In the fall, Northborough and Southborough public school committees will vote on the 2018-19 school calendar. Based on district surveys, that could look different than recent years. And the following year could have significantly more changes. Read the full article → from School district revisiting calendar: Handling religions and reconsidering Feb & April breaks
A “Hindu statesman” outside the region is calling for our district to add Diwali to the list of school holidays. Read the full article → from Call for Southborough to add school holiday (but, so far, not from district families)
No, I’m not sick of the kids’ summer break yet. But I do like to plan ahead. So as I look the school calendar for the coming year, I’m sharing it with you. Read the full article → from School calendar 2014-15
Next week, Southborough School Committee will discuss the the school calendar for 2014-15. Likely to be included in the discussion is Northborough School Committee’s position to keep religious holidays and start school in August. Read the full article → from Northborough supports old school calendar model; Southborough to discuss Wednesday
District school committees held a discussion on proposed changes to the school calendar at their combined meeting Wednesday night. Telegram & Gazette reports that about 35 people “packed” the meeting. According to The Metrowest Daily news, the majority were expressing displeasure at proposed changes. Read the full article → from Local media: Packed school committee meeting on calendar changes
A vote is scheduled to decide if three religious holidays should be removed from the school calendar. The three holidays that would be eliminated are Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur and Good Friday. Read the full article → from School Committee to weigh changes to calendar, including elimination of 3 holidays