CMS approves school calendar, magnet school changes
The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools Board of Education, on Wednesday night, approved next year’s academic calendar.
Board members received feedback on options A, B and C.
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The Board of Education unanimously approved option C where there are 177 instructional days, which is two more than this year.
Classes would start on Aug. 28 and the last day is June 7.
Winter break is bookmarked by two teacher workdays, which would begin for students on Dec. 20 and end on Jan. 2.
Spring break would happen after Easter with a workday on March 29.
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Option C is a hybrid of options A and C, which also included 177 instructional days. Both options also had more days in the first half of the school year versus the second half of the year.
Magnet program changes
The board also voted on proposed magnet program changes.
Students and staff will be moving from Trillium Springs Montessori into north Charlotte’s newer Lincoln Heights Academy next school year.
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Lincoln Heights would also be expanded by three classrooms.
CMS will reopen E.E. Waddell as a full magnet high school, but it would initially only be for ninth and 10th graders. E.E. Waddell would not have an athletics program.
These changes will go into effect in time for the lottery that opens on Jan. 16, 2023.
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