New Haven Releases Student Calendar for 2012-13

The New Haven Unified School District issued the following press release June 19:

With New Haven teachers and administrators having voted to work and be paid for nine fewer days than during a normal school year – to help the District cope with a $12 million deficit caused by continuing state budget cuts – and with the association representing classified employees having reached a tentative agreement, the District has updated the student calendar for 2012-13.

Pending approval of the budget tonight (Tuesday) by the Board of Education, the school year once again will be 175 days, five fewer than in 2010-11. All employees will sacrifice four additional work days and take a 1 percent salary reduction, assuming classified employees vote to ratify their tentative agreement.

The first day of school will be Aug. 29 and the last day will be June 12. There will be no school Sept. 3 (Labor Day), Nov. 12 (Veterans Day), Nov. 19-23 (Thanksgiving Recess), Dec. 24-Jan. 4 (Winter Recess), Jan. 21 (Martin Luther King Day), Feb. 18 (Presidents Day), April 1-5 (Spring Recess) and May 27 (Memorial Day).

The non-student budget-cut days are Oct. 19, Nov. 9, Jan. 18, Feb. 11, March 29 and May 24. There are six dates instead of five because teachers also are giving up their grading day, which would have been Oct. 19 for primary teachers (K-5 schools would have been closed, but 6-12 students would have been in school) and Jan. 18 for secondary teachers (6-12 schools would have been closed, but K-5 students would have been in school).  Teachers also are giving up their two preparation days before the start of school and one day at the end; classified employees and administrators also are giving up four non-instructional days.