School calendar to be crafted by committee

A committee of mostly school system staffers will toss around the hot potato known as the school calendar.

The question of when students should be on vacation was touchy enough to become an election issue in Cobb County last year. Last week, the school board unanimously approved Superintendent Michael Hinojosa’s method for drafting the next calendar, which would be approved in October.

Eight parents, two representatives of business and higher education and eleven school system personnel will be appointed to craft a two-year calendar starting in August.