Education
BY MARK FADDEN, JONATHAN PERRIELLO & CODY THORN
Districts adopt calendars for upcoming school year Carroll ISD and Grapevine-Colleyville ISD have newly adopted calendars for the 2024-25 school year. CISD’s was adopted Dec. 19 and GCISD’s was adopted Dec. 11. The framework Districts are required to develop an instruc- tional calendar each year for the next school year based on several guidelines, including: • State and local parameters • Input from stakeholders • Comparisons with neighboring school districts According to the Texas Education Agency, instructional calendars must provide 75,600 instructional minutes for students and include 187 instructional staff work days. Both districts presented survey opportunities for families and staff to provide feedback on their
Carroll ISD requests exception to HB 3 Carroll ISD administration is looking to hire two contracted armed security guards to serve across its campuses for the remain- der of the school year under the good-cause exception of House Bill 3. The security guards will cover any staffing vacancies with the district’s school resource officers and maintain compliance with state law, said Brian Nickel, director of safety and student services. Nickel presented the administration’s plan to the CISD board of trustees at a Nov. 13 meeting. Some context House Bill 3, which went into effect Sept. 1, mandates that each school district campus have at least one armed security officer present during regular school hours.
2024-25 calendar highlights
CISD
GCISD
First day of school
Aug. 14, 2024
Aug. 13, 2024
Oct. 11-15, 2024
Fall break
N/A
Thanksgiving break
Nov. 25-29, 2024 Dec. 23, 2024- Jan. 3, 2025 March 17-
Nov. 25-29, 2024 Dec. 19, 2024- Jan. 8, 2025 March 17-
Winter break
Spring break
21, 2025 May 22, 2025
21, 2025 May 22, 2025
Last day of school
SOURCES: CARROLL ISD, GRAPEVINE-COLLEYVILLE ISD/COMMUNITY IMPACT
preferred calendar options. The full CISD calendar can be found on the district’s social media and the GCISD calendar can be found at www.gcisd.net/article/1374688.
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