2021-22 Schoolhouse Year Agenda

List of all School Year Dates 2021-22

View starting time and end times for all schools. All schools take a 75-minute early release on Wednesdays, except the start day of school.

August 17 – 18  Leap Start for new kindergarten students Read more well-nigh Jump Start

September i Starting time day of schoolhouse for 1st – 12th grade students. September 1 is non an early release Wednesday. Early on release will occur every Wednesdayexcept for the first week of school.

September i – three Family Connections Before starting school, each new kindergartner's family unit is offered the gamble to meet with their educatee'south instructor. Read more about Family Connections

September half dozen Labor Twenty-four hours (no school)

September 9 First day of school for kindergarten, all preschool students

October 8 Country In-service Twenty-four hour period (no school)

November eleven Veterans Day (no school)

November 12 No schoolhouse

November 22 – 24 Elementary conference days (no school for unproblematic and K-viii students; varies by school) Tips for families to prepare for elementary conferences.

November 25 – 26 Thanksgiving pause (no school) Thanksgiving and Native American Heritage Day

December 17 1-hour early dismissal (winter interruption)

December 20, 2021 – January ii, 2022 Winter intermission (no school)

January 3 (no school for students) COVID-19 tests available; Read more than almost this update

January 17 Martin Luther King Jr. Twenty-four hours (no school)

January 27 Day Between Semesters Jan 27 volition be the brand-up school day for November 12 per School Board action.

February 21 – 25 Mid-wintertime break including Presidents' Day (no school)

Apr 11 – 15 Spring break (no schoolhouse)

May 30 Memorial Day (no school)

June 17, 2022 Terminal solar day of school (1-hr early dismissal)

Blessing and Planning School Yr Dates

At the regular School Board meeting on February 10, 2021, the School Board voted to approve the commune calendars for the 2021-22 and 2022-23 school years.

  • Encounter the School Board documents with approved 2021-22 and 2022-23 school year calendars and religious observances guidance approved January 2021.
  • Updated 2021-22 school yr calendar canonical on Dec 2021.

The school calendar is developed collaboratively with Sea and the dates are agreed upon in the Commonage Bargaining Agreement (CBA). The formula to schedule central dates in the CBA states that the starting time day of school will be the showtime Wednesday of September. Families should note that for the start of the 2021-22 school twelvemonth, school will begin before Labor Day, on September 1, 2021 for grades 1-12.

The key dates formula was originally bargained in the 2015-18 CBA every bit a tool for staff and families so at that place would be consistency effectually calendars and dates weren't arbitrarily gear up.

During the 2019 bargaining period, multiple joint workgroups between SPS and Ocean were established, with one specifically organized to address inclusive considerations related to religious and cultural observations and practices. This workgroup developed supplemental materials and guidance to go along with the traditional school yr calendar.

While non all religious/cultural events can exist accommodated for, this guidance was created to serve every bit a reference for schools, families, and communities to be aware of potential schedule conflicts and excused absences and/or to make appropriate accommodations and supports for students and families on days of religious/cultural observances.

The religious and cultural observances identified in both the 2021-22 and 2022-23 Religion and Religious Accommodations documents, also highlights observances and traditions which involve fasting, which may take an impact on students' abilities to perform at their highest level or exist a reason for an absenteeism from class.

Primal Dates in the CBA

The below dates were negotiated as a part of the Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA).

  • First 24-hour interval of school: The kickoff Wed in September.
  • State In-service Mean solar day: Equally recognized by the state and typically the 2nd Friday in October.
  • Winter break: At to the lowest degree 10 weekdays, ending after New Year'south Day. If New Year'south Twenty-four hours falls or is observed on a Monday, students will return to schoolhouse on the adjacent mean solar day (Tuesday).
  • Mid-winter break: Presidents' Mean solar day and the following four workdays.
  • Jump break: Five days starting the second Mon in Apr.
  • Snow make-upwardly days: At least 3 snow days shall exist scheduled, including the day between semesters, and the first 2 days following the last day of school in June. Additional snow make-up days may be added in June if necessary
  • Holidays:
    • Labor Day (when school begins before this day in September)
    • Veterans Twenty-four hour period (November)
    • Thanksgiving Twenty-four hour period and the day subsequently Thanksgiving (Nov)
    • Martin Luther King Jr. Day (January)
    • Presidents' Day (February)
    • Memorial Twenty-four hour period (May)
  • Contractual Days: The four days immediately preceding the start of school, except for the Fri earlier Labor 24-hour interval
  • Conferences: Three consecutive days for conferences immediately preceding Thanksgiving Twenty-four hours