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Sharon School Committee adopts teacher-backed calendar amid debate over half days and start date
Summary
After a lengthy public discussion and three calendar options from the Sharon Teachers Association, the School Committee voted 5–2 to approve a calendar that begins before Labor Day and keeps several religious observance and professional-development half days.
The Sharon School Committee voted 5–2 on Feb. 5 to adopt a school-year calendar that would start before Labor Day and include a mix of full and half days for certain religious observances and professional development.
The vote follows weeks of debate and three calendar proposals submitted to the committee by the Sharon Teachers Association (STA). Committee members said the STA supplied the three versions to reflect teacher membership preferences and to avoid starting before Labor Day without mutual agreement.
The calendar approved by the committee — labeled Calendar 2 during the meeting — keeps a number of full days off (for example, Rosh Hashanah day 1 and Yom Kippur) and retains the district’s usual complement of early-release days for professional development…
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