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Board approves 2025–26 calendar tweaks, adopts 2026–27 calendar and advances policy updates
Summary
The Newington Board of Education voted unanimously to adjust the 2025–26 school calendar, moved conference and professional learning dates, adopted the 2026–27 calendar and approved a set of revised community-relations policies; all votes passed 7–0.
The Newington Board of Education approved several calendar changes and policy updates in unanimous votes at its April 9 meeting.
Calendar adjustments for 2025–26: The board voted to move the first day back from winter break from Friday, Jan. 2, 2026, to Monday, Jan. 5, 2026, and to move the tentative last day of school from June 16, 2026, to June 17, 2026. The motion passed unanimously, 7–0. Administrators said teachers had expressed concern that a Friday return after break tends to create attendance problems; a staff survey showed a strong majority favoring the later return.
Other 2025–26 changes: The board also approved…
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