Ankeny Community School District

Staff will be in-service on this day to fulfill a part of the state's requirement for annual professional development hours.

This holiday is designated as "Washington's Birthday" in section 6103(a) of title 5 of the United States Code, which is the law that specifies holidays for Federal employees. Though other institutions such as state and local governments and private businesses may use other names, we refer to the name designated in the law. The federal holiday was originally implemented by the Congress in 1880. The holiday was celebrated on Washington's actual birthday, February 22. On January 1, 1971 the federal holiday was shifted to the third Monday in February by the Uniform Monday Holiday Act. A draft of the Uniform Holidays Bill of 1968 would have renamed the holiday to Presidents' Day to honor the birthdays of both Washington and Lincoln, but this proposal failed in committee and the bill as voted on and signed into law on June 28, 1968 kept the name Washington's Birthday.

Ankeny Community Schools start one hour later each Wednesday to allow teachers time to focus on and collaborate regarding student performance data and achievement, as well as teacher professional development.