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Longmeadow School Committee debates 2026–27 calendar dates, approves minutes and votes to enter executive session
Summary
Committee members discussed multiple start-date and end-date options for the 2026–27 school year, expressed concerns about alignment with neighboring districts and snow-day buffers, approved two sets of prior minutes by roll call, and voted to enter executive session for collective bargaining strategy.
The Longmeadow School Committee on Jan. 6 reviewed a preliminary 2026–27 academic calendar and debated whether to change the proposed start and end dates after administrators presented the calendar’s bookends.
The draft in the packet set the first day for students in grades 1–12 as Thursday, Aug. 27, 2026, and the last day as Monday, June 14, 2027, with winter break Dec. 24–Jan. 1 and a return on Jan. 4. The committee discussed alternatives including starting on Aug. 30 or Aug. 31 (a Monday) and moving the last day to June 16 to avoid an unusual Monday half-day at the end of the year. Members raised practical concerns about attendance patterns on half days, contract constraints that affect placement of…
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