It was an awesome day at Regionals this past Sunday, January 13, 2019!

They played their best games ever, winning the Division 3 title (AND A VERY COOL TROPHY) 26-12 against District 15, and 21-14 against the Cove School Yellow team! The trophy will be touring the various schools our team is comprised of so all players have a chance to share it with their peers. We are so very proud of this team of players!

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At its regular meeting on Monday, January 14, 2019, the District 303 School Board approved the academic calendar for the 2019-2020 school year. A copy of the calendar is attached and there are some notable changes we would like to highlight:

The first day of school for students will be August 14, 2019.

• For the last several years, the District 303 calendar committee, which includes representatives from all bargaining units, has discussed beginning school earlier so that first semester for the high schools would end before winter break. During the 2017-2018 school year, the student councils at both high schools conducted a survey where 62% of students said they would like to have final exams prior to winter break. A survey of teaching staff at all levels resulted in 66% indicating they are also in favor of the change.

• With the completion of the Thompson Middle School project, all District 303 schools will be air-conditioned, which assists in implementing an earlier start to the school year

• An earlier school start supports our students as they prepare for standardized tests and AP exams
  
• The changes to the calendar help us align with neighboring districts (Geneva, Batavia, Kaneland, Central, and the Mid-Valley Cooperative) with whom we share students

Attendance Half-Days:

• The State of Illinois School Code determines the number of days public school students must be in attendance. Prior to this year, the State mandated that school districts have 176 attendance days. In some instances, the State allowed districts to apply for waivers that reduced the number of student attendance days. For many years, District 303 has had a waiver to allow for two full-day school improvement days instead of four half-days. The current version of the School Code no longer allows for the full-day school improvement day waivers. In order for District 303 to comply with the new attendance requirements and to provide our teachers with professional learning time, we have converted the two full school improvement days into four half-days.

If there are no emergency days in the 2019-2020 school year, the last day of school will be May 22, 2020, which is the Friday before the Memorial Day holiday.