Bernards Township Calendar Reconsideration

Many parents with students in the Bernards Township schools have given feedback regarding their discontent with the late start of school (after Labor Day), the loss of the full week mid-winter recess, and the late end date. As such, we are proposing alteration of the school calendars for the next three years and have solicited support of the community via this petition. We request that the Board of Education consider the content herein and include the opinions of the parents that these signatures represent in the outcome. Additional considerations are placed at the bottom of the proposed calendars, below.
PROPOSED CALENDAR REVISIONS FOR ADOPTION

2014-2015 (183 days)
SEPTEMBER 2014: 19 school days
Mon 1st - Closed - Labor Day
Tues 2nd - In Service Day – Staff Report
Wed 3rd – In Service/Students Report - Abbreviated Schedule K-12
Thurs 4th – In Service/Students Report - Abbreviated Schedule K-12
Fri 5th – All Students report – full day K-12
Thurs 25th – Closed – Rosh Hashanah

OCTOBER: 23 school days

NOVEMBER: 16 school days
Thurs 6th – NJEA Convention
Fri 7th – NJEA Convention n
Wed 26th – Abbreviated Schedule
Thurs 27th – Thanksgiving Recess
Fri 28th – Thanksgiving Recess

DECEMBER: 17 school days
Tues 23rd – Abbreviated Schedule
Wed 24th – Closed - Winter Recess
Thurs 25th – Closed – Winter Recess
Fri 26th – Closed Winter Recess
Mon 29th – Closed Winter Recess
Tues 30th – Closed Winter Recess
Wed 31st – Closed – Winter Recess

JANUARY: 21 school days
Thurs – 1 – Closed – New Year’s Day

FEBRUARY: 15 school days
Mon 23rd - Closed – Mid Winter Recess
Tues 24th - Closed – Mid Winter Recess
Wed 25th - Closed – Mid Winter Recess
Thurs 26th - Closed – Mid Winter Recess
Fri 27th – Closed – Mid Winter Recess

MARCH: 22 school days

APRIL: 16 school days
Fri 3rd – Closed - Good Friday
Mon 20th – Closed – Spring Recess
Tues 21st – Closed – Spring Recess
Wed 22nd – Closed – Spring Recess
Thurs 23rd – Closed Spring Recess
Fri 24th – Closed Spring Recess

MAY – 19 school days
Fri – 22nd – In Service/Flex Day – Staff Reports
Mon – 25th – Closed – Memorial Day

JUNE – 15 school days
Fri 19th – Abbreviated Schedule K-12 - Last Day Students
**return of unused snow days is also requested if available to end school earlier and/or offer as in-service days for teaching staff. Barring unusual circumstances, snow days in excess of three will be made up during the spring recess beginning on Friday.
2015-2016 (183 days)

SEPTEMBER: 19 school days
Tues 1st – In Service Day – Staff Report
Wed 2nd – In Service/Students Report – Abbreviated Schedule K-12
Thurs 3rd – In Service/Students Report – Abbreviated Schedule K-12
Fri – 4th – All Students Report – Full Day K-12
Mon - 7th - Closed - Labor Day
Wed 23rd – Closed – Yom Kippur

OCTOBER: 22 school days

NOVEMBER: 17 school days
Thurs 5th – NJEA Convention
Fri 6th – NJEA Convention
Wed 25th – Abbreviated Schedule
Thurs 26th – Closed - Thanksgiving Recess
Fri 27th – Closed - Thanksgiving Recess

DECEMBER: 17 school days
Wed 23rd - Abbreviated Schedule
Thurs 24th – Closed - Winter Recess
Fri 25th –Closed – Winter Recess
Mon 28th – Closed – Winter Recess
Tues 29th – Closed – Winter Recess
Wed 30th – Closed – Winter Recess
Thurs 31st – Closed – Winter Recess

JANUARY: 20 school days
Fri 1st – Closed – New Year’s Day

FEBRUARY: 16 school days
Mon 22nd – Closed – Mid Winter Recess
Tues 23rd – Closed – Mid Winter Recess
Wed 24th – Closed – Mid Winter Recess
Thurs 25th – Closed – Mid Winter Recess
Fri 26th – Closed – Mid Winter Recess

MARCH: 22 school days
Fri 25th – Closed - Good Friday

APRIL: 16 school days
Mon 11th - Closed – Spring Recess
Tues 12th – Closed – Spring Recess
Wed 13th – Closed – Spring Recess
Thurs 14th – Closed – Spring Recess
Fri 15th – Closed – Spring Recess

MAY – 20 school days
Fri 27th – In Service/Flex Day – Staff Report
Mon 30th – Closed - Memorial Day

JUNE – 14 school days
Mon 20th – Abbreviated Schedule - Last Day of School K-12
**Return of unused snow days is also requested if available to end school earlier and/or to offer as in-service days for teaching staff. Snow days used in excess of three will be made up during the spring recess beginning with Friday
2016-2017 (183 days)

SEPTEMBER: 19 school days
Thurs 1st - In-Service Day – Staff Report
Fri 2nd - In-Service Day – Staff Report
Mon 5th – Closed – Labor Day
Tues 6th – First Day of School – All Students Report K-12

OCTOBER: 20 school days
Wed 12th – Closed – Yom Kippur

NOVEMBER: 18 school days
Thurs 10th – NJEA Convention
Fri 11th – NJEA Convention
Wed 23rd – Abbreviated Schedule
Thurs 24th – Closed - Thanksgiving Recess
Fri 25th – Closed - Thanksgiving Recess

DECEMBER: 17 school days
Fri 23rd - Abbreviated Schedule
Mon 26th – Closed – Winter Recess
Tues 27th – Closed – Winter Recess
Wed 28th – Closed – Winter Recess
Thurs 29th – Closed – Winter Recess
Fri 30th – Closed – Winter Recess

JANUARY: 22 school days
Mon 2nd – Students report

FEBRUARY: 18 school days
Mon 27th – Closed – Mid Winter Break
Tues 28th – Closed - Mid Winter Break

MARCH: 20 school days
Wed 1st – Closed – Mid Winter Break
Thurs 2nd – Closed – Mid Winter Break
Fri 3rd – Closed – Mid Winter Break

APRIL: 14 school days
Fri 14th – Closed - Good Friday
Mon 24th – Closed – Spring Recess
Tues 25th – Closed – Spring Recess
Wed 26th – Closed – Spring Recess
Thurs 27th – Closed – Spring Recess
Fri 28th – Closed – Spring Recess

MAY – 21 school days
Fri 26th – In Service/Flex Day – Staff Report
Mon 29th – Closed - Memorial Day

JUNE – 14 school days
Tues 20th – Abbreviated Schedule - Last Day of School K-12

**Return of unused snow days is also requested if available to end school earlier and/or to offer as in-service days for teaching staff. Snow days in excess of three will be made up during the spring recess beginning with Friday.
Considerations:

If there is a way to reconsider the May in-service day for the teaching staff, please do so as thi...