Good afternoon,

At their meeting on December 12^th, the School Committee approved the 2020-21 school calendar.

Below, please find a copy of the 2020-2021 school year calendar. This calendar makes the assumption that we will be following the same format during the 2020-21 school year as we did during the 2019-20 school with school in session during Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur and Good Friday, and school beginning before Labor Day. The highlights of the proposed calendar includes the following:

• School will begin for teachers on August 31, 2020 and for students on  September 2, 2020
• We will continue to have our In-Service Day on the Election Day Tuesday in November, which is a common professional development day in several districts in the region. This will allow us to continue to access professional development opportunities and collaborate with other school districts at no cost.  We participated this year for the third time, and it was very successful for our staff.
• There will be staff professional development days on August 31, September 1, November 3, and March 19. In addition, there will be a Parent/Teacher Conference day for Elementary and High School Families on November 20th.
• As stated in the DESE regulations, five snow days are built into the schedule. If all five snow days are used the last day of school will be on June 25^th.  If no snow days are used, the last day of school will be on June 18th.
• Veterans Day falls on and will be observed on Wednesday November 11^th.
• Continued the district-wide early release date in January to balance the professional development calendar.
• Early release dates will be added at a later date.

20-21 Calendar