Cobb County Schools Adopt New Academic Calendar
When it comes to the metro Atlanta real estate market, Cobb County is one of the most popular destinations. Located only about 15 miles north of Atlanta on I-75, the county is perfectly situated for anyone that needs to make a daily commute intown for work, but who doesn’t want to raise kids in the big city. There are a wide selection of different products and price points throughout the county, but one thing that is consistent no matter which Cobb County city you choose is the excellent school districts. Cobb County is home to some of the best schools in the state, which is an important contributing factor when deciding on a new home. And, parents and students alike will be excited to know that the Cobb County school district just adopted a new calendar, giving them more breaks within the school year.
The new academic calendar will take effect in the 2010/2011 school year. Students will return to school the first week in August, which is one week earlier than they are used to. The school year ends the Friday before Memorial Day, which is one week later than they are used to. So, two extra weeks have been added to the school year, but two extra weeks of vacation have also been added – one in September and one in February. The added breaks throughout the year give families more flexibility for vacations, especially cheaper vacations since September and February are not peak seasons. Go ahead and start thinking about where you want to go!
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Carol M. Flammer | Nov 14, 2009 | Reply
This is really interesting. I wish my child’s school had this schedule. It makes a lot of sense and may make planning child care easier overall. I love the idea of being finished before Memorial day! What is the feedback from Cobb County residents?
David Jones | Jan 23, 2010 | Reply
Ms. Flammer,
Please elaborate on how the new schedule “makes alot of sense and may make planning child care easier overall.”
We’d really like to know because, at present, we are very frustrated with the change because we don’t know who will watch our kids during during those two weeks when we will be at work. Specifically, how are you planning on managing your child?
Carol M. Flammer | Jan 25, 2010 | Reply
David: I think having a shorter summer and a couple of longer breaks during the school year will be easier to arrange for childcare. Childcare is always a challenge, but this seems to streamline it a little by making the breaks longer amounts of time versus a few days here and there. Those have always been harder for me to plan for. I generally try to take time off when my child is out of school on short breaks, but summer is a bit harder to “work” around.
Dwight Bearden | Mar 30, 2010 | Reply
From the stand point of a non-primary Custodial Parent. With me living in Cherokee County and my teens living in Cobb this will only mean they are un – supervised for 2 extra weeks and 2 weeks I will not have a chance to “visit” my teens that I presently get to “visit” 4 days a month and on Holidays every other year if their mom doesn’t change her mind and decide I can’t see them then either. I see no difference as far as child care goes still same amount of days at school and same amount of days off only different times ? whether it’s this week off or 2 weeks from now what is the difference ? The old school argument was after a break the teachers had to take another week to get the students back into the old routine of regular class room activities.