School District calendar approved

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The Shoreline School Board and Shoreline Education Association (SEA) have approved the 2013-14 school year calendar. This calendar:

• maintains the same number of student instructional days offered in 2012-13
• reinstates the 3.5 non-student work days for SEA members lost in 2011-12 and 2012-13 due to the State's reduction in funding for teachers and other instructional staff
• adds one non-student work day for SEA members specifically for professional development related to implementation of the new teacher evaluation process
• first day of school is the Wednesday following Labor Day (Sept. 4)
• last day of school is Friday, June 20

Here are the key dates:

• Sept. 4: First day of school
• Sept. 27: Early Release for students
• Sept. 30: No School, staff work day
• Oct. 9 to 11: Elementary parent conferences
• Oct. 25: No School, staff work day
• Nov. 11: Veterans Day
• Nov. 27: Early release for Thanksgiving break
• Nov. 28-29: Thanksgiving break
• Dec. 2: No School, staff work day
• Dec. 23 to Jan. 3: Winter Break
• Jan. 20: Martin Luther King Jr. Day
• Jan. 21 to 24: Elementary parent conferences
• Jan. 27: No School, staff work day
• Feb. 17 to 21: Mid-Winter Break
• March 21: No School, staff work day
• April 7: No School, staff work day
• April 21 to 25: Spring break
• May 23: No School, staff work day
• May 26: Memorial Day
• June 9: No School, staff work day
• June 20: Early release, last day of school

The complete calendar is posted. The 2013-14 District wall calendar will be published in August.