Commencement Exercises | ||
| 17 (W) | Elementary, Middle, and High Schools in Session Full Day – Last Day of Classes for Preschool-3 and Pre-K | ||
| 18 (Th) | Elementary and Middle Schools Close 3 Hours Early for Students – Grade Reporting and Data Analysis** – High Schools in Session Full Day – Teachers on Duty |
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| 19 (F) | Last Day of Classes – Elementary and Middle Close 3 Hours Early for Students – Grade Reporting and Data Analysis** – High Schools in Session Full Day – Teachers on Duty, Last Day for Teachers | ||
July |
2 (Th) | Summer School Teachers on Duty | |
| 3 (F) | Independence Day Observed – Schools and Offices Closed | ||
| 6 (M) | Summer School Begins | ||
| 31 (F) | Summer School Ends |
- Total Pupil Days:175-175 #
- Total Teacher Days:188
* Schools open with appropriate exercises OR appropriate exercises to be scheduled on the school dayprior.
** GRADE AND DATA RECORDING, DATA ANALYSIS – Principals and teachers will have time for grade and data recording, data analysis/progress assessment.
# Pursuant to the authority granted by the Maryland State Board of Education on April 4, 2020, State Superintendent of Schools, Dr. Karen B. Solomon, by letter dated May 6, 2020, approved BCPS’ request to waive five (5) days of the 180-day student instructional requirement for the 2019-2020 school year.
Teacher duty days are contractually limited to 191 days.
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Baltimore County Public Schools
6901 Charles Street
Towson, Maryland 21204
443-809-4554
Darryl L. Williams, Ed.D.
Superintendent
©2020 Baltimore County Public Schools. All rights reserved.