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Milton School Committee approves 2025‑26 calendar with two rotating cultural days added
Summary
After weeks of debate and public comment, the Milton School Committee voted to adopt the 2025‑26 school calendar and add two paid days off next year — Diwali (Oct. 20) and Eid al‑Fitr (Mar. 19) — while asking administration and policy committees to draft procedures for how future cultural/religious days will be scheduled and implemented.
The Milton School Committee approved the district’s 2025‑26 school calendar on a split vote Tuesday after more than two hours of public comment and committee discussion that centered on religious and cultural observance, instructional time and practical scheduling impacts.
The calendar the committee approved keeps the same overall school year length used in recent years but adds two paid days off for next year: Diwali on Oct. 20 and Eid al‑Fitr on March 19. The committee also directed the administration to move the March 19 parent‑teacher conference to an evening schedule and adjusted the last day of school to June 17 for the 2025‑26 year to reflect the added days.
Why it matters: The vote follows extended public comment in which Milton High School students, local clergy and other residents urged the committee to account for non‑Christian religious observances that currently require students to miss school for faith reasons. Students told the committee that missing tests and major…
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