Pleasanton School Board Approves Calendar Change for 2015-16 School Year

At the June 17th school board meeting, the Board of Trustees approved the Modified Lite student instructional calendar beginning with the 2015-16 school year.  

In approving the calendar, the Board also directed staff to work with our employee groups to discuss the possibility of a transition plan for the first year (2015-16) of the new "Modified Lite" calendar format that would start school slightly later that year in order to facilitate the transition to the new calendar.  

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Acting on this recommendation, we have worked with our employee groups on a transition plan that year one (15-16) will resemble the Early Start/Early Finish model without a break in October and with school starting the week of August 10th.

For the 2016-2017 school year, the calendar would be Modified Lite with a one-week break in October. 

School year 2014-15
Start: August 25, 2014
End: June 12, 2015
Breaks: Thanksgiving: Nov 24-28, 2014 Winter Break: Dec 22 – Jan 2, 2015 Spring Break: March 30-April 3, 2015 

School year 2015-16
Start: August 11, 2015
End: May 27, 2016
Breaks: Thanksgiving: Nov 23-27, 2015* Winter Break: Dec 22 – Jan 1, 2016* Spring Break: April 4-8, 2016* 

School year 2016-17
Start: August 9, 2016*
End: June 2, 2017*
Breaks: Fall: Oct 10-14, 2016* Thanksgiving: Nov 21-25, 2016* Winter Break: Dec 26 – Jan 6, 2017* Spring Break: April 3-7, 2017* 

*Subject to final approval with the goal to have dates available for Board approval at or near the start of the 2014-15 school year.  

The calendar committee will convene in August to develop final versions of the Instructional Calendar that would include Staff Development Days, Teacher Work Days, Conferences, At-Risk Meetings, Minimum Days, and major holidays. 

—Information submitted by Pleasanton Unified School District

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