Oak Ridge Parents To Be Surveyed Over School Calendar

WUOT | By Chrissy Keuper

Published January 30, 2014 at 4:00 PM EST

Oak Ridge City Schools are considering major changes to the school calendar. Next month, an automated survey will ask parents for their thoughts on the possible changes.

TheKnoxville News Sentinel reports that school administrators are considering what’s called a balanced calendar: School would begin two weeks earlier than the current August 3rd, and the current weeklong spring and fall breaks would become two-week breaks.

Parents will be surveyed by the school system’s automated phone alert system at 6 pm on February 10^th.

Any changes to the calendar would go into effect in August 2015.

Chrissy Keuper

Chrissy served as WUOT's News Director and host of monthly public affairs talk show Dialogue from late 2021 to early 2023. Her first job with the station was as weekend student announcer while earning her bachelor's in Anthropology from the University of Tennessee. She had previously been the station's local host for NPR's Morning Edition and All Things Considered news programs; occasionally filled in as host for WUOT's Morning and Afternoon Concerts; and won multiple awards for her interviews, feature stories, and Dialogue.

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