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Volume 17 Number 10
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School Board approves revised Academic Calendar LOS FRESNOS
by LFCISD Governor lifts mask mandate
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The Los Fresnos CISD Board of Trustees, on the recommendation of the Superintendent, adopted revisions to the 20202021 Academic Calendar during the Regular Board meeting held Jan‐ uary 11. The recommendation brought by Superinten‐ dent Gonzalo Salazar was to reduce the Aca‐ demic Calendar by five instructional days. The revised calendar now shows June 10, 2021, as the final day of instruc‐ tion and moves Com‐ mencement to June 12 instead of June 19. The Board’s action re‐ vised the Academic Cal‐ endar previously adopted July 13, 2020. At that meeting, Salazar recom‐ mended that Los Fresnos CISD delay the start of the school year until September 8 and that the last instructional day be set for June 17. "With all the uncertainty surrounding the start of the school year, we em‐ bedded additional min‐ utes into the Academic Calendar," Salazar told the Board. "This was a proactive measure in an‐ ticipation that the district would have to suspend normal operations for deep cleaning. Now that we are well into the school year, it has be‐ come clear that if we have to shut down schools for deep clean‐ ing, we can simply move to remote instruction and not miss a beat." The Texas Education Agency requires a mini‐ mum of 75,600 minutes of instruction per school year. Los Fresnos CISD had enough instructional minutes in the school year to exceed the mini‐ mum number of instruc‐ tional minutes by the equivalent of five school days. The revision to the Academic Calendar re‐ duced the class days by five. "The additional week in
School Board Approval January 11, 2021
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Elementary Schools: 77,875 Middle Schools: 78,925 High Schools: 79,785
Student Holidays and Non-Instruction Days
Holidays (Students and Staff) Nov. 23-27: Thanksgiving Holidays Dec. 21-Jan. 1: Christmas Holidays Feb. 15: February Holiday March 15-19: Spring Break April 2: Good Friday April 5: Easter Monday Students are also off on Non-Instruction Days
Non-Instruction Days (10)
Aug. 31, Sept, 1, 2, 3: District Teacher Professional Learning Days (4) Sept 4, 7: Teacher Preparation Days (2) Jan. 4: Teacher Preparation Day (1) Jan. 5: District Teacher Professional Learning Day (1) May 31: Teacher Preparation Day (1) June 11: Teacher Preparation Day (1)
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the summer will allow more time for teachers to re-energize before the start of another academic year. This move will provide more time for summer maintenance and construction projects, and most im‐ portantly give us time for the targeted interventions that help close the learn‐ ing gap for struggling students as well as pro‐ vide the type of enrich‐ ment programs that give students a well-rounded education." Salazar said.
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June 22-25 Algebra I, Biology, U.S. History
Dec. 8-11: Algebra I, Biology, U.S. History
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Total Instructional Days: 172 Fall Semester: 87 Spring Semester: 85
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Dec. 8 English I Dec. 10 English II Dec. 11 Make-Up Exams Feb. 22-April 9, 2021
March 29-May 7 STAAR Alternate 2 (Grades 3-8 and EOC)
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STAAR Assessment Window June 2021 STAAR/EOC June 22 English I June 24 English II June 25 Make-Up Exams
June 10: Early Dismissal 12:45 p.m. Middle Schools 1 p.m. LFHS, LFU
New Regular School Hours Elementary Schools Grades PreK-5 Middle Schools Grades 6-8 Los Fresnos United Grades 9-10 and Los Fresnos HS Grades 10-12
7:50 a.m.-3:05 p.m. 8:20 a.m.-4:00 p.m. 8:30 a.m.-4:15 p.m.
Los Fresnos High School Commencement Saturday, June 12
New Boost to Los Fresnos
Boost owners Chelly and MauricioAlmanza celebrate their grand opening Monday March 1, with MayorAlex Flores. The new healthy drink shop is located at 218 NArroyo. Photo Los Fresnos Chamber of Commerce.
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