Thursday, January 27, 2011

L.A. Catholic Elementary Schools Up School Year; Adopt a 200-Day School Calendar for 2011-12 Year

The Catholic News website reports today (January 27,2011) that Catholic elementary schools in the Los Angeles Archdiocese will be adding four weeks of instruction to their school year.

Kevin Baxter, archdiocese superintendent of elementary schools, said the plan -- announced at a principals' meeting in mid-January -- is for as many schools as possible to adopt a 200-day academic calendar for the 2011-12 school year, thus increasing instruction by about 20 days.

The increase in the number of days will add four weeks to the school calendar, establishing an 11-month school year, instead of the current 10-month year that fulfills California state requirements.

Baxter pointed out, "The U.S. is kind of at the bottom with regard to length of the school year. A lot of countries -- like Indonesia, Japan, China, and Singapore -- have 220-230 days and they outperform us on international tests."

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