[January 26, 2011 - Updated: May 3, 2011]
The Mansfield ISD Board of Trustees approved the 2011-2012 school district calendar at the January 25 Regular Board Meeting.
2011-2012 Calendar Important Dates and Holidays:
August 15 – Teachers Report
August 15-19 – Teachers Inservice
August 22 – First day of School
September 5 – Labor Day Holiday
October 10 – Parent/Teacher Conference Day/Student Holiday
November 21 – SDCE Day/Student Holiday
November 22-25 – Thanksgiving Holiday
December 19-30 – Winter Holiday
January 2 – School Resumes
January 12 – End of First Semester
January 13 – Teacher Workday/Student Holiday
January 16 – Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday
January 17 – Start of Second Semester
February 20 – Teacher Workday/Student Holiday (Bad Weather Day #1)
March 12-16 – Spring Break
April 6 – School Holiday
May 28 – SDCE Day/Student Holiday
May 31 – Last Day of School
June 1 – Teacher Workday/Student Holiday (Bad Weather Day #2)
District Calendar Process
The calendar presented to the School Board for approval was developed by the Districtwide Educational Improvement Council (DEIC) working as an ad hoc Calendar Committee. The group met in October to discuss calendar planning and finalize a calendar recommendation.
Two calendar options were developed and shared through an on-line calendar preference survey that ran December 13, 2010 through January 7, 2011. The anonymous survey allowed students, staff, parents and community members to indicate which of two calendar options they felt would be best for our staff, students and school community.
A total of 5503 individuals responded to the survey:
- Parents favored Calendar Option A – 1727 to 672.
- Students favored Calendar Option A – 616 to 94.
- Staff favored Calendar Option A – 1959 to 311.
- Community Members favored Calendar Option A – 107 to 17.
The DEIC endorsed Calendar Option A at a regular meeting on January 13, 2011.
The recommended 2011-2012 calendar includes 177-student attendance days and 10 staff development/teacher preparation days. |
