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Somerville officials present draft 2025–26 school calendar; propose live web list for cultural observances
Summary
School officials presented a first draft of the 2025–26 school calendar, explained DESE student‑learning‑time requirements, and proposed keeping the calendar limited to open/closed days while a separate live document maintained by the equity office lists cultural and religious observances.
Dr. Boston Davis presented the Somerville Public Schools’ first draft of the 2025–26 school year calendar during the Jan. 13 School Committee meeting and proposed a change in how the district publicly presents cultural and religious observances.
Dr. Davis told the committee the calendar’s primary purpose is to show days when schools and district offices are open or closed and that, per Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) student‑learning‑time rules, the district schedules up to 185 days and must operate no fewer than 180 school days. “That’s why our 180th day is the last day of school and we’re scheduled for 185 days,” Dr. Davis said.
The main procedural change Dr. Davis…
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