GREENSBORO, N.C. — An earlier start and some distance learning days are ahead for all North Carolina public schools students but Guilford County Schools is still deciding how that will work on it's calendar.
The school board voted 8-1 at its Thursday meeting to approve the 2020-2021 academic calendar for public comment before voting at the next meeting.
he proposed calendar starts August 17, 2020, and ends June 3, 2021. It also decreases the number of teacher workdays and adds six distance learning days.
The proposal comes after Governor Cooper signed two coronavirus relief bills earlier this month.A Senate billdictates schools statewide must begin in-person classes on August 17 and include five distance learning days in the calendar.