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Superintendent previews 2025-26 calendars, proposes vote Feb. 3 after public feedback
Summary
Superintendent Dr. Streich presented draft calendars for the next school year, outlined a shift allowing school to start before Labor Day under the contract, recommended removing Good Friday as a district holiday and described staff concerns about low post-break attendance that could justify moving days into winter break.
Superintendent Dr. Dunkin Streich presented draft district and school-level calendars at the Jan. 21 Salem School Committee meeting and said the administration will ask the committee for a final vote at its Feb. 3 meeting after a period of public review.
Streich said the contract language with the teachers' union sets the earliest start of the employee work year as the Monday prior to Labor Day while allowing the first student day to be the last Thursday in August; the draft calendar under discussion sets the first day of school for students on Aug. 28, 2025. "The…
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