School Committee Approves AY 24-25 School Calendar

Jennifer Shiao’s School Committee Blog

Editor’s note: . Jennifer Shiao is a member of the Amherst School Committee. Her original posts can be found here.  An archive of her blog posts in The Indy can be found here.

At our February 27 meeting, the Regional School Committee voted to approve the 2024-25 school calendar. The calendar includes the following:

• First day of school for grades 1-12: August 26.
• An extra long winter break, starting December 23 (last day of school before break, December 20, is a half day), until January 6 (first day of school after break is Tuesday, January 7).
• Last day of school for the academic year will be between June 17 and 25, depending on the number of snow days.

In a previous blog post, I had asked people to chime in with their preference between two calendar options. I received 54 emails and comments, with 35 being in favor of this option. In addition, the School Committee was informed at yesterday’s meeting that the APEA also preferred this option.

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