2021-22 School Yr Agenda

List of all School Year Dates 2021-22

View start and terminate times for all schools. All schools accept a 75-infinitesimal early on release on Wednesdays, except the first solar day of schoolhouse.

August 17 – 18  Jump Start for new kindergarten students Read more about Bound Start

September ane Beginning 24-hour interval of school for 1st – 12th grade students. September ane is not an early release Wed. Early release volition occur every Wednesdayexcept for the kickoff week of school.

September ane – 3 Family Connections Before starting school, each new kindergartner'south family is offered the chance to run into with their educatee's teacher. Read more nigh Family unit Connections

September 6 Labor Mean solar day (no school)

September 9 Get-go mean solar day of school for kindergarten, all preschool students

October viii State In-service Day (no schoolhouse)

November 11 Veterans Day (no school)

Nov 12 No school

Nov 22 – 24 Elementary briefing days (no school for uncomplicated and Grand-eight students; varies by school) Tips for families to prepare for elementary conferences.

November 25 – 26 Thanksgiving interruption (no schoolhouse) Thanksgiving and Native American Heritage 24-hour interval

December 17 1-hr early dismissal (winter pause)

Dec xx, 2021 – January ii, 2022 Winter break (no school)

January iii (no school for students) COVID-19 tests available; Read more about this update

Jan 17 Martin Luther King Jr. 24-hour interval (no schoolhouse)

Jan 27 Mean solar day Between Semesters January 27 will exist the make-up school day for November 12 per School Board action.

Feb 21 – 25 Mid-winter break including Presidents' Day (no schoolhouse)

April 11 – 15 Jump pause (no schoolhouse)

May 30 Memorial Twenty-four hours (no school)

June 17, 2022 Concluding day of school most schools (i-hr early dismissal)

June 20, 2022 Observation of Juneteenth

Several SPS schools accept required make up days. These schools will have a later concluding day for the 2021-22 school twelvemonth.

Last Day of School:

  • Cleveland High Schoolhouse: June 23 (three Required Make Up Days)
  • Kimball Elementary: June 23 (3 Required Make Up Days)
  • Franklin High Schoolhouse: June 22 (two Required Make Upwardly Days)
  • Lincoln High Schoolhouse: June 22 (2 Required Make Upwards Days)
  • Primary Sealth International Loftier Schoolhouse: June 21 (1 Required Make Up Day)
  • Interagency: June 21 (1 Required Make Up Day)
  • Garfield Loftier Schoolhouse: June 21 (1 Required Make Up Day)

Approving and Planning School Year Dates

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

  • Come across the Schoolhouse Board documents with canonical 2021-22 and 2022-23 school year calendars and religious observances guidance approved January 2021.
  • Updated 2021-22 school year calendar approved on December 2021.

The school calendar is developed collaboratively with Body of water and the dates are agreed upon in the Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA). The formula to schedule primal dates in the CBA states that the first day of school will exist the first Wednesday of September. Families should note that for the outset of the 2021-22 school year, school will begin before Labor 24-hour interval, on September one, 2021 for grades ane-12.

The key dates formula was originally bargained in the 2015-18 CBA equally a tool for staff and families and so there would be consistency effectually calendars and dates weren't arbitrarily set.

During the 2019 bargaining menstruation, multiple joint workgroups between SPS and SEA 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 on with the traditional school year calendar.

While not all religious/cultural events can be accommodated for, this guidance was created to serve equally a reference for schools, families, and communities to be enlightened of potential schedule conflicts and excused absences and/or to make advisable 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 have an touch on students' abilities to perform at their highest level or exist a reason for an absence from class.

Central Dates in the CBA

The beneath dates were negotiated equally a function of the Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA).

  • First day of school: The first Wednesday in September.
  • State In-service Day: Every bit recognized by the country and typically the 2d Friday in October.
  • Winter break: At to the lowest degree 10 weekdays, ending after New Year'southward Day. If New year's Day falls or is observed on a Monday, students will return to school on the side by side day (Tuesday).
  • Mid-wintertime interruption: Presidents' Mean solar day and the following four workdays.
  • Spring pause: V days starting the 2d Monday in April.
  • Snow make-up days: At least three snowfall days shall be scheduled, including the twenty-four hour period between semesters, and the starting time two days following the last day of schoolhouse in June. Additional snowfall make-up days may be added in June if necessary
  • Holidays:
    • Labor Day (when school begins before this day in September)
    • Veterans Mean solar day (November)
    • Thanksgiving Day and the day after Thanksgiving (November)
    • Martin Luther King Jr. Day (January)
    • Presidents' Day (February)
    • Memorial 24-hour interval (May)
  • Contractual Days: The four days immediately preceding the showtime of school, except for the Friday before Labor Twenty-four hours
  • Conferences: Three consecutive days for conferences immediately preceding Thanksgiving Day