by Christianna Tran ’20

 Montgomery County’s Board of Education currently is developing a calendar for the 2019-2020 school year. During their latest meeting, held October 9, the board limited their options down to two possible calendar schedules. Of these two schedules, one plan proposes a longer spring break, while the other plan keeps a shorter spring break, similar to the current one for this school year.

 As they develop the calendar, the board contemplates having a break running from either April 6 through April 13 or from April 8 through April 13 in 2020. For this current school year, spring break will be from April 17 through April 22.

 Board members encourage the community to send their input and feedback on the calendar. A survey was sent to all families and staff asking about various topics such as school closure on certain holidays. They also seek opinions on the two calendar proposals.

 According to a WTOP article, board member Rebecca Smondrowski explains how they’re “putting both of these out for public comment, and when they come back, we’ll make a recommendation to move one of them forward.”