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Dear Lake Norman Charter Family,
Last night the Board of Education approved the 2024-2025 school calendar which you can see by clicking here or on our home page at www.lncharter.org. We finalized the school calendar as early as possible as we realize our families need this information in order to plan vacations and other commitments throughout the year.
Please consider the school calendar when planning vacations or time away, particularly at the beginning of the school year. As in years past, the majority of our students have their first day of school on a Thursday (August 8, 2024) with our 5th and 9th grade students attending their first day one day prior (August 7, 2024) allowing us to focus on them exclusively as they learn their new school. It is very important that all of our students attend that first day of school as student enrollment is critical to ensuring that students are engaged with their teacher and curriculum in order to be successful from day one. This student enrollment is also crucial to our school’s funding.
Charter schools are funded in large part based on the number of students attending during the first 20 school days of the year. LNC’s funding is reduced for every day a student is absent (regardless of reason) during this 20-day period. The Office of Charter Schools has clarified that a charter school may treat unexcused failures to attend as a withdrawal. For this reason, during the first 20 days of the school year (August 8 to September 5), LNC will closely monitor student absences and will require professional documentation (i.e. letter from medical provider) evidencing an unavoidable absence. If a student (new or returning) fails to attend at any point during the first 20 days of school, LNC reserves the right to treat the unexcused absence as a withdrawal and to offer the student’s enrollment slot immediately to a student on the waiting list.
We hope this helps you in scheduling your summer plans.
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