2. New Business

Groups audience:

A. School Calendar 2026-2027

STRATEGIC PRIORITY		REASON FOR CONSIDERATION
Student Achievement	X	Action	X
Human Resources/Quality Staff		Information	X
Communication & Community Engagement	X	Discussion	X
Safe & Innovative Learning Environment	X

Two calendar committee meetings were held in December and January during which the committee developed two draft calendars for the 2026-2027 school year. The committee included parent and staff representatives from each school.

Assistant Superintendent Dr. Brian Weaver will discuss options, answer any questions you may have, and request Board approval of a 2026-2027 calendar. The two draft calendars that will be reviewed for consideration are posted on our website.

North Carolina’s current calendar law is summarized as:

Requirements and Guidance on School Calendar - S.L. 2020-3 (SB704) Updated June 30, 2020. School calendars must meet the following requirements:

1. Start date no earlier than the Monday closest to August 26 and end date no

later than the Friday closest to June 11 (unless a weather related calendar

waiver has been approved, year-round school, charter school or cooperative

innovative high school.) If waiver is approved the start date can be no earlier

than the Monday closest to August 19.

2. There are no educational purpose waivers for exemption of the opening

and/or closing dates.

3. All schools within the district must be closed all day for purposes of

determining eligibility for a weather related waiver (delayed starts or early

dismissals of two or more hours no longer apply).

4. Covers at least nine calendar months.

5. Must have a minimum of 185 days OR 1,025 hours of instruction.

6. Must have at least nine (9) teacher workdays.

7. Local Boards shall designate two (2) workdays on which teachers may take

accumulated vacation leave. Local Boards may designate the remaining

workdays as days teachers may take accumulated vacation leave.

8. Have a minimum of ten (10) annual vacation leave days.

9. Have the same or an equivalent number of legal holidays occurring within

the school calendar as those designated by the State Personnel

Commission for State employees.

10. School shall not be held on Sunday.

11. Veterans Day shall be a holiday for all public school personnel and for all

students enrolled in the public schools.

A Motion is in order to adopt a school calendar for 2026-2027.

Public Attachments:

2026-2027 TCS DRAFT Traditional Calendar.pdf

EARLY START 2026-2027 TCS DRAFT Calendar.pdf

Groups audience:

School Board

B. Policy: NCSBA Fall 2025 PLS Update

STRATEGIC PRIORITY		REASON FOR CONSIDERATION
Student Achievement	X	Action	X
Human Resources/Quality Staff	X	Information	X
Communication & Community Engagement	X	Discussion	X
Safe & Innovative Learning Environment	X

Assistant Superintendent Dr. Brian Weaver will present the NCSBA Fall 2025 PLS Update (Policies to Lead the Schools) Custom Updates as first-read information. The 23 policies are identified and summarized below.

1740/4010 Student and Parent Grievance Procedure – Adds clarifying language about Open Meetings Law in subsection D.2. and updates cross references.
1750/7220 Grievance Procedure for Employees – Adds clarifying language about Open Meetings Law in subsection D.4 and updates the cross references.
2125/7315 Confidential Information – Creates a new Section C (Data Identifying a Person as a Supporter of a Nonprofit Organization) to add new statutory language, makes clarifying changes in Section D regarding confidential information, and updates the legal references.
3101 Dual Enrollment – Adds language regarding the new Career and College Ready Pathway in Section A and updates legal references.
3220 Technology in the Educational Program – Creates a Section A (Integration of Technology into the Curriculum) and moves information from that Section to the opening paragraph (superintendent’s methods of acquiring additional technological resources for the educational program), adds a new statutory requirement to Section B (Technology resource pre-acquisition requirements per State BOE rules), and updates legal references.
3225/4312/7320 Technology Responsible Use – Adds language in subsections B.1 (expressed teacher permission for student social media access) and B.12 (additional prohibited materials) and Section C (age-appropriateness and protection of personal information) in response to new requirements in S.L. 2025-38, creating new G.S. 115-102.10 and updates legal references.
3226/4205 Internet Safety – Adds language in Section C (protection of personal information) in response to a new requirement in S.L. 2025-38, creating new G.S. 115C-102.10, makes other minor editorial changes, and updates legal references.
3227/7322 Web Page Development – In B.2e, clarifies that the school system is not responsible for personal websites or web pages created or maintained by members of the board of education, in addition to those of students, employees, parents, groups, or organizations.
3400 Evaluation of Student Progress – Adds new language (letter grade exceptions for unaccredited or international school transfers) from a State Board of Education policy.
3460 Graduation Requirements – Updates the science course requirements for the Future-Ready Occupational Course of Study.
4050 Children of Military Families – Updates the policy to include Space Force.
4120 Domicile or Residence Requirements – Modifies the language in subsection D.4 (proof of residency, including extensions for specified circumstances) based on a recent statutory correction and updates the legal references.
4240/7312 Child Abuse and Related Threats to Child Safety – Adds language (specifying instances of misconduct and consequences) in Section D (Duty to Report Licensed Employees to the State Board of Education) for clarity.
4270/6145 Concussion and Head Injury – Adds the new requirement that an athletic trainer or first respondent attends wrestling matches and tournaments.
5150/7313 Reporting to External Agencies – Double codes this policy in the 7000s, includes formatting changes, updates the language in subsection A.2.a (Reporting by Principals and Central Office Personnel of Certain Misconduct by Licensed Employees) (specifies personnel positions/titles and applied misconduct results) for clarity, and moves the Center for Safer Schools reporting requirements to its own section (B) now that the Center is no longer part of DPI.
6310 Organization of Student Transportation Services – Adds language (requirement to post copies of safe, orderly, and efficient operation of student transportation services program-related job descriptions, rules, regulations and policies) to comply with State Board of Education requirements and updates legal reference and cross references.
7910 Retirement – Adds language stating that if an employee’s retirement allowance is subject to an adjustment pursuant to the contribution-based benefit cap for retirements, the board will not be responsible for restoring the employee’s retirement allowance to the pre-cap amount unless the board has specified in writing in the employee’s contract that the board will restore the employee’s retirement allowance and updates legal references.
1600 Governing Principle – Professional Development – Updates a policy title (Emergency Epinephrine Delivery Systems).
2302 Remote Participation in Board Meetings – Updates legal references.
4130 Discretionary Admission – Updates legal references.
4150 School Assignment – Updates legal references.
4152 Unsafe School Choice Transfer – Updates legal references.
7425 School Administrator Contracts – Updates legal references.

A Motion may be in order to adopt a/any policy(ies) upon first read.

Groups audience:

School Board