2023-2024 Student Calendar Released

The first day of the new school year for the Cabot School District is Tuesday, August 15, 2023.

The district would like to share with our parent’s information regarding the adoption of the school calendar for the 2023-2024 school year.

During the previous legislative session, there were changes in law that allowed school districts to adopt one of four calendar types:

Traditional Calendar
Alternate Calendar (Based on instructional hours and not days)
4-Day Week Calendar
12 Month/Year-Round Calendar

Act 26, of 2023, changed AR State Statute 6-10-106, to read "Each school year, the first day of the school year for student attendance in public elementary and secondary schools shall be (i) On or after the Monday of the week in which August 19 falls; (ii) Not earlier than August 14; and (iii) Not later than August 26."

Our Personnel Policy Committee (PPC) which consists of certified teachers discussed the pros and cons of all the options and voted to provide two calendars options for the certified staff in our district to consider for the 2023-2024 school year. In both of these calendars, the first day of school is Tuesday, the 15th of August. One of these calendar types was a traditional calendar (178 Days) and one was an alternative calendar, in which a minimum of 1,080 student contact hours are provided. The calendar chosen by the faculty was the alternative calendar. This calendar provides for over 1,174 instructional hours. This calendar also allowed the opportunity for staff to utilize contract time more effectively for instructional planning and utilization of the PLC process.

On Tuesday night, April 18th, the Cabot School Board voted to approve the calendar recommendation of the certified staff.

2023-2024 Alternative Student Calendar - PDF
2023-2024 Alternative Faculty Calendar - PDF