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Westborough committee weighs two calendar drafts; decides to survey community before final vote
Summary
Committee discussed two calendar drafts — one including non‑federal cultural/religious holidays (calendar 2) and one limited to federal holidays (calendar 4) — and voted not to approve a calendar tonight, instead directing a district survey and deferring the vote to the next meeting.
The Westborough School Committee debated two proposed 2025–26 school calendars on procedural and equity grounds and chose not to adopt either on the night’s agenda, asking district staff to survey families and staff and to return the item at the next meeting.
Superintendent Allison (identified in meeting materials and by members) presented the two main options: calendar 2, which retains several previously adopted non‑federal cultural and religious holidays and includes two additional winter break dates; and calendar 4, which removes non‑federal single‑day holidays and would shorten the school year with an earlier June end date. “This is a calendar that…
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