DOE Wants Input on New School Calendar

Starting classes in August to align with mainland schedules is among the options being considered.

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Have an opinion about when public school classes should start and end each year?

The Department of Education is collecting survey responses until Wednesday for a new school calendar starting in the 2016-17 school year.

One of the choices under consideration is aligning classes more closely with mainland schools by having students start Aug. 22 and finish by June 15.

The DOE convened a working group to study the issue this year, with an emphasis on balancing the number of days in each quarter, and finishing the first semester before students go on winter break.

Creating a school schedule that kept kids out of class during the hottest days of the year wasn’t feasible, according to the DOE, because some of the hottest days of the year are in September and October.

Read more from the DOE here or go straight to the survey here.

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