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Board of Education Approves Tentative School Calendar

A tentative 2006-07 District 15 school calendar was approved December 14 by the Board of Education. The calendar uses the same number of pupil attendance days, teacher institute days, parent/teacher conference days, and student nonattendance days as in 2005-06. These dates, however, are subject to adjustment pending a collective bargaining agreement with the Classroom Teachers’ Council (CTC). A revised official school calendar will be issued once an agreement has been finalized.

Confirmed dates for 2006-07 include:

Wednesday, August 23, 2006
Opening day of school (grades 1-8)

Thursday, August 24, 2006
Kindergarten and Early Childhood classes begin

Monday, September 4, 2006
Labor Day holiday—no school

Monday, October 9, 2006
Columbus Day holiday—no school

Monday and Tuesday, Nov. 20-21, 2006
Parent/teacher conference days (no student attendance)

Thursday and Friday, Nov. 23-24, 2006
Thanksgiving recess—no school

Monday, Dec. 18, 2006—Monday, Jan. 1, 2007
Winter break—no school

Tuesday, January 2, 2007
Schools reopen

Monday, January 15, 2007
Martin Luther King, Jr., birthday observance—no school

Monday, February 19, 2007
Presidents’ Day holiday—no school

Monday-Friday, March 26-30, 2007
Spring break—no school

Monday, April 2, 2007
Schools reopen

Friday, April 6, 2007
Student/staff nonattendance day

Monday, May 28, 2007
Memorial Day holiday—no school

School term ends—To be determined