The Knox County Board of Education is considering the merits of four calendars for possible future use. Each of these calendars is described below. For illustration purposes, the calendars use the 2008-2009 school year. This is not meant to imply that calendar changes will be forthcoming for that year.
	Calendar A	Calendar B	Calendar C	Calendar D
Teachers' Start Date	August 4	July 28	August 11	August 25
Students' Start Date	August 11	July 31	August 18	September 2
Students' Fall Break	October 20-24	October 2-15	None	None
Teachers' Fall Break	October 20-24	Oct 2-6 Student Remedial workas needed	None	None
Teachers' Fall Break	October 20-24	October 9-13	None	None
Winter Holidays	December 22-January 2	December 22-January 2	December 22-January 2	December 22-January 2
Students’ Spring Break	March 16-20	March 9-20	March 16-20	March 23-27
Teachers’ Spring Break	March 16-20	March 9-13	March 16-20	March 23-27
Teachers’ Spring Break		March 16-20 Student Remedial work as needed
Students’ Last Day	May 22	May 19	May 22	June 3
Teachers’ Last Day	May 26	May 22	May 26	June 5
End of Course Testing occurs prior To Winter Break	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
	All four calendars provide for 175 instructional days and 200 total teacher contract days.