Important Calendar Updates
March 18, 2024
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First, the end of this school year will still be June 14 for K-11 students, and it will be May 31 for seniors.
Back in January, after Oregon’s children unexpectedly lost days of school due to the severe winter storm, the Oregon Department of Education outlined a process to help districts meet the state’s requirement for instructional time. Last Tuesday, our Board authorized staff to join other districts in following that process in light of the extraordinary circumstances this year.
We strive to provide as much instructional time as we can, and will therefore make some smaller adjustments that you can read about here. (Notably, we will not reduce kindergarten recess time by 15 minutes in April as initially proposed). You can watch the full discussion here, and the discussion from the prior week.
Second, next year’s bell schedules will change for many students.
Beginning next school year, we added 15 instructional minutes for elementary and middle school students and provided all middle school students with a seven-period day. Accommodating these changes while supporting 410 minutes per week of teacher planning time and aligning our transportation systems requires us to adopt common start and stop times:
At K-5 schools, students will now start at 8:00 AM and end at 2:30 PM
At K-8 schools, all students will start at 8:45 AM.
K-5 students will end at 3:15 PM.
6-8 students will end at 3:30 PM
At middle schools, students will now start at 9:15 AM and end at 4:00 PM
At high schools, students will now start at 8:26 AM and end at 3:30 PM
More particular variations of these schedules (e.g. early-dismissal or late-arrival) will be available in the coming weeks on your school’s website. Multiple Pathway to Graduation schools (alternative, charter and treatment schools) develop their own schedules and will be sharing those later.
Third, next year’s school calendars are available.
We have shared them in the District News and Events on March 8 and February 23, but wanted to make sure families knew these were available.
We hope this information enables you to solidify your summer plans and begin planning for next year as well.
Sincerely,
Margaret Calvert and Dr. Esther Omogbehin
Assistant Superintendents