Exceptional Student Education (ESE) and English Language Learner (ELL) students will benefit from an extra hour of school to complete their FCAT tests on Wednesday, April 18, 2012. The district has designated “FCAT Wednesday” as a full-length school day, without early release, to provide more time for the many students with unique accommodations taking the critical state tests.
All services such as transportation and food service will operate on April 18 as they would on any other full school day. If a student normally rides home on an OCPS bus at 3:30 p.m. on a Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, or Friday, that student will ride home at 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday, April 18, 2012.
This one-hour change will be effective only on April 18, 2012.
See FCAT testing dates below:
| Reading and Math | Grades 3 through 10 | April 16-27, 2012 |
| Science | Grades 5, 8, 11 | April 16-27, 2012 |
