By David Cicarella, NHFT President
The calendar committee has sent the final draft to Dr. Mayo. It is now scheduled for a vote at the April 24th BoE meeting. As an FYI our contract states: “…a yearly calendar shall be discussed with the Federation prior to June 1st annually and published”. We are ahead of schedule in terms of the contractual obligation. While I cannot send the draft while it is under review , I can share the following items as they must be adhered to per state law for regional calendars.
- August 28th (Monday) first day of school for students
- April 16-20 Spring recess
- February 19-20 (Monday-Tuesday) is the winter recess on the ACES regional calendar. Our New Haven calendar draft calls for a full week in February ( Feb 19-23). New Haven is using 3 “discretionary days” to extend the February vacation. This has been submitted but has not been approved as of yet. The Board of Education vote on the calendar draft is scheduled for the next BoE meeting on April 24, 2017.