School Board Votes to Drop Spring Break

BOONE, Iowa---The Boone School Board officially voted to drop spring break from it's school calendar for the 2011-2012 school year. The Board Tuesday held their public hearing to submit their request to begin school early next year. During the discussion, Board Member Kirk Leeds requested that the week for spring break be put back into the calendar. The Board voted 2-to-3 on that question then turned around and voted to adopted the calendar as submitted. Superintendent Brad Manard says the calendar was developed using information from parent and teacher surveys conducted last spring.