Hamilton County’s Stacy StewartHamilton County teachers like their fall break, and they’ll continue to get it.
After discussing a later start to the school year, the Hamilton County Board of Education followed teacher consensus, approving a school calendar for next year that looks similar to this year’s version and includes a weeklong fall break.
Teachers recently voted on two proposed school calendars for the 2012-13 school year. Similar to the current calendar, one version proposed Aug. 10 as the first day of school, with the final day on May 24 and including a weeklong fall break Oct. 8-12. The other proposed a start day of Aug. 17, running until May 24 with no fall break.
This year, school began on Aug. 10 for students and will end on May 22. Teachers and students were off for fall break Oct. 17-21.
About 2,700 teachers weighed in on the calendar vote this month, overwhelmingly supporting the calendar with the earlier start date that includes a fall break, said Stacy Stewart, assistant superintendent for human resources. A total of 2,385 teachers, about 88 percent of the votes, asked for the inclusion of a fall break.