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A judge invalidated Carteret County Schools' calendar because the district planned to start school almost two weeks earlier than state law allows.

As the current school year winds down, the North Carolina Board of Education got its annual report on school calendars for the coming year. It shows that 15 districts in a dozen counties, with a total of almost 177,000 students, have decided to ignore the state law that requires them to start classes “no earlier than the Monday closest to Aug. 26.”

As the current school year winds down, the North Carolina Board of Education got its annual report on school calendars for the coming year. It shows that 15 districts in a dozen counties, with a total of almost 177,000 students, have decided to ignore the state law that requires them to start classes “no earlier than the Monday closest to Aug. 26.”

Local boards of education are becoming ever-frustrated with a North Carolina law that puts restrictions on the start and end dates for the school year.

Over the last several months, we’ve watched a series of Charlotte-area school boards vote to bring students back to school earlier than the state’s school calendar allows. Board members have talked openly about their reasons for bringing students back earlier in August, such as getting exams done before winter break and synchronizing with community college calendars.

MONROE, N.C. (AP) — One of North Carolina’s largest school systems has backed off an academic calendar for next year that would have openly defied a state law that directs when classes can start and end.

The Union County school board voted 6-3 Friday to rescind an earlier vote to defy North Carolina's school calendar law, saying a lawsuit left them with no choice.

According to the lawsuit, Union County Public Schools' 2023-24 calendar is starting school three weeks before NC law allows it.

Two Union County parents have sued the school board over the board's vote to defy North Carolina's school calendar law and open in early August.

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Mitch Armbruster has been named chief human resources officer at the Purdue Research Foundation . His first day in the position will be May 2.