BALTIMORE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS

Towson, Maryland 21204

Working Draft Calendar for 2018-2019 School Year
with 5 inclement weather days

Option A (Committees Recommendation)

Pupil Days Teacher Days

August 20 (M) Administrative & Supervisory Personnel Meeting

22 (W) Teachers and School Based Staff on Duty
24 (F) Systemwide Professional Development Activities
27 (M) Teacher Classroom Preparation Day
29 (W) Systemwide Professional Development Activities
30 (Th) Orientation for Students Entering the 6th and 9th Grades

0 8

September 3 (M) Labor Day Schools and Offices Closed

4 (T) Opening Day for Students
10 (M) Rosh Hashanah* - Schools and Offices Open
19 (W) Yom Kippur* - Schools and Offices Open
19 19

October 8 (M) Columbus Day*

19 (F) Systemwide Professional Development Day/MSEA Convention
Schools Closed for Students Teachers on Duty or at the Convention

22 23

November 6 (T) Election Day Schools and Offices Closed

9 (F) First Marking Period Ends Elementary and Middle Schools Close 3
Hours Early for Students Grade Reporting and Data Analysis**
Teachers on Duty; High Schools in Session Full Day
11 (Su) Veterans Day*
12-16 (M-F) American Education Week
22-23 (Th-F) Thanksgiving Holiday Schools and Offices Closed
26 (M) Report Cards Distributed;
29 (Th) Preschool-3 and Pre-K Conference Day No Preschool-3 or Pre-K a.m.
or p.m. Sessions Teachers on Duty
30 (F) Elementary Conference Day Schools Closed for Elementary Students
Teachers on Duty Middle Schools and High Schools in Session Full
Day

18-19 19

December 21 (F) Christmas Holiday/Winter Break Begins at the End of the School
Day
15 15

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 BALTIMORE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Towson, Maryland 21204
Working Draft Calendar for 2018-2019 School Year
with 5 inclement weather days

Pupil Days Teacher Days

January 2 (W) Schools Reopen

21 (M) Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Birthday Schools and Offices Closed
25 (F) Second Marking Period Ends; 3 Hours Early Release for Students in
all schools - Teachers on Duty

21 21

February 7 (Th) Report Cards Distributed

12 (T) Lincolns Birthday*
18 (M) Presidents Day; Washingtons Birthday* Schools and Offices Closed

19 19

March 25 (M) Maryland Day*

21 21

April
5 (F) Third Marking Period Ends Elementary and Middle School
Schools Close 3 Hours Early for Students; High Schools in Session Full
Day
17 (W) Spring Break Begins at the End of the School Day
23 (T) Classes resume; Distribution of Report Cards
19 19

May 6 (M) Pre-K and Kindergarten Conference Day No Preschool-3, Pre-K, or

Kindergarten Sessions; Teachers on Duty
7 (T) Pre-K Conference Day No Preschool-3 or Pre-K sessions; Teachers on
Duty
24 (F) Last Day for Seniors
27 (M) Memorial Day Observed Schools and Offices Closed
28-31 (T-F) Commencement Exercises

22 22
June 1-7 (Sa-F) Commencement Exercises
5 (W) Eid-Al Fitr*
12 (W) Assessment Day*** Grade Reporting and Data Analysis Elementary,
Middle, and High Schools in Session Full Day Last Day of Classes for
Preschool-3 and Pre-K

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 BALTIMORE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Towson, Maryland 21204
Working Draft Calendar for 2018-2019 School Year
with 5 inclement weather days

Pupil Days Teacher Days

June 13 (Th) Assessment Day*** Elementary and Middle Schools Close 3 Hours
Early for Students Grade Reporting and Data Analysis*** Teachers
on Duty; High Schools in Session Full Day;

14 (F) Assessment Day*** Last Day of Classes; Elementary and Middle

Schools Close 3 Hours Early for Students High Schools in Session Full
Day Grade Reporting and Data Analysis** Teachers on Duty; Flag
Day*
10 10

TOTAL 186-187 196

July 4 (Th) Independence Day Schools and Offices Closed

5 (F) Summer School Teachers on Duty
8 (M) Summer School Begins

August 2(F) Summer School Ends

* Schools open with appropriate exercises OR appropriate exercises to be scheduled on the school day
prior.

** GRADE & DATA RECORDING, DATA ANALYSIS Principals and teachers will have time for
grade and data recording, data analysis/progress assessment.

***ASSESSMENT DAY High schools will have the opportunity to administer traditional final exams or
to use alternative assessment procedures. Test administration may be scheduled on Friday, June 15, 2018
as long as another make-up testing date is available for students who were unable to test due to religious
observance.

## The school year will end on Friday, June 14, 2019. However, depending on the number of emergency
closure days used (e.g., full-day closures, delayed openings or early dismissals), the school calendar will
be adjusted in the following manner in order to meet the minimum required student days/equivalent student
hours:

If only four (4) inclement weather days are used, the school year will end on Thursday, June 13, 2019.
If only three (3) inclement weather days are used, the school year will end on Wednesday, June 12, 2019

Teacher duty days will not exceed 191.

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