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Charlottesville schools propose earlier 2023-24 calendar, breaking sync with ACPS

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CHARLOTTESVILLE (WINA) – Charlottsville schools are looking at what they call a “new and quite different calendar” for the 2023-24 school year than has been historically done. A system release says this new draft calendar would include a week off at Thanksgiving… with the school year starting earlier and ending in May. In some cases, the professional learning days and teacher workdays have been moved a bit.

In the past, Charlottesville and Albemarle schools have had a joint “calendar committee” to sync with each other, but Albemarle County is indicating they have no interest in proposing the calendar city schools is. ACPS will no longer meet with the city schools calendar committee.

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