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Halifax County Schools is committed to providing high quality, relevant education in our school
district. Our goal is to continuously improve student achievement in all areas, with a targeted
focus for intervention in Reading, Math, and the Sciences. Over the past few years, we have
experienced moderate to high student growth and an increase in our overall proficiency for our
students, but there is still more work to be done. Under the leadership of our new
Superintendent, Dr. Eric Cunningham, we will begin to Chart a New Course for student growth
and achievement.
We are proposing to extend our school day on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday to 5:00pm for
all students and 5:30pm for staff. Monday will be a regular school day, as it is currently operating
in your childs/childrens schools and Friday will be an early release day with students leaving at
2:00 pm and staff leaving at 2:30 pm. Each building leader has been asked to design a master
schedule that will provide an optimum learning experience for all students and to ensure both
student and teacher high engagement throughout the extended day. There is going to be a
strong focus on literacy, because we know that if our students can build their skill level and
ability in the five components of reading, they can begin to flourish as strong, fluent readers who
are better prepared to conquer math word problems and science and social studies reading
material.
We welcome your feedback and thoughts on this initiative and hope that you will strongly
consider the academic benefits that this opportunity can provide for all of our students. There
has been two times scheduled for you to join us for town hall meetings to hear more information
and to speak directly with our district leaders in regards to the Charting a New Course:
Extended Day Initiative. Below you will find information about the town hall meetings and other
information discussed in this letter.