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Claymont Board approves new 2026–27 school start times and moves 2025–26 end date earlier
Summary
The Claymont City Board approved staggered start and end times for each school for 2026–27 and voted to end the 2025–26 school year three days earlier, citing transportation considerations; both votes carried during the April 13 meeting.
The Claymont City Board of Education on April 13 approved revised daily start and end times for the 2026–2027 school year and moved the current school year’s end date earlier.
After a discussion with Transportation and Cafeteria Supervisor Eric Henry about bus routing and after‑school activity impacts, the board approved the following schedule for 2026–27: High School 7:40–2:40; Middle School 7:50–2:50; Elementary 8:05–3:05; Primary 8:15–3:15. The board voted to adopt the times in a recorded roll call on the motion presented by the superintendent’s office.
The board also approved a change to the 2025–2026 school calendar, moving the last student day to May 22, 2026, three days earlier than the date previously scheduled. Board members said the calendar shift and adjusted daily times are intended to help transportation logistics and after‑school activity scheduling while the district monitors effects in the coming year.
Next procedural steps: the district will implement the new bell schedule for 2026–27 and monitor bus routing and activity‑transportation impacts over the upcoming school year.
