Last Day for Anne Arundel County Public Schools  --- (April 29, 2008) 

LAST DAY FOR ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS STUDENTS CHANGED TO FRIDAY, JUNE 6, 2008
The Maryland State Board of Education today approved a one day waiver of the 180-day school requirement for Anne Arundel County
students, a move that means the last school day for most county students will be Friday, June 6, 2008. While students in kindergarten through 11th grade will end the school year on June 6, the last day for graduating seniors will be Friday, May 30. The last day for students in half-day prekindergarten and ECI classes will be Monday, June 2.

County school students will get out of school four days early on June 6 thanks to snow days built into the calendar that were not used.
The original calendar called for classes to end on June 12, which included emergency days and the state mandated 180-day school year.

After school officials subtracted the three unused emergency days, the last day would have been June 9. Instead of bringing students and staff back for that one week day, they asked the Maryland State Board of Education for a one-day waiver of the 180-day school requirement. The state granted the waiver yesterday.

In addition, five schools will close one day early so that summer construction and maintenance projects can get under way. The last day of class for students at Hillsmere, Hilltop, Oak Hill, and Tyler Heights elementary schools and Severna Park Middle School will be Thursday, June 5.

Other important end-of-year dates include:

• May 22-23: Centers of Applied Technology exams for seniors

• May 27-30: Final exams for seniors

• June 2: Centers of Applied Technology exams for underclassmen

• June 3-6: Final exams for underclassmen

• June 11: Last day for teachers.